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Minister of Politics, Economy and Culture; Candidates for this position
Topic Started: 12 Mar 2010, 15:32 (358 Views)
Turlmanistan
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Who are the candidates for this position, lets discuss the people who put their names forward, I have put my name forward, Biain has also been discussed, is there anyone else to consider.
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Liberty987
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Flawed by my own bill???? :o Why did I put it there!!
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I have withdrawn my name. Either make Biain your minister or find another person.
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Fine, sticking to Biain is fine, he will be perfect for the economy.

The vote now is this then.

Biain - Yes or No


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NAY - He's already VD, so there's a conflict of interest.
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Not really, he doesn't even have posting rights as VD.
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read the bill. he does! If he doesn't its a masking problem, or he's choosing not to lobby. He just doesn't have voting rights.
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OK well no-one knew that, but I don't think turl it is as bad as ministers already have senator roles, not just you but NuCa and Nean. But yeash, I wouldn't have minded changing my vote but you have withdrawn.
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and the fact that you're not allowed to change your vote. I do think it is as bad. IN the event you are no longer able to continue as delegate, Biain would be serving the rest of your term until the election. THAT is a conflict of interest.
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Why do we have to fill this position immediately? Why not give more time for proper application and interviewing process?
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Seeing as Turl has confirmed I can post here I believe the VD only serves until a new election is called rather than the remainder of the term. If I had a ministerial position I would expect Liberty to choose a new VD (he only chose me originally because I am one of the active people on the forum who wasn't in government and am in the same political party, plus had experience with being delegate before).

In regards to what I would like to achieve with the position, it would be threefold (much as there are three branches to the position).

Firstly the economy:

This is an area I have experience in both in RL and within the forum, forum wise it is through the mebership of the now defunct regional reserve committe which was badly hampered in its efforts by the appointment of one of the most staunch opponents of a regional economy to it. That and Neas's unwillingness to implement the measures due to it upsetting that same person basically led to it folding under.

In regards to what I would like to see happen in the economy, I would ideally like to have a fully functioning share market both for immigration and business shares, I would like there to be a regional bank that can help people with good business ideas pay for a private forum, I would like to make the currency actually worth something by minimising the amount that can be gained from random posting and I would like to have something for people to actually spend their money on.

I would achieve this by lowering the amount you can gain from posting to a nominal amount, this would require a revaluation of the current rate and a suitable downard valuation in peoples current wealth. Coupled with this I would implement a wage system for government jobs that actually develop the region (for example you recruit someone you get paid, you get then onto the forum you get paid more). I would like to decide on these wages through a consultation with various members of the region and the various political parties.

As for functional business I would go through the current market place and close all business currently present, re-opening them if requested by the current owner. However, to keep them active a nominal monthly fee would have to be paid to the regional reserve. Subsidies could be offered for services which are of benefit to the region such as Numero's independent newspaper, or the lottery corporation. Hopefully if we have active business we can then set up a stock market based on these which would give people anopther way to spend their cash. I would also hope to work closely with the MoI to maintain an active immigration share index and re-activate this AWP institution.

Finally I have toyed with the idea of introducing a shop or battle system which would allow you to spend forum currency (this has been championed by Ten Stars among others) but I would need to look more closely into this to make sure it would not unfairly hinder new members (i.e. they get constantly attacked in a battle system by older members).

Secondly culture:

For this I would like to see more theme events such as the recently approved Mr T day with members being allowed to suggest themes for weeks or months which would then be implemented by admins. This wouldn't be a constant thing but would happen for special occassions.

I would also like to re-vamp the history area copnsolidating some topics and splitting off others. Part of this would require the AWP History to be completed as well as creating a section for members to write their own version of the history which can then be read along side the offical version.

Finally I would like to see the creation of an informal AWP code of ethics in regards to how people can expected to be treated on the forum and how they should treat others. This would see the creation of a document that isn't just a listing of rules Ran came up with when he was a mod and would hopefully be a statement about the kind of community we are. This would be another area that I would like to be created through consultation and managed collectively.

Finally politics:

This area has been realtively stagnant recently and generally apart from the few flare ups is quite sedate. To change this I would like to see the main parties compose an offical manifesto which would clarify where they stand in regards to RL politics or at least on regional issues thus forcing them to take a stance rather than keeping quite about where they are going.

I would also like to allow parties that are currently below the three party member threshold to have a public office, gaining a private one once they have achieved the three members limit as this would allow then a formal place to present themselves and have members sign-up rather than having to do everything in one topic.

Basically thats my plans as they stand at the moment. Any questions feel free to ask.
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The vote to install Biain as MoPEC has died on the floor in accordance with the voting policies of 2010.

Therefore the measure HAS NOT passed.
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Wait just a minute Turl... I voted Biain before you backed out, shouldn't that qualify as an AYE?
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I don't think so, but lets say it did, 3 members of the senate doesn't meet a quarrem. The vote still expires.
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I'm confused with where this is now, can someone update me?
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the position exist's without a candidate, not enough people voted.
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