Progressive Union Party Convention June 2018 (Concluded)

[Sirius_]

Welcome to our June convention, which starts today as agreed upon by the chair. Per the bylaws this will be a major convention. The order of business for this convention is as follows:
-Electing the Chair and Deputy Chair.
-Nominations and endorsements for President, Senate, House, Governor of Lincoln, and Lincoln Assembly.
-To consider additions and changes to the party platform and bylaws.
-Anything else considered pertinent by the chair (TBD).

I open the floor for nominations for Chair and Deputy Chair. Nominations will last for 24 hours unless an extension is needed.

[Sirius_]

I nominate NeverAgain for Chair and Mike Wells for Deputy Chair.

[Sirius_]

Ok. I believe that we should allow another 24 hours for nominations.
I nominate Mike Wells to be Chair and I would like to run for Deputy Chair once again. I'm not interested in being Chair as of now.

[Sirius_]

Please note that members have until 3PM EDT to announce their nominations for Chair and Deputy Chair. That's about 2 hours! If you don't like the current nominees then you need to nominate candidates!

[Sirius_]

Alright. As the only nominee Ninja0428 remains Deputy Chair.

PUP members may vote between the following for Chair:
-Mike Wells
-Clyde1998

The vote will last for 48 hours.

[Sirius_]

[X] Mike Wells

[Sirius_]

I am seeking the endorsement of the Progressive Union Party due to my policy positions on the environment, social issues, education, and infrastructure.

Sorry, but Clyde automatically gets the endorsement.

[Sirius_]

Something that I would like to bring up now as not to waste time later is that I believe we should vote on a city for our next convention at the end of this one.

[Sirius_]

I would ask that these nominations be withheld until the end, I'm technically not even allowed to do that, I'm just bringing that up.

[Sirius_]

Following the vote, Mike Wells has been elected chair.

[Sirius_]

Alright, let's get endorsements out of the way. 48 hours to vote.

For President and Vice President: Ninja0428 and 1184AZ are endorsed.
For President 2nd Preference:
[ ] NCYankee/Dfwlibertylover
[ ] Lumine/Siren
[ ] None of the Above
For Fremont Senate:
[ ] Sestak
[ ] None of the Above
For Lincoln Senate-Should We Hold a Ballot?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
For House: Weatherboy1102 and Pericles are endorsed.

3 to endorse:
[ ] Peebs
[ ] Razze
[ ] OneJ
[ ] Vern1988
[ ] Leinad
[ ] Fhtagn
[ ] Computer89
[ ] PolitcalMasta73
[ ] Lechasseur
[ ] None of the Above

For Lincoln Governor: Clyde1998 is endorsed.
For Lincoln Assembly: MB and JGibson are endorsed.

[Sirius_]

For President and Vice President: Ninja0428 and 1184AZ are endorsed.
For President 2nd Preference:
[ ] NCYankee/Dfwlibertylover
[X] Lumine/Siren
[ ] None of the Above
For Fremont Senate:
[X] Sestak
[ ] None of the Above
For Lincoln Senate-Should We Hold a Ballot?
[X] Yes
[ ] No
For House: Weatherboy1102 and Pericles are endorsed.

3 to endorse:
[2] Peebs
[3] Razze
[1] OneJ
[ ] Vern1988
[ ] Leinad
[ ] Fhtagn
[ ] Computer89
[ ] PolitcalMasta73
[ ] Lechasseur
[ ] None of the Above

For Lincoln Governor: Clyde1998 is endorsed.
For Lincoln Assembly: MB and JGibson are endorsed.

[Sirius_]

For President (Second Preference)
Lumine: 4
Yankee: 1
Yankee/Siren? 1
No endorsement: 1
Lumine and Siren are endorsed.
For Fremont Senate:
Sestak: 4
No Endorsement: 2
Sestak is Endorsed
For Lincoln Senate (Ballot):
Yes: 4
No: 3
2/3 assent is not achieved, DTC is endorsed.
For House: Peebs, Razze, and OneJ are endorsed.

I certify that this is official and correct.

[Sirius_]

I open the floor for proposals for additions to the bylaws and party platform.

[Sirius_]

I propose the following amendments to the party bylaws:

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[Sirius_]

Consistent with my campaign promise to appoint a Lt. Governor from the PUP, I humbly come before the Progressive Union Party to ask your preference for the Lt. Governor of Lincoln if I am elected.

Which member of the Lincoln Assembly do you suggest to be appointed?

You'll have to wait until after the election first.

[Sirius_]

Some things I would like to suggest for our platform:
-Phasing out fossil fuel based power plants for clean and renewable sources, using a combination of solar, wind, hydro, tidal, thermal, and nuclear.
-Training programs for fossil fuel industry workers to help them become employed in modern industries.
-Modernization of Atlasian infrastructure.
-Ensuring the rights of LGBT people and reducing discrimination.
-Updating school curriculum for modern times and take steps to prevent low income students from receiving lower quality education.
-Closing tax loopholes used by corporations and the wealthy.
-Auditing government departments, particularly defense, to find and eliminate unnecessary spending.
-Streamline the immigration process to encourage legal immigration, allow those here illegally to become legal citizens, and encourage asylum seekers to come into Atlasia.
-Don't start unwarranted wars.
-Expand our global research partnerships.

 

[Sirius_]

36 hours to vote for the following:

Lincoln Gubernatorial Endorsement:
[ ] Clyde1998
[ ] JGibson (Write-In)
Bylaws:
(1 to approve)

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Platforms:
(12 to approve)
1. Phasing out fossil fuel based power plants for clean and renewable sources, using a combination of solar, wind, hydro, tidal, thermal, and nuclear.
2. Training programs for fossil fuel industry workers to help them become employed in modern industries.
3. Modernization of Atlasian infrastructure.
4. Ensuring the rights of LGBT people and reducing discrimination.
5. Updating school curriculum for modern times and take steps to prevent low income students from receiving lower quality education.
6. Closing tax loopholes used by corporations and the wealthy.
7. Auditing government departments, particularly defense, to find and eliminate unnecessary spending.
8. Streamline the immigration process to encourage legal immigration, allow those here illegally to become legal citizens, and encourage asylum seekers to come into Atlasia.
9. Don't start unwarranted wars.
10. Expand our global research partnerships.
11. Make the federal government a model employer.
12. Reform the criminal justice system to focus more on rehabilitation and end mass incarceration.

[Sirius_]

Lincoln Gov:
[X] JGibson
Bylaws:
1. Aye
Platforms:
1. Aye
2. Aye
3. Aye
4. Aye
5. Aye
6. Aye
7. Aye
8. Aye
9. Aye
10. Aye
11. Abstaining until I research this more.
12. Aye

[Sirius_]

If there are not any more votes in the next two hours I'll close it early so we get it in before the election.

Also-Aye on proposition 11.

[Sirius_]

Lincoln Governor:

JGibson: 6
No Endorsement: 2
Clyde1998: 1

JGibson is endorsed.

Bylaws:
Ballot initiative 1 is approved unanimously.
Platforms:
Ballot initiatives 1-12 are approved unanimously.



Also, please take your arguments somewhere else.

[Sirius_]

I open the floor for nominations for the location of our next convention. 24 hours.

I nominate Greenville, SC, South.

I also recognize the earlier nominations of Minneapolis, MN, Fremont and St. Louis, MO, South.

[Sirius_]

Members have 48 hours to vote between the following for our next convention's location:

[ ] Greenville, SC, South
[ ] Minneapolis, MN, Fremont
[ ] St Louis, MO, South

Vote for all of the options you approve of.

[Sirius_]

[X] Greenville
[X] Minneapolis
[ ] St Louis

[Sirius_]

Sorry that this is late, I got caught up in the election business, but here are the results of the voting for our next convention location:

Greenville: 3
Minneapolis: 5
St. Louis: 2

Our next convention in August will take place in Minneapolis, MN, Fremont.

Chairman Wells has informed me that there are no additional topics that he would like to bring up, so this convention has officially concluded.