Labor Party Standing Committee thread: Endorsement voting

[Adam Griffin]

Sorry to butt in guys but where do I go to become a member of Labor?

Here.

You can update your registration as such:

"opebo
Labor Party
[STATE]"

It looks like you are eligible for a region change, too, so you can move to any state.

[Adam Griffin]

Sorry to butt in guys but where do I go to become a member of Labor?

No, not there. Here is where you register.

Whoops!

[Adam Griffin]

You can change party affiliation at any time, state residence once per day and region residence once every 180 days. Your party status update post does not invalidate your ability to switch regions (since you were already registered and living in MO/Mideast prior).

[Adam Griffin]

Nathan and Winston are the other two.

Also, everyone please welcome our newest member, Velasco, to the Party!

[Adam Griffin]

Welcome to the Party, Velasco!

Putting this into the relevant thread.

 

History has taught us that strategic registration is a bad thing anyway.

Please elaborate.

So are we all in on Operation Cottonfield?

Invading and taking over the IDS?

Oh, please. Close to half of the IDS population as-is consists of non-IRL Southerners.

[Adam Griffin]

Welcome to the Party, Velasco!

Putting this into the relevant thread.

 

History has taught us that strategic registration is a bad thing anyway.

Please elaborate.

So are we all in on Operation Cottonfield?

Invading and taking over the IDS?

Oh, please. Close to half of the IDS population as-is consists of non-IRL Southerners.

Those people are typically either non-US residents (Hagrid, Supersonic) or well-established and haven't moved (PiT).

Before people become "well-established" in a region, they must first be new to that region. The only people from this party that I've seen re-locate are either established members of this game (an Associate Justice and a current Senator) or non-US residents. Much more legitimate than the proxy SOCKS Whig stuffing of banned individuals (Rhodie/BritishDixie, who was appointed to the Legislature, for Christ's sake) and the attempted merger of a regional rights party with a purely right-wing political party. I really see no moral high ground here to be taken by anyone.

[Adam Griffin]

    Those established members being one of Atlasia's most prominent enemies of the South and a failed Senator noted for inactivity and trolling the Senate floor? I would take it more easily if we at least got quality members to carpetbag down here.

There'll be plenty of time and chances for review of other "quality" members.

Cite on the Whigs stuffing the region with socks? To bring this up, I assume you mean that they intentionally got banned members to re-register down here. As for the appointment, I've always made it a policy to give new members priority on appointment for vacancies and he was new.

I'll clarify to make sure that it wasn't taken the wrong way. I'm not insinuating that you knew that BD was a SOCK, but nonetheless that did turn out to be the case. I can't say the same for the Whigs, however, I have no proof either way. These sorts (SOCKS) are the true enemy of the South (and all regions) and likewise, failures.

I'll admit I have some bias towards appointing right-wingers, but every executive wants to pass his agenda and my agenda has been vaguely of the right.

Nothing wrong with that.

As for the merger, we have found by now that the Whigs are a more natural ally of the Imperial Bloc than Labor or the Liberals. Given a reported interest in greater cooperation between the two L's, greater cooperation between the Whigs and the IB seemed like a natural choice. Aside from the provision allowing IB members to run for Whig party offices, there's not much in there that screams "merger".

I would say that there has been a much-publicized series of disagreements between the Labor and Liberal Parties as of late, so I don't really buy the first part. However, I have observed that these negotiations between IB and Whig - at least in public - sprouted up at a very coincidental time to say the least. Again, nothing wrong with this, but nothing better nor worse about what the right is doing versus the left. It's a bit of tit for tat, don't you think?

[Adam Griffin]

Hey everyone, I just registered as a Labour Georgian, completely randomly and un-stragetically : I live in France after all... So what's next for me ?

Welcome Zanas! There's a lot to do, but I would recommend getting a few more posts first. You have to have 50 before you can vote in elections.

[Adam Griffin]

I would like to take the time to encourage all members of the Labor Party to review the ballot initiatives that are up for consideration:

No. 001 End Pointless Occupations Act
No. 002 The Painting Horse Returns Initiative
No. 003 The Purple State Initiative
No. 004 Marriage Revenge Initiative
No. 005 Sexual Assault Ban Initiative
No. 006 Torture Isn't Nice Initiative
No. 007 Condemnation of Condemnable Behavior Act

Sponsored by a Labor member

I would also like to suggest - despite this shortened initiative cycle - that we attempt to collaborate on one or more new initiatives that best embrace the ideals of the Labor Party, so that they may be voted upon by the public at-large.

[Adam Griffin]

I've just registered as a member of the Labor Party in Kentucky. I'm interested in running for something or another. Where would be a good place to start?

Hey TNF, welcome! The best place for any new member of the game to start would be to consider running for a regional legislative seat. There are five regions (Pacific, Midwest, Northeast, South and Mideast - the one you are currently in) and currently three: the Northeast, South and Mideast have regional legislatures.

You can also move again to a new region any time within the next 7 days, if you do not find the situation in the Mideast (KY) to be to your liking. Check out the Atlas Introduction thread and Wiki for more information.

[Adam Griffin]

Labor has been rightfully restored to glory.

Registration Statistics
September 6, 2012

Region	Labor	Liberal	Whig	Bloc	MCPR	Other	Ind	Total
Northeast	5	9	4	0	0	9	9	36
Mideast	5	6	12	2	7	2	2	36
South	5	1	6	7	0	3	3	25
Midwest	7	4	0	1	0	4	4	20
Pacific	6	5	3	0	0	3	3	20
Total	28	25	25	10	7	21	21	137

[Adam Griffin]

We really do need to get more organized as a party. We still need to establish party bylaws, a platform, endorsement procedures and the establishment of regular conventions.

You know, I've never checked to see if we have any of this. Do we have any of this? I know we have a logo, FWIW.

It could be me, but does anybody think we should start a new thread for our upcoming convention? We obviously need to have one and address any issues that Gass mentioned. Perhaps it becomes easier to ignore this thread over time as it becomes bigger.

[Adam Griffin]

The IDS would welcome a Labor convention

I would consider Alabama, considering it's history with equal rights struggle.

I'm gonna be biased and advocate Hot'lanter.

[Adam Griffin]

I think Alabama would be good. Birmingham, anyone?

What about Selma? Or Birmingham, whatever.

[Adam Griffin]

There's around 20,000 people in Selma; don't think there'd be enough rooms for a whole convention.

You leave the logistics to us. Get over to the legislative thread and let's get this gumwad passed already. That is, unless, you'd like to join Labor?

[Adam Griffin]

I'd be down for Birmingham. Should we have a vote?

I'm guessing Nathan would need to call for one.

[Adam Griffin]

Convention Location:

[ ] Selma, AL, IDS
[X] Birmingham, AL, IDS
[ ] Albany, NY, NE

Endorsements:

AYE - Tmthforu for Mideast Governor
AYE - Gass3268 for Mideast Assembly
AYE - Belgiansocialist for Northeast Assembly
AYE - Mr. X for Mideast Assembly

[Adam Griffin]

In anticipation...

[Adam Griffin]

Informal Results

Convention Location:

Birmingham, AL - 8
Albany, NY - 3
Selma, AL - 0

Endorsements (Aye/Nay/Abstain)

Snowstalker/Redalgo - 7/1/1
Tmthforu - 7/2/1
Gass3268 - 8/0/2
Belgiansocialist - 9/0/1
Mr. X - 9/0/1

[Adam Griffin]

Um, is this even a valid vote?

I assume Nathan could weigh in on this, but he did cast a ballot in the endorsement vote.

[Adam Griffin]

After the IDS elections?

When will that be?

That would be this upcoming Monday.

[Adam Griffin]

So are we going to start the convention tomorrow?

I was just about to ask this.



With this month's elections out of the way, we do need to conduct our convention business.

[Adam Griffin]

I think that we should have regular votes for party positions.

I agree. I think 4-month terms are appropriate, and elections could coincide with the Presidential elections. They do not have to be aligned perfectly with Presidential elections, but could be within the same month.

[Adam Griffin]

I think all voting should be 72 hours.

No other major issues. I think the part in regards to enforcing Labor candidates not to run as Independents might be an issue, though.

[Adam Griffin]

I find most of this good and appreciate the work Gass has put into it. The only part now that I'm somewhat on the fence on pertains to officers; am I reading correctly that there would essentially be "slates" of officers when it comes to running for Labor positions?