Nominations thread for October elections

Six Thousand Year Old Man · September 25, 2003, 11:14

Here are the positions up for grabs:

President: atawa OR cavebear

City Planner:

Foreign Minister: Ben Kenobi OR ljcvetko

Minister of War: shade

Science Advisor:

Imperial Expansion:

Historian:

I have listed the positions in rough order of importance and amount of work involved, for anyone unfamiliar with demogames (We haven't had a Historian or Expansion Minister for a while).

You can nominate yourself or someone else... but the someone else has to subsequently agree to run, of course

Today is the 25th (where I am, anyway). I'd like to close the nominations on the 28th and have 3 days of elections, so that we will have a new government by October 1. However, if we are missing nominees for key positions, we may need to hold nominations longer.

So nominate early, and if you are undecided about running for election, think of the all the +1s you'll get.

Ben Kenobi · September 25, 2003, 16:21

Sign me up for foriegn minister.

Six Thousand Year Old Man · September 26, 2003, 02:23

Done. Further updates to original post as nominations warrant.

Zedd · September 26, 2003, 10:16

how about STYOM vs atawa for president?

Also nominate Cavebear for re-election so that he may carry out his military plans.

Six Thousand Year Old Man · September 26, 2003, 10:28

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Originally posted by Zedd
how about STYOM vs atawa for president?

Fiscal year end stuff prevents me from running for anything in October

atawa · September 26, 2003, 11:48

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Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man

Fiscal year end stuff prevents me from running for anything in October

I will run for re-election anyway

The current ministers are doing a good job imo but it would also be good if some new people stepped up this time.

Most ministry's are not that hard work and (at least to me) its pretty good fun. Besides, you get the save

Can we pleaaaase have some contested elections this time?

Our updated memberlist:

. -JRabbit
. 123john321
. atawa
. atomant
. Ben Kenobi (Formely known as Obiwan 18)
. Bob_Smurf42
. BruceTheStupid
. CannonFodder
. Cavebear
. civman2000
. CivPatriot
. Coldwizard
. conmcb25
. Darkness' Edge
. deity
. Dre of Compton
. GhengisFarb
. Gramphos
. H-Tower
. Hydey
. JJJ
. James Adams
. ljcvetko
. Makahlua
. Matthew22
. MrWhereItsAt
. nivs
. rjmatsleepers
. SCG
. shade
. Shaka Naldur
. sirsnuggles
. Six Thousand Year Old Man
. Sparrowhawk
. Stalin II
. Straybow
. teic
. War4ever
. Yurt
. Zedd

Ben Kenobi · September 26, 2003, 12:06

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Obiwan 18

Methinks we need updating.

atawa · September 26, 2003, 12:11

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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi

Methinks we need updating.

Your wish is my command.

Edit: Fixed Six Thousand Year Old Man too.

Six Thousand Year Old Man · September 26, 2003, 13:30

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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi

Methinks we need updating.

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Six Thousend Year Old Man

Me too.

cavebear · September 26, 2003, 14:54

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Originally posted by Zedd

Also nominate Cavebear for re-election so that he may carry out his military plans.

I am honored by the nomination.

However, I don't think someone should be Minister of War for 3 months in a row. I've been MoW August and September. There are plenty of other Citizens who would do well at the job.

It's probably the most interesting job to hold next to being President and actually playing the sessions. It's time for someone else to be our SMC.

atawa · September 26, 2003, 15:50

You could always run for president

Zedd · September 26, 2003, 16:41

the problem with all those member is you don't know who is arround and active. Those who have more than 3 posts in 30 days are the only ones i really consider and there is just not enough of them.

RL is once again in the way of my wonderfull civ playing and i am not able to run as i'd hoped.

Ben Kenobi · September 26, 2003, 17:05

Cavebear:

I'd run for MoW, but in all my time with the Civ2DG, I have never had the privilege of being the foreign minister.

cavebear · September 26, 2003, 17:05

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Originally posted by atawa
You could always run for president

Is that a case of second-thoughts about running after you saw all the detailed military moves I want you to take next session? Or a dare? Or a desire to be (or have) a Vice-President?

cavebear · September 26, 2003, 17:13

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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Cavebear:

I'd run for MoW, but in all my time with the Civ2DG, I have never had the privilege of being the foreign minister.

If you now have full computer access to the game, I encourage you (and anyone else) to run for MoW. The FM job is important, but being MoW is more engaged in our current type of game. A lot of detailed military plans will need to be made soon, and someone will be needed to do that!

Zedd · September 26, 2003, 17:13

Here are those members who have posted since 9-12-03 (this date has no particular signifficance other than that was as far as I was able to search.)

-JRabbit
atawa
Ben Kenobi
CannonFodder
Cavebear
MrWhereItsAt
rjmatsleepers
shade
Six Thousand Year Old Man
Sparrowhawk
Zedd

Sorry if i did miss anyone.

Six Thousand Year Old Man · September 27, 2003, 01:04

I came into the forum and saw 15 posts, I was hoping for more nominations

shade · September 27, 2003, 08:47

...there goes my intension of beeing a nice and simple citizen for a month(or two)...

Let's crack some skulls and bribe some bones...I'll lead our fanatics to their doom or victory.

Put me up for SMC

Shade

Six Thousand Year Old Man · September 27, 2003, 12:14

OK... 3 nominations... let's have some more!

Ljube · September 28, 2003, 15:53

It's obvious that banana can perform the duties of science minister. I would like to contend for one of more important positions in the cabinet in spite of low chances I have as a newbie. Let's have some sort of democratic elections for the position of Foreign Minister.

I nominate myself for that post.

I didn't run for some other empty posts fearful I might lose to banana.

Ljube · September 28, 2003, 16:11

If I lose to venerable Obiwan, I'll take whatever position is still vacant if you all agree.

I hope you guys prefer me to

cavebear · September 28, 2003, 16:26

Ambition has some value. At least there will be a contested election. I'll be interested to hear what the candidates for Foreign Minister have to say during the election cycle.

I dislike the suggestion that the Science Minister position is all that easy, though. There are subtleties of maximizing beakers that I have yet to master. The devil is always in the details...

cavebear · September 28, 2003, 16:28

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Originally posted by ljcvetko
If I lose to venerable Obiwan, I'll take whatever position is still vacant if you all agree.

I hope you guys prefer me to

Will you take on the duties of the easy Science Minister position if you lose the Foreign Minister position?

Ben Kenobi · September 28, 2003, 16:44

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I didn't run for some other empty posts fearful I might lose to banana.

Gotta start somewhere, and an uncontested post is usually a good place to start. I started as a cityplanner because I like the micromanagement even though I never was elected.

I took over from a delinquent minister.

Just a couple of pointers...

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I would like to contend for one of more important positions in the cabinet in spite of low chances I have as a newbie.

Where's the fun in that? You're supposed to be slagging my experience, and campaigning for some new fresh blood to restore the vitality of our lagging Imperium.

A little confidence goes a long way.

cavebear · September 28, 2003, 17:50

In the spirit of competition for elected positions, I hereby submit my candidacy for President. All positions should be competed for. The Presidency should always be competed for.

Ljube · September 28, 2003, 19:22

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Originally posted by cavebear

Will you take on the duties of the easy Science Minister position if you lose the Foreign Minister position?

With great pleasure, if you would have me.
I even have some bright ideas about research and possible government changes.

I just don't understand why

doesn't show in my initial post.

It still doesn't show. What's the problem with banana. On vacation?

Six Thousand Year Old Man · September 28, 2003, 20:21

It is 8:15 local time. I will post the elections in 4 hours or so unless there are some major objections.

It's nice to see some contested elections, but who will be our City Planner and Science Minister? More nominations are welcome, especially for the vacant posts.

Six Thousand Year Old Man · September 29, 2003, 10:24

I will (belatedly) start the polls now.

If anyone wants to run for Science Minister or especially City Planner, it's not too late.

Ljube · September 30, 2003, 04:07

OK. Here's the deal.

If nobody will run for the other positions I suggest the winner of the elections for foreign minister takes over the post of science minister as well and the loser takes city planner and expansion positions.

cavebear · September 30, 2003, 07:35

Our practice is for the President to seek volunteers for the vacant positions. Naturally, candidates who have shown their interest in public service but have lost their election are likely to be asked, but it is not required. We avoid having one person hold 2 Minister positions.