The Election Of Our New Leaders

To All Interested Members In Good Standing,

As you are all aware of by now our current Leaders are soon to be leaving their positions within our Clan. We are fortunate to have within our membership several individuals with the necessary qualifications to fill these vacancies.

In order to fill these vacancies I feel that any member-in-good-standing from within our ranks should be allowed to submit their name for consideration. After a set period for the submission of the names, the entire membership will then be allowed to exercise their democratic right to vote for the new Leaders of their choice. The new Leaders will, after all, be leading our Clan and so should we not have a say in their selection?

“A vote is not an object of art. It is the sacred and most important instrument of democracy and freedom.” Abe Fortas

The alternative to the American institution of the democratic practice of choosing our own Leaders is to have the new Leaders hand-picked by the current administration, with no voice or vote from the regular members; and I personally don’t want to hear any criticism after the selection if that’s the way it’s done!

“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.” George J. Nathan

For those of you that have an opinion on this topic please take the time and effort to respond and let your feelings be known. Please be specific with your answers. I look forward to hearing from each and every one of you and thank you for your comments.

IF 6 MEMBERS AGREE TO THE ABOVE POST, THESE WILL BE THE GROUND RULES FOR THE ELECTION.

1. The Election Applicant MUST be at the rank of Sergeant or higher.
2. The Election Applicant must be approved by IF~Zombie.
3. The Election Applicant Needs to submit his name before the election.
4. The Election Applicant may not cheat in any way, shape or form.


Have fun, and show me who wants this new position.

EVEN IF YOU LIMIT WHO CAN HOLD OFFICE TO SGT. OR ABOVE, I THINK EVERY MEMBER SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE WHO IS THEIR LEADER NOT TO BE TOLD WHO WILL LEAD THEM.

YES HITMAN, I EXPLAINED THIS TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP:


NO MATTER WHAT RANK YOU ARE, YOU CAN SIGN YOUR NAME FOR AN ELECTION, REMEMBER 6 MEMBERS ARE NEEDED FOR THERE TO BE AN ELECTION TO OCCUR, AND RANK DOES NOT MATTER.


HOWEVER: TO APPLY TO BE A CANDIDATE, YOU MUST BE THE RANK OF SERGEANT OR HIGHER, AND BE APPROVED BY ME TO BE OFFICIAL.

ill want to be in the election if i can be anyway

i say yes to this voting its a great way to show our democracy

i would like to be in election to

I would too heh heh, but seriously, i wanna be in it

ide like to be in the election and i promis to bring gas prices down

ill lower ur taxes lol

idk about the gas though lol

My vote goes for HITMAN.
HITMAN 08!!

i promise, to make a lot of promises and not live up to them, just like real leaders

Not good campaigning kirb

yes it is, EVERYONE does it

lol if EVERYONE jumped off of a cliff would you do it too!? lol

well, if it was in halo, id kill my self with a nade so it looked like i JUMPED off the cliff

An open election to fill the vacant position of Leader is an excellent idea.

I also understand limiting the pool of available candidates to Sergeant and above, yet allowing each individual member the right to cast their individual vote. This is a wonderful idea, and will preclude any charges of favoritism or cronyism. When the members feel more involved, they tend to take things more seriously. Actually, this is a brilliant strategy to increase member involvement and has my full support.

I vote ‘YES’ to an election.

Zombie, once again you show your qualities of leadership. While I am personally unable to actually run for office, I certainly intend to vote!

And Zombie is right, no cross-talk or postings about the candidates.

On election day we, the members, will have our say. Democracy at its finest!

It’s things like this election that separate good Clans from great Clans. Our members are intelligent, have good judgment, and deserve the right to exercise that good judgment in a fair and open election cycle.

The hand-picking of a replacement Leader … well, it leads to more questions than answers, and something like a straight transfer of power could cause severe morale problems within the Clan.

An election will prevent all of that and show that we are democratically minded and our Clan Administration respects their members and the members opinions.

well said mjolnir. well said, and thank you for the compliments

U vote zombi and Rondog or IF ~RADAR and IF~Vortex

Ill go for election if you guys want, but i doubt ill win.

EDIT: I only read the 1st page of this topic, sorry.