MARP Election 2010 - Voting Has Begun!

[Zhorik]

Voting for the MARP 2010 Election has begun and will end on 2010 December 10, 23:59 GMT.

Eligible MARP members are encouraged to vote for the following:

Knockout Coordinators:
a) BBH
b) Ghemant
c) MassimoGaspari
d) Nibbler_69
e) Shoesama (aka LAWLZSHOOTERGAMES)
f) Zerstorung

Vote for 3 Knockout Coordinators. You can either list 3 specific candidates or you can vote for a "team" of candidates, either:

Team 1: Gemant/MassimoGaspari/Nibbler_69
Team 2: BBH/Shoesama/Zerstorung

Editor Confidence Votes:
For each MARP Editor, please vote Yes or No on whether you have confidence in the editor:
1) Mahlemiut (Barry Rodewald - New Zealand)
a) YES
b) NO

2) BBH (Matt Hall - USA)
a) YES
b) NO

3) Phil Lamat (France)
a) YES
b) NO

4) Frankie (Michael Bruhn - Denmark)
a) YES
b) NO

5) Skito ("Chad" Hurwitz - USA)
a) YES
b) NO

6) ***PL*** (Pat Laffaye - USA)
a) YES
b) NO

7) Q. T. Quazar
a) YES
b) NO

Note that Q. T. Quazar was appointed an editor by unanimous editor vote earlier this year to fill the vacancy that had been left when QRS resigned.

The following positions had candidates running unopposed, so there is no need to vote for these positions:

Regulation Coordinator: Kale
Tournament Coordinator: Chufoglu (aka Potante)
Olympiad Coordinator: Gameboy9
WCC Coordinator: Phil Lamat
Time Trial Coordinator: Gameboy9

RULES:

HOW TO VOTE: Votes can be either PMed to me or e-mailed to me at gastrainga2001@yahoo.com (you must e-mail from the e-mail account registered with your MARP account or forum account). When voting please list both your forum name and your MARP account name if they are different. VOTES POSTED TO THIS THREAD WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!

If you have any questions about how to vote, please post them on this thread or PM me.

ELIGIBLE VOTERS:

1) Any member whose first recording was created after July 1st, 2010 is not allowed to vote.

2) Members must have made a combined total of at least 10 MARP submissions or MARP forum postings during 2010 through November 30th to be eligible to vote.

3) Exceptions to vote can be petitioned to any editor. If the petitioner receives a majority vote of the editors, the exception is granted. If the editors fail to achieve a majority on either side of a petition within 72 hours after the petition was written, the petitioner automatically earns the right to vote. Editors can immediately grant petitions at any time by a majority vote.

4) The editors have a right to reject the voting rights of any individual by a 2/3 vote of all editors. Any ruling of this nature can be overruled by a 2/3 vote of the general public.

If you are not sure if you are eligible to vote, either PM me or post on this thread.

ELECTION PERIOD: Begins 2010 December 1, 00:00 GMT, Ends 2010 December 10, 23:59 GMT

OTHER:

Editor Confidence Voting Rules Summary:
- Anyone receiving less than 50% confidence is removed from office and placed on probation for a term of at least six months.
- If there are less than five votes on any editor, that person remains as an editor regardless.
- If the number of editors thrown out brings the total number of editors to less than five, then the five editors with the most percentage remain as editors.

Write-in Votes: I will not be accepting write-in votes. This is because of the openness of the nomination process and the lack of provision for write-in votes in the MARP election procedures.

Coordinator Position Descriptions:

Knockout (MAME Championship) Coordinators (there are 3 Knockout Coordinators)
- Can choose any game for any round at any point. They may change the game before it is announced, but cannot change the game unless agreed to by a 2/3 vote from the general public after the game is announced.
- Can choose any format for the MAME Championships at any point before the tournament begins. They can only change the format after a tournament begins by a 2/3 vote from the general public.
- Must enforce the rules of the MAME Championships at all times.
- Must attempt to advertise the MAME Championships before and after the tournament.
- (Knockout Chairman Only) Must organize at least one public meeting before the tournament and run those meetings unless he designates another coordinator to do this job.

See http://replay.marpirc.net/rules/election.htm for general MARP Election Procedures

If you have questions about the Election Procedures, please PM me or post on this thread.

-George Strain

[shoesama]

What option should I choose if I don't know enough to place a yes/no vote on a given editor?

[Zhorik]

What option should I choose if I don't know enough to place a yes/no vote on a given editor?

You can abstain from voting for that editor. You can either just not list a vote for them on your ballot at all, or you can explicitly state that you are abstaining from voting for that editor. I list any abstentions separately in the final vote counts.

[Zhorik]

Just a reminder that we are more than halfway through the voting period.

-George

[Zhorik]

A final reminder that voting ends in in 19 hours at 2010 December 10, 23:59 GMT, so if you've been waiting to vote, don't wait much longer!

-George