International Women's Day at The CDS

A little more than a week ago, the Confederation of Democratic Simulators had an event celebrating International Women's Day. There was a "Making Waves" exhibit showing the progress made with women's rights over the years. But there were also performances, such as DJing, and live music.

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Announcement: CDS St. Patrick's Day 2020

Please join us on Tuesday, 17 March at 1200 SLT at Lilith's Irish Pub on the Platz to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with CDS.  Lyubov will DJ your Irish music requests.  Wear green and bring your dancing shoes!

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CDS Election Update

On Saturday November 2, the election campaign of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, or CDS, officially began. The largest event would be an election rally at Cathy Sabre's venue at Alpine Meadow a week later on Saturday November 9. There was a little dancing with music provided by Maggi696 Resident. Afterwards was a discussion. Asking Rosie Grey if there ware any issues, she answered, "Nothing in particular has come up so far. ... perhaps people are a bit exhausted by real-life politics at the moment." Cathy herself thought, "There is always the discussion of how to attract more avatars to CDS. Everything else is mostly administration."

Of the sole candidate for the Chancellorship, Emilia Dagostino (emilia Avindar), Rosie thought, "I'm sure she will do fine (smile). She loves the CDS, and that's the biggest thing." Cathy thought, "She is extremely intelligent, so will probably get the dance without much problem." A third felt, "She seems to have old knowledge about the CDS too."

Due to some technical issues, the opening of the polls was delayed. On Thursday evening, Nov 14, one of the Representative Assembly candidates, Lyubov (20180414 Resident) invited people over for a candidate chat. A few people showed up, and it was a small, friendly discussion. People were looking forward to the Inagural Ball on December 7, though didn't mention any burning issues.

So it appears This month's election at the CDS is a low key affair with the voters and candidates in a laid-back mood. It has been hoped that despite the lack of burning issues, there will be a high turnout at the polls anyway, as a healthy democracy depends on a high turnout. Time will tell.

Bixyl Shuftan

The CDS Election Candidates Speak

This week, the CDS community is holding it's biannual elections. On Monday, several candidates running for it's Representative Assembly appeared at the Colonia Nova Amphitheatre. They would give statements about their campaign, and answer a few questions.

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CDS Annoucement: Celebrate Mardi Gras at Lyuba's Game Center, Tuesday 5 March

Tuesday, March 5th, is Mardi Gras, also known at Fat Tuesday and Carnival.  To help celebrate, Lyuba's Game Center in Locus Amoenus will host several performances throughout the day.  Come for the music and stay for the games!

    0200 - 0300  DJ Lisa, European electronica
    0900 - 1000  Rod Hyx, live American rock and blues singer
    1200 - 1300  DJ Dog, open set
    2000 - 2100  DJ Lyuba, deep house, club, electronic dance

 Locus Amoenus (73,241,24)

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CDS News: Lyubov (20180414 Resident) Fills In Empty RA Seat

In the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, it was late last month that there was a vacancy in one of the seats of the Representative Assembly due to the resignation of Bagheera Kristan. So the CDS began preparations for a special election this month. But not unlike what happened in the regular elections in spring, only one person, Lyuboy, offered to become a candidate. So he was given the position by default.

Deadline to declare as Candidate to fill the vacant seat was midnight SLT Monday Sept. 3th. We had Lyubov (20180414 Resident) as the only candidate who declared. Thank you for standing Lyubov and welcome as new RA member.

The next regularly scheduled elections for the CDS are later this year.