CDS Swears In New Representative Assembly

 

On Saturday June 4, the Confederation of Democratic Simulators swore in their latest group of Representative Assembly members, their 37th. They were Brian Livingston, Almut Brunswick, Jerry McNally, Agatha Macbeth, and Rosie Gray. The swearing in was done by the Dean, Delia Lake.

On Sunday June 12, the CDS will hold their Inaugural Ball, from Noon to 2 PM at the Schloss Ballroom.
 

Special Election at The CDS

 

The CDS will soon be having a special election, following one of the Representative Assembly resigning her position. The following was posted as an announcement in the group.

In accord with CDSL 20-02 By-Election Procedures Act, the Scientific Council has declared that the CDS will have a by-election to fill the RA seat vacated by the resignation of Han Held. The Official Census of Citizens conducted December 26, 2021 will be used for both eligibility to run for office and for voting in this election. The successful candidate will serve for the remainder of the 36th Term of Office. The dates for this by-election are as follows:

[b]Jan 2[/b] - Call for declarations of candidacy
[b]Jan 9[/b] - Period for declarations closes ,
[b]Jan 9[/b] - Citizen Census list declared final and accepted
[b]Jan 17[/b] - Candidate campaigning begins
[b]Jan 29[/b] - Polls open
[b]Feb 5[/b] -  Polls close

Candidates please declare your intent to run for the open RA seat by giving a no-modifications notecard stating your intent to Delia Lake, SC Dean.
 

CDS Announcement: Candidates For Election

 

We have candidates who declared for each open office for the 36th Term of CDS Government.

1 Chancellor - Tor Karlsvalt
5 RA - Han Held, Rosie Gray, Almut Brunswick, Jerry McNally, and Cathy Sabre

Thank you for your commitment to our CDS community.

SC Dean Delia Lake

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As a fellow citizen and current chancellor I want to thank all of you who declared as candidates for Term 36

Chancellor Kyoko Barzane (Samara Barzane)
 

Announcement: CDS Inaugural Ball "On Broadway"

 Join us as we celebrate the inauguration of the CDS Representative Assembly and Chancellor for the 35th Term with an homage to Broadway Musical Theatre. (CDS' "On Broadway" anticipates the planned September reopening of the famous Broadway theatre district in New York by 3 months!)

Come dressed in theme with your favorite Broadway musical, performer or song. Or show off the glamor of an Opening NIght! DJ Callipygian Christiansen will play songs from "Anything Goes" to "Hamilton" with many stops along the way.

Bring your friends to help us celebrate together our CDS democracy and the glory of the Broadway Musical!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Neufreistadt/246/143/203 
 

CDS Declares Members of Next Representative Assembly

  

The Confederation of Democratic Simulators, or CDS, is unique among Second Life communities in that it has procedures for choosing it's leaders. Twice every year, there is a call for candidates to run for office. If there are more candidates than offices, then there is an election with voting. This time, the number of candidates matched the available offices.  On Friday May 7, Delia Lake, the Dean the Scientific Council announced the news to the community.

We have a slate of candidates for the CDS 35th Term of Government. Candidates who declared for the 1 Chancellorship and the 5 RA positions are:

Chancellor - Samara (Kyoko) Barzane

Representative Assembly -  Almut Brunswick, Laure Levenque, Rosie Gray, Tailsworth Horsley, and Tor Karlsvalt.

We have the exact number of candidates as we have available government positions. Therefore the CDS will not hold voting for this next term. The candidates will be officially installed in their respective offices on June 1, 2021, the first day of the new term.
Thank you all for declaring and volunteering to serve our community!

The Scientific Council of the CDS would make it official the following day, Saturday May 8. With this, the election becomes a formality as there will be no campaign or further voting. As the announcement states, the new Representative Assembly begins on Tuesday June 1.

Bixyl Shuftan
  

Call For Candidates For CDS Elections

It will soon be election time in the Confederation of Democratic Simulators. Unlike most communities, the CDS chooses it's leaders, and has a procedure to do so. 

CDS Update: By-Election, Inagural Ball, Snowy Weather

 

There's been much going on in the Confederation of Democratic Simulators. Probably the most important is the by-election going on. On Tuesday December 1, Delia Lake announced the details.

Have you thought about joining the CDS Government? If so, now may be your time for the RA!
During the regular autumn election period, three people declared their candidacy for the 5 seats on the Representative Assembly (RA). As specified by our CDS Constitution and Laws, we are holding a by-election in order to fill the remaining 2 seats.

December 1 was the call for citizens of the CDS to declare their intention to run for one of the two RA seats. They have until Monday December 7 to do so. Any campaigning is to be done from then to December 11. Polls open on Saturday December 12, and close six days later on Friday December 18.

As for the new Chancellor Samara Barzane, whom was elected in the normal election last month, her Inagural Ball takes place this weekend. It's at the Schloss Ballroom in Neufriestadt.

You are invited to spend an 'Evening in Morocco' as we celebrate the Confederation of Democratic Sims' 34th Term and welcome our new Chancellor and Representative Assembly members! Tunes by our own Callipygian Christensen.

The event is on Saturday December 5, from 12 to 2PM SL time. Tuxedos and ball gowns, or Middle Eastern attire, is preferred. - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Neufreistadt/230/198/189

The third thing going on, that would be the weather and the look of the community. With December has come winter, and snow has fallen onto the community land.

I awoke in the middle of last night to howling wind in the NFS Valley. By morning most of the leaves were down. And just like last weekend we have some light snow. My dogs are excited and trying to catch flakes in the yard. This time it seems to be sticking, at least in the higher elevations. I'm going to bring the rest of my kitchen herbs inside before they freeze. Guess it's time to sharpen my ice skates and wax my skis.

I knew it was going to snow last night. I could feel it in my bones. I had no idea how big it would be! Snow everywhere in NFS and Friedsee, and even throughout Monastery and AM. There's even a light dusting in parts of LA and CN. I didn't get the leaves raked in my yard so they'll compost in place until Spring I guess. If this weather pattern holds, we'll soon have skating and skiing in the CDS.

As the announcements suggested, there may be some skating and skiing events soon. But if nothing else, the snow is pretty to look at. Unless perhaps if you're from a place in which every snowfall means a lot of shoveling.

Bixyl Shuftan

CDS Election Update

 

On October 21, the fall elections in the Confederation of Democratic Simulators started with the call for qualified residents to announce their candidacy. Yesterday, Wednesday November 4, Delia Lake the CDS Dean posted the list of candidates.

The period for Declaration of Candidacy for the 34th Term of Government for the CDS has concluded. Our offices in government positions subject to election consists of one Chancellor and five members of the Representative Assembly (RA).

Here are our candidates
Chancellor:
Samara Barzane

RA:
1. Tanoujin Milestone
2. Almut Brunswick
3. Rosie Gray

Normally there would be a short campaign season for about a week before the polls open. But with this short list of candidates, any events wouldn't be debates.

CDS Announcment: CDS Election Dates, Autumn 2020

 

The CDS is not only a beautiful place to live but also a community of interesting people who determine how the CDS is run. We elect representatives to manage the day to day, month to month work that makes the CDS wonderful.

The citizens who run for office are our CDS friends and neighbors.  Maybe you will decide to be one of them.

A government term of office for the 5 members of the Representative Assembly (RA) and for the Chancellor is 6 months, so 2 terms a year. December 1 through May 31, and June 1 through November 30 each year.

This election starting now is the 34th term for which the CDS community will be electing representatives. Here are the relevant dates.  Watch notices for more information about our election process.

October 9: qualification deadline to run for office
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October  16: qualification deadline for right to vote

October 21: announcement of the Call for Candidates

November 3:deadline for Candidate declarations to run for office

November 4: SC Dean posts list of Candidates

November 7: Candidates start campaigning

November 8: moderated Candidate debates

November 14: polls open

November 20: polls close