Call for Candidates for the 37th Term of CDS Government

 

It's election time in the Confederation of Democratic Simulators. Unlike most places in Second Life, the CDS chooses it's leadership. And twice a year, they have an election for their Representative Assembly and their Chancellor. 

The schedule for this spring's election go as follows:

April 8 - Census of citizens for eligibility to run for office

April 15 - Citizen qualification deadline for right to vote

April 18 - Call for Candidates for Chancellor and for RA

May 1 - Deadline for Declaration of Candidacy

May 4 - Dean posts list of candidates

May 7 - Campaigning starts

May 14 - Polls open

May 21 - Polls close

May 22 - 31, incoming RA take their affirmations of office and members meet to elect their officers

June 1 - The RA and Chancellor of the 37th Government of the CDS take office.

It was on April 17, a day early, that the Call for Candidates went out.

Today (April 17) is the first day to declare your candidacy for the offices of Representative Assembly (RA) and Chancellor. These are very important offices for our CDS Community. When we elect these representatives we are electing friends and neighbors to work on our behalf to set the direction of our community, enact our laws and regulations, and manage all the tasks that keep the CDS a wonderful place to live. Now is your time to participate and declare candidacy.

So far, one person, Almut Brunswick, has declared his intention to run. More will certainly follow in the next ten days. 

In contrast to many real-life elections, the CDS elections have remained largely drama-free for some years.  

Stay tuned for more information.
 

CDS Announcement: Mad Hatter's Ball on Sunday June 7

Join us for The Mad Hatter's Ball, on Sunday 7 June at 1130 SLT.  Don't be late for this very important date!

What:     Mad Hatter's Ball
             - Celebrating the Inauguration of the 33rd Representative Assembly and Incoming Chancellor

Date:     Sunday 7 June 2020

Time:     1130 to 1400 SLT

Who:      DJ QT and Maximillion Kleene

Where:   Neuschloss Ballroom, CDS

Attire:    Fancy Dress Encouraged - Think Alice in Wonderland!

SLURL:    http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Neufreistadt/245/141/203

The Mad Hatter's Ball is a whimsical and fun fancy dress ball with a theme inspired by the Lewis Carrol classic, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".  The Hatter is a Victorian-era hat maker to the Queen; he is not angry, but he is crazy-silly-fun "mad".  Brooke Brandenburg has transformed the Ballroom into the Wonderland world of the Mad Hatter.  Rosie Gray's event poster spectacularly captures the spirit of the event.

We have two amazing performers who will lead the festivities, our own DJ QT and Maximillion Kleene!

DJ QT will open the Ball at 1130 SLT.  Live from Holland, QT recently entertained us during the fun dancing-in-the-rain April Showers event.  We are excited to welcome her playful mix of rockabilly, blues, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s music back for our Ball!

Maximillion Kleene takes the mic at 1200 SLT.  Max is a live singer in Niagara Falls, Canada and winner of multiple Avi-Choice Awards over the years.  He has been thrilling audiences in SL since 2007 with his musical magic and vast repertoire of quirky, classic, and current covers.  See http://wslpromo.net/max-kleene/ for Max's bio and song list.

QT will return to the live stream at 1300 SLT for the final hour of our celebration.

The CDS Inaugural Ball celebrates the incoming Chancellor and members of the Representative Assembly for the 33rd term.  The Oath of Office Ceremony officiated by the Dean, will take place on Monday 25 May at 1200 SLT.  All are welcome to attend.

Chancellor:  Rosie Gray

Members of the 33rd Representative Assembly:  Brooke Brandenburg, Guillaume Mistwalker, Laura Azalee, Lyubov Atheria, Tanoujin Milestone

CDS would also like to recognize the 18 new and returning Citizens that have joined us since January:  Breydon Lane, Brooke Brandenburg, Drew Barnard, Guillaume Mistwalker, Jon Seattle, Kenny Hubble, Lian Laufer, Lina-Sui Nayar (sui Nayar), Mariska Dufour (Mariska Simons), Marley Storm (Marley1112 Resident), ᴻᵁᵀᵀᵞ (Sutha Stoop), Okrah Koskinen, RobertUGA (RobertSchneiderUGA Resident), Saineolai (Kathy Yamamoto), Teacherkatherine Resident, Tessa (Contessadrake Resident), Tink Chanel (Lookkilla Resident), Trudy Takacs

References:

Wikipedia on "Hatter", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatter_(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland

"Alice in Wonderland (1951)", https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043274/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

"Alice in Wonderland (2010)", https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014759/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

CDS Innaguration This Monday, May 25

The Oath of Office Ceremony for the incoming 33rd Representative Assembly and Chancellor is scheduled for Monday 25 May at 1200 SLT. The event will take place in the Praetorium in Colonia Nova. All are welcome to attend.

Scientific Council Dean, Lilith Ivory, will officiate and administer the Oath of Office to the Chancellor and then the individual member of the Representative Assembly. The Dean will then call for an election for the Leader of the Representative Assembly.

Colonia Nova (18,158,41)

CDS Announcement: Official list of Candidates - 33th RA and Chancellor

Usually at this time campaigning starts, but with only 5 RA candidates for 5 seats and only one chancellor candidate there are no real elections necessary.

Chancellor for the 33th term is:
Rosie Gray

The members of the 33th RA are:
Brooke Brandenburg
Guillaume Mistwalker
Laura Azalee
Lyubov Atheria (formerly known as 20180414 Resident)
Tanoujin Milestone

Thank you all for wanting to serve

Lilith Ivory

CDS Election Results

On Friday November 22, the results of the election in the Confederation of Democratic Simulators were announced by Lilith Ivory.

We only had one candidate running for the office as chancellor.
So the chancellor in the 32th term will be:

Emilia Dagostino (emilia.avindar)

6 candidates were competing for 5 seats in the 32th RA

Winners are
Kyoko Furse-Barzane (samara.barzane)
Lyubov (20180414 Resident)
Richie Deschanel
Rosie Gray
Tanoujin Milestone

Congratulations to our new chancellor and the RA members of the 32th term
and thanks to all candidates who placed their names on the ballot

Soon after, Chancellor-elect Emilia Dagostino (Emilia Avindar) congratulated the winners of the Representative Assembly in another announcement, followed by:

I would like to invite also ran, Cathy Sabre, to join the EM team, and also perhaps be a member of the PIO Team.

Open Door to your ideas,; notecards are good. Thanks, Citizens, and carry on.


The outgoing Chancellor, Kyoko Furse-Barzane (Samara Barzane), had her own announcement.

Congratulations to Emilia Dagostino (avindar) who is our incoming Chancellor for the 32nd Term. I know you will support her during her term, as you did me. If she asks you to join her team, please say yes!

As outgoing Chancellor I want to thank  C.D.S. citizens for the honor of serving you this past year.

The Inaugural Meeting for the 32nd Term is scheduled for Tuesday November 26, at 12:30 PM SLT.  The meeting will take place in the RA Meeting Room in the Praetorium.

Stay tuned for the announcement of the Inaugural Ball.

CDS Campaigning Begins Tomorrow

Earlier this month, there was a call in the Confederation of Democratic Simulators to local residents for candidates to run for office. Several answered for the Representative Assembly, or RA. But only one announced she was running for the Chancellorship.

The following citizens are standing for office in the coming elections:

One position as Chancellor : Emilia Dagostino (emilia.avindar)
With no other candidate declaring, Emilia Dagostino will be the Chancellor for the 32th term.

Standing for one of five positions on the Representative Assembly:

Cathy Sabre
Kyoko Furse-Barzane (samara.barzane)
Lyubov (20180414 Resident)
Richie Deschanel
Rosie Gray
Tanoujin Milestone

Campaigning can begin on Saturday Nov 2th.

The CDS Campaigning Act imposes limits on how candidates run for office. Campaigning starts two weeks before the end of the election, and ends when the polls close. Candidates are "expected to conduct campaigns in a civil and respectful manner." Griefing, spamming, defamation and libel are expressly forbidden. Candidates are encouraged to hold campaigning events. And there are several limited on campaign signs and where they can be placed.

CDS Election Season

While October is simply Halloween in most places, for the Confederation of Democratic Simulators there's more going on. Once again, it's election season there.

Our community has celebrated its 15th birthday this fall but to grow and stay successful we need your participation!

If you own land a CDS citizen in good standing please consider to run for an office as member of our government.

For those not familiar with the CDS, the community bills itself as Second Life's oldest experiment with democracy. Twice a year, it chooses it's Chancellor and the members of their Representative Assembly. To be able to run for office, or to be able to vote, one has to own land there. Those interested notify the Dean of the Scientific Council by Tuesday October 29 at Noon SL time.

So far, three people have declared their intentions to run for the 32nd Representative Assembly: Cathy Sabre, Rosie Gray, and Tanoujin Milestone. As of now, the incumbent Chancellor Kyoto remains unopposed.

The campaigning of the candidates for Chancellor and RA officially starts on Saturday November 2, and will most likely have rules on where signs can and cannot be placed. There will also most likely be opportunities to meet the candidates and hear where they stand on issues. Recent elections have shown a remarkable lack of drama compared to some in real life.

The polls open on Saturday November 9 at Noon SL time, and will remain open to Friday November 15 at Noon SL time. Shortly afterwards, the Dean of the SC will announce the winners.

CDS Swearing In Ceremonies

On Wednesday May 29, the winners of the elections earlier this month in the Confederation of Democratic Simulators were sworn in. The ceremony took place at the Praetorium of Colonia Nova at 1PM.

"The affirmation of office is a public declaration that in the office to which you have been duly elected," told the members of the 31st Representative Assembly, "you will solemnly affirm to uphold the Constitution of the CDS and take the duties of the RA seriously. So please if you would, insert your own name into the RA affirmation and read the text into the local chat:

"I,  .... , having been elected as a Member of the Representative Assembly of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully discharge my duties as such to the best of my ability, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, and that I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of Confederation of Democratic Simulators."

Each of the RA members gave their oath, including MadmaxSoulLover Resident. the freshman."Thank you everyone," he told the people, "I am truly honored." "Yay! I'm no longer the newest newbie!" commented Lyubov, " Boy we have work for you Max!" Han Held, a former Chancellor, commented, "I'm excited to see our government filled with 'new blood'; this is awesome!"

Chancellor Kyoko Furse-Barzane (Samara Barzane)'s reelection was a formality as she was unopposed, but reaffirmed her oath to office at the ceremony.

The Inaugural Ball will be on the weekend after next, on Saturday June 8.

Bixyl Shuftan

CDS Election Results

Last week, the elections in the Confederation of Democratic Simulators took place. With the Chancellor Samara Barzane (Kyoko) running unopposed, the only contest was for the six people running for five open seats in the Representative Assembly. On Saturday May 18, Callipygian Christensen announced the results in a group announcement, and on the forums.

As  a member of the SC, and manager of these election polls, I would like to thank all the candidates who placed their names on the ballot and offered to serve.

The successful candidates,  forming the next RA, will be:

Em Warden
Lyubov
Laura Azalee
Rosie Gray and
MadmaxSoulLover.

Twenty four (24) ballots were cast representing only 37.5% of eligible voters.

Congratulations to the winners.

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.

Read the story in Events.

CDS Election Campaign Begins Tomorrow

With the US Presidential Election in real-life news, one noted Second Life community is gearing up for it's own, the Confederation of Democratic Simulators or CDS. Tomorrow, Saturday May 4,  marks the start of campaigning for the candidates of it's Representative Assembly.

For five positions in the Representative Assembly, six candidates have stepped forward.

Emwarden Resident ( Em Warden)
20180414 Resident (Lyubov)
Laura Azalee
Rosie Gray
Emilia Avindar (Emilia Dagostino)
MadmaxSoulLover Resident

Of the position of Chancellor, Samara Barzane (Kyoko) is unopposed, and will continue for another term.

Of campaign signs, they can be placed in the following public CDS locations: Colonia Nova (67/193/43), Neufreistadt (159/182/173), Locus Amoenus (46/205/24). There is also the following guidelines.

No scripted signage is permitted in any location, other than a simple notegiver that hands out your info when touched. Please limit signage to a land impact of 3. It may be practical to make your signs fullbright, to be seen in all light conditions but please avoid glow, as it can be quite erratic and make signs unreadable in some viewers.

Please limit the size of your sign to 2m x 2m x .5m. on public land - on private land you can use any size you want of course, keeping in mind the encouragement to 'use good taste and common sense'

Campaign events are encouraged, and can be announced in group notices and group IMs. But campaign material cannot be distributed this way. The candidates are also expected to conduct their campaigns in a civil and respectful manner.

Check the CDS blog for more information.

CDS Calling For Candidates For Election

Yesterday, the CDS announced it was calling for residents among it's citizenry to run as candidates in it's upcoming elections for their Representative Assembly and office of Chancellor. Those eligible to run were listed in the CDS census a few days ago.

You qualify to stand for office if you are listed on both censuses( April 6th and 13th) and no challenge is received and upheld to bar you from doing so.

If you wish to declare as a candidate, send a notecard, inworld, to the inventory of the Dean, Roguegeek Cooperstone AND to Soro Dagostino, stating  your name and whether you are running for Chancellor or RA . The Dean or Soro will post the names of candidates as they are received.

CDS citizens have until April 30 to declare they're running for office. On May 1, the Dean will announce a list of candidates for both the Assembly and office of Chancellor. The campaign season officially starts May 4. On May 11, the polls open and stay open until May 17.

CDS RA Sworn In, Chancellor Swearing In Tomorrow

At 9AM SL time on Monday November 26, the new members of the Confederation of Democratic Simulator's Representative Assembly were sworn-in. The ceremony took place at the Praetorium in Colonia Nova.

There was also an announcement that the searing in of the new Chancellor, Kyoko (Samara Barzane), will be tomorrow, Friday Nov 30th noon SL time. The ceremony will be in the Amphitheatre, also in Colonia Nova.

Dear citizens and friends of CDS.
Please join me on friday November 30, at noon slt in the CDS Amphitheatre for the inauguration of  恭子 Kyoko (samara.barzane), our Chancellor of the 30th Term

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Colonia%20Nova/204/227/35

CDS Election Update

In real life, on Tuesday November 6 millions of Americans went to vote in the "Mid-term" elections, voting for candidates in numerous political races for Congress, governorships, and local offices. In Second Life, The election campaign for the Confederation of Democratic Simulators is under way. On November 2, Lilith Ivory announced the list of candidates. The campaign officially started the following day.

Official list of citizens standing for office for the position of Chancellor:

?? Kyoko (samara.barzane)
Drewski Northman 

The following citizens are standing for office for one of five available seats on the RA:

Em Warden (emwarden)
Lady Kiki Whatever (inekeb)
Lyubov (20180414 Resident)
Rosie Gray
Tanoujin Milestone

In contrast to the real-life American elections, which were often full of political drama, the CDS elections appear much more low key. The guidelines given out state that campaign signs are limited to a few public locations. Going about, I did see a couple signs at public places. I noticed a number of signs for Kyoko, though none for Drewski Northman. Drewiski did hold a Q & A discussion in which a few issues were discussed such as outreach to other SL communities and bringing back some discontinued events.

The polls open on Saturday November 10 at Noon SL time, and will close a week later, on November 17. The election results will be announced on November 24.

Bixyl Shuftan

Announcement: Dates For Upcoming Election Campaign For CDS

Official Dates, Election of 30th RA and Chancellor

This is official notice of the relevant dates for the 30th Representative Assembly Election and Election of the Chancellor.

Dean of SC notifies citizens of key dates: Sept 30 (Forum posting and inworld group notice)

Qualification deadline to run for office : 12 noon SLT Oct 1 (census generated on this date by Sudane)
Qualification deadline for right to vote: 12 noon SLT Oct 11 (census generated on this date by Sudane)
Deadline for declaration to run for an office: 12 noon SLT Oct 31 (via notecard to the SC dean)

Dean posts official list of candidates: Nov 2 (Forum posting and inworld group notice)
Campaign officially starts: Nov 3
Polls open : 12 noon SLT Nov 10
Polls close: 12 noon SLT Nov 17

Dean of SC announces names of the new RA and chancellor when received (Forum posting and inworld group notice)
Inaugural RA Meeting (LRA selection) 24 Nov 2018

Qualification means that:
You own a parcel of land in the CDS and that land is held in your own name (not deeded to a group) and that your tier is not in arrears at the time a census is taken.

If you wish to stand for office and/or vote it is your responsibility to ensure that you meet the qualification requirements.

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.

CDS To Hold Election To Fill Empty RA Seat

One of the members of the Representative Assembly of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, Bagheera Kristan, has resigned from his office. Lilith Ivory, the Dean of the Scientific Council, announced there will be special elections to see who will take his seat.

"To be eligible to stand for by-election you must be on the Citizen List revised on August 4th, which can be found here:
http://forums.slcds.info/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8581. Your declaration of candidacy must be given to Lilith Ivory, by inworld notecard: deadline for declarations of candidacy is midnight SLT, Monday September 3th. Your candidacy will be announced inworld and in the SC Announcements Forum. You may choose to announce your candidacy in other locations also, but that is not required."

CDS citizens can declare their intention to run up to Monday Sept. 3. Then nominations are closed and a list of the declared candidates is made available. Campaigning can start on Sept. 10. Polls open on Sept. 17 and close on Sept 24.

"If you are considering to stand for this office, please read the Constitution and Code of Laws."

CDS Representative Assembly Meeting

On Monday July 20, the Confederation of Democratic Simulators held a Representative Assembly meeting at 1PM. There were several issues discussed, mainly financial ones. Chancellor Han Held would appear shortly after I took this picture.

Near the end, I mentioned that the CDS website was appearing as insecure fo Firefox browsers. So until it's fixed, it was suggested that the CDS banner on the Newser's front page when clicked on will lead to the CDS forums.

CDS Representative Assembly Meeting

The CDS is a community in Second Life which unlike most has a number of rules and procedures as to how things are done. Among these is a local government which meets and discusses issues, sometimes voting on them. They recently chose a new Chancellor and  Representative Assembly, the latter sometimes called the RA for short. And Monday January 18 was first meeting of the Assembly. The meet-up took place at Colonia Nova in the Praetorium at 10 AM. Rosie Gray, whom was one of the members, stated both citizens and friends of the community are welcome and encouraged to come. And some did, including myself. Chancellor Hannah Marie Tempestwolf (Han Held) was also there.

There were a few things discussed at the meeting. Budgeting procedures were one. Another was rewording a rule about tier collection as it referred to Hippo vendors, of which the company closed earlier this year. Also brought up was the CDS website showing errors when people tried to go to the page. Hannah also mentioned the CDS exhibit at the SL15B.

Tomorrow at 1PM, there's a Government Hour, in which Hanna will be at the Chancellor's Office in Neufreistadt.

Bixyl Shuftan

Announcement: CDS Representative Assembly Inagural Meeting

The RA of the 29th term will meet on Monday June 4th, 10:30am slt at the Praetorium in Colonia Nova to be sworn in by the dean of
The SC and to elect their LRA.

All are welcome to attend

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Colonia%20Nova/21/127/31