My election platform

[skippy]

My election platform is really very simple, I would not be a control freak and there would be very little moderation, the forum would be run along the same lines as deepthoughts forum and everyone would start a fresh with no one banned. If I win lisa will get one chance to pull her act into line after that she'll get a weeks holiday, if she continues when she returns she'll get a months holiday if she persists after that, she's gone, for good. monk will get the same treatment, I'm over the spam and crap both of them carry on with, other than that the forum would have very little moderation,along the lines of DTs forum. No personal info posted, yudda yudda. I intend to post up the mods I would appoint too, not underhanded like aussie was, a lot of people were very pissed off with aussie's underhanded appointment of annie,he said that he would ask the posters for feedback and he did re pasta but ignored the fact many said no to annie, ain't gunna happen with me, everybody will know exactly who I will appoint.
I intend to have two mods, one that is perceived to be a rightard and one a non rightard.
I think its best to have people from different persuasion's so as it doesn't look like the forum is stacked to the left or the right. My appointments
would be sprintcyclist, a known righty, and AIA someone I consider non aligned to either side but someone experienced in moderating this forum.
Other than that as far as I'm concerned the posters here should determine the direction the forum takes, It is the posters that make a forum therefore it should be the posters that decide the forums direction.

[Aussie]

My election platform is really very simple, I would not be a control freak and there would be very little moderation, the forum would be run along the same lines as deepthoughts forum and everyone would start a fresh with no one banned. If I win lisa will get one chance to pull her act into line after that she'll get a weeks holiday, if she continues when she returns she'll get a months holiday if she persists after that, she's gone, for good. monk will get the same treatment, I'm over the spam and crap both of them carry on with, other than that the forum would have very little moderation,along the lines of DTs forum. No personal info posted, yudda yudda. I intend to post up the mods I would appoint too, not underhanded like aussie was, a lot of people were very pissed off with aussie's underhanded appointment of annie,he said that he would ask the posters for feedback and he did re pasta but ignored the fact many said no to annie, ain't gunna happen with me, everybody will know exactly who I will appoint.
I intend to have two mods, one that is perceived to be a rightard and one a non rightard.
I think its best to have people from different persuasion's so as it doesn't look like the forum is stacked to the left or the right. My appointments
would be sprintcyclist, a known righty, and AIA someone I consider non aligned to either side but someone experienced in moderating this forum.
Other than that as far as I'm concerned the posters here should determine the direction the forum takes, It is the posters that make a forum therefore it should be the posters that decide the forums direction.

Don't get too excited......

Why are you allowing yourself to become a party to corruption?

What say ye about the Constitution? Should it's provisions be honoured by all. What say ye about a mandate given by Members to an election platform. Should that mandate be honoured by all?

What say ye about the fate of anyone who posts the personal details of a Member? What say ye about the fate of a Member who has either hacked into another Member's account, or been party to that hacking?

What are your Rules on all those matters?

[skippy]

My election platform is really very simple, I would not be a control freak and there would be very little moderation, the forum would be run along the same lines as deepthoughts forum and everyone would start a fresh with no one banned. If I win lisa will get one chance to pull her act into line after that she'll get a weeks holiday, if she continues when she returns she'll get a months holiday if she persists after that, she's gone, for good. monk will get the same treatment, I'm over the spam and crap both of them carry on with, other than that the forum would have very little moderation,along the lines of DTs forum. No personal info posted, yudda yudda. I intend to post up the mods I would appoint too, not underhanded like aussie was, a lot of people were very pissed off with aussie's underhanded appointment of annie,he said that he would ask the posters for feedback and he did re pasta but ignored the fact many said no to annie, ain't gunna happen with me, everybody will know exactly who I will appoint.
I intend to have two mods, one that is perceived to be a rightard and one a non rightard.
I think its best to have people from different persuasion's so as it doesn't look like the forum is stacked to the left or the right. My appointments
would be sprintcyclist, a known righty, and AIA someone I consider non aligned to either side but someone experienced in moderating this forum.
Other than that as far as I'm concerned the posters here should determine the direction the forum takes, It is the posters that make a forum therefore it should be the posters that decide the forums direction.

Don't get too excited......

Why are you allowing yourself to become a party to corruption?

What say ye about the Constitution? Should it's provisions be honoured by all. What say ye about a mandate given by Members to an election platform. Should that mandate be honoured by all?

What say ye about the fate of anyone who posts the personal details of a Member? What say ye about the fate of a Member who has either hacked into another Member's account, or been party to that hacking?

What are your Rules on all those matters?

The constitution, maa, its over rated.You've fucked around with it for a year and done nothing.I intend to offer an open honest forum that the posters here run themselves, something quite foreign to you I know.
As for the other stuff, when you read my post for the first time aussie you'll see that I said there would be very little moderation EXCEPT for the posting of personal details and yudda yudda, hacking accounts et al is yudda yudda for the dumb fucks,aussie, are you a dumb fuck? I can see if I win you're going to be added to the whiny little bitch list.

[Aussie]

The constitution, maa, its over rated.You've fucked around with it for a year and done nothing.

Have I? Show me one amendment made as a consequence of any effort by me.

I intend to offer an open honest forum that the posters here run themselves, something quite foreign to you I know.

And how will you do that. On a wing and a prayer? How will you achieve this 'forum that the posters here run themselves?'

As for the other stuff, when you read my post for the first time aussie you'll see that I said there would be very little moderation EXCEPT for the posting of personal details and yudda yudda, hacking accounts et al is yudda yudda for the dumb fucks,aussie, are you a dumb fuck? I can see if I win you're going to be added to the whiny little bitch list.

I don't see one word about that 'other stuff' in your opening post.....unless you were referring to 'the forum would be run along the same lines as deepthoughts forum.' Are you illiterate?

Are you unable to articulate a set of Rules/Policy?

[Aussie]

This is a Platform/Policy Statement:

For those who do not know, I have been at Political Animal since day dot, and I have acted as a Moderator here on several occasions and as Admin on two. What follows is a Policy Statement, and if I am elected, I will take that outcome as a mandate that I may administer Political Animal on the following bases and on the basis of any policy statements I may have made in the past (and overlooked putting here) or during the campaign, and not contained in this document. I am open to discussion concerning any of these platforms, and reserve the right to change them if it becomes clear a majority would prefer an alteration.

PA has never been a safe haven for pornography, and that has been a majority view for all the years I have been a Member. There are some Members who believe porn should be allowed here, but until that becomes the opinion of the majority, I will maintain the status quo.

These days with access to YouTube etc, pictures depicting extreme violence and gross conduct have become readily available. While I would prefer that they not be displayed here, if doing so is relevant to an issue, and is not simply gratuitous, it will be allowed provided it is accompanied by a very noticeable warning of the content.

Racial vilification is illegal and as such is unacceptable here.

Duplication of Threads ought be avoided, and if it becomes necessary, they may be locked or moved elsewhere.

Abuse has always been currency at PA within moderate levels. However, posts which have no content other than abuse will attract attention. If a trend for use of excessive abuse has become apparent and the abuse has become offensive to a person of reasonable sensitivity, the poster will be warned. If that person does not heed the warning, they may be suspended, or banned outright. Abusive comments about a Member's family or relations or their life outside of PA are also not acceptable.

For as long as I have been an Animal, the ‘c’ word has been banned. It’s use has become far too prevalent at PA now, and is even contained in the signature of the current Admin, and is also prominent within another Members avatar. I will restore PA tradition concerning that word, and it’s use will be banned. Other words may be used if your vocabulary is so limited that you feel the need to use them but as has always been the case, there should be no swearing in thread titles. As with abuse, obscenity is unacceptable if it is the post, and not merely within a post.

All complaints MUST firstly go to the moderator via the private message facility, or the post reporting button. A complaint posted which has not been firstly referred to either Admin. or a Moderator and before they have dealt it will be deleted. If you have referred your complaint to a Moderator, and you are not satisfied with the outcome, you must then PM the complaint to Admin. If you are not satisfied with the decision of Admin. then you are encouraged to take action as is set out in the Constitution.

It has long been PA tradition that thread Titles must not contain the name of a Member, and it has also been traditional that topics should not be commenced where the intent is merely criticism of another Member. You should instead make a complaint as set out above.

If you have quoted directly from original sources you should acknowledge the source with a link to it, or by name. It is acknowledged there may be occasions when doing so is inadvertently overlooked.

Deliberate mis-quoting of what another Poster has said is not on, and neither is a mis-representation of who originally made the post you have quoted. If a Poster demonstrates a pattern of doing so, they will be suspended, or banned outright.

The use of Avatars is encouraged but they must not be obscene or offensive, their size must be modest, and not distort the page.

It shall be within the discretion of Admin to take whatever action they feel is warranted concerning the method a Poster is using to access the Forum. For example, the use of proxies to bypass a ban or suspension.

Members must not address another Member by a real name. The real life identity, or any such similar material, of a Member must not be posted, unless there are unusual circumstances to be determined at the discretion of Admin. For example, if a Member on Forum, (including sister Forums) has openly posted information which is private, then the repetition of that material on PA is acceptable. Any breach of this Rule will lead to an immediate permanent ban.

There are now quite a few ‘sister’ sites to PA, and it is now impractical to attempt to limit posting material here concerning those other sites. I believe it would be quite productive to encourage co-operation between PA and those sister sites.

At all times, Admin may make decisions concerning the conduct of the Forums, and these should be complied with. Disagreement is not discouraged, as the Constitution makes specific provisions setting out what needs to be done in that case.

I intend to re-write the Constitution, as I believe the current version is unnecessarily obtuse and confusing. Obviously, it cannot be adopted without the necessary Member support as set out in the current Constitution. However, until that occurs, obviously we will abide by the current document. I believe in the sanctity of a Constitution and regard action taken outside it’s terms as totally unacceptable not only to the history and traditions of Political Animal, and as such, null and void. The capacity for dissent and even civil revolution is protected in the Constitution, and therefore it is a fundamental imperative that any Host of Political Animal (presently freediver) not use their power and access to ‘the buttons’ to usurp the functions of the duly elected Admin. as happened last year. Unless elected to the position of Admin or Moderator, a Host has the same rights and privileges as a Member.

Presently, there is no agreed procedure concerning elections, and petitions. In consultation with Members, a comprehensive set of guidelines will be developed. These should include issues such as franchise, voting and signature rights.

Just about every other Forum I am a Member of has a suitable and useful suite of ‘smilies.’ PA’s is presently very limited, and needs to be comprehensively expanded for Member enjoyment.

There has been disquiet concerning editing limits. This should be discussed under a separate Thread, and a majority conclusion implemented.

I suggest we have a fourth Sub-Forum called “Cess Pit,” into which at Admin/Moderator discretion, suitable objectionable Posts or Threads may be dumped. Perhaps, this is the place where such things can be put, instead of them being nuked.

Mis-use of Forum Names/nicks:

For example, someone has registered here as mozzaok. That is the nick of one of the Moderators at Oz Pol. I sent him a PM there, and asked if he had registered here, and he advised that he had not. My policy in those circumstances is that the registration of that name here would be deleted. Similarly, with look-a-like nicks, such as Jovial Monk Madness and the like.

Guest Posting.

I am in favour of it, but there may be occasions when it needs to be temporarily turned off if someone is using that facility to get around a ban.

Finally…appointment of a Moderator.

Presently, I have the view not to appoint one. I am here often enough, and if I require technical assistance, I will ask the Host for it. If, in my term it becomes apparent there is a need for a Moderator, there will be a call for nominations, and an election.

Other matters may come to mind as the campaign continues, and I will address them if required.

I have used the expression ‘Admin.’ That is a reference to the term ‘Exalted Leader,’ as set out in the Constitution, something I propose will be deleted when changes are made to it.

Thanks for reading all that.

This is bollocks:

My election platform is really very simple, I would not be a control freak and there would be very little moderation, the forum would be run along the same lines as deepthoughts forum and everyone would start a fresh with no one banned. If I win lisa will get one chance to pull her act into line after that she'll get a weeks holiday, if she continues when she returns she'll get a months holiday if she persists after that, she's gone, for good. monk will get the same treatment, I'm over the spam and crap both of them carry on with, other than that the forum would have very little moderation,along the lines of DTs forum. No personal info posted, yudda yudda. I intend to post up the mods I would appoint too, not underhanded like aussie was, a lot of people were very pissed off with aussie's underhanded appointment of annie,he said that he would ask the posters for feedback and he did re pasta but ignored the fact many said no to annie, ain't gunna happen with me, everybody will know exactly who I will appoint.
I intend to have two mods, one that is perceived to be a rightard and one a non rightard.
I think its best to have people from different persuasion's so as it doesn't look like the forum is stacked to the left or the right. My appointments
would be sprintcyclist, a known righty, and AIA someone I consider non aligned to either side but someone experienced in moderating this forum.
Other than that as far as I'm concerned the posters here should determine the direction the forum takes, It is the posters that make a forum therefore it should be the posters that decide the forums direction.

[sook]

I prefer skippys

[Aussie]

I prefer skippys

Great, give him your first preference vote.

[mantra]

I prefer skippys

Haha - so do I. Sorry Aussie, but sometimes a long winded document just doesn't do the trick.

Great, give him your first preference vote.

Should he? You got in on preferences though. We'll have to figure out how this works or we'll end up with Monk.

[Aussie]

We'll have to figure out how this works or we'll end up with Monk.

Again with the 'we.' You are tumble weed, mantra, doing your level best to hang onto the coat-tail of the people having the guts to have a go, unlike you. Buggered if I now why they bother with you. I kicked you off my leg ages ago.

[lisa jones]

My election platform is really very simple bla bla bla .

Well of course your election platform would have to be very simple. Why??

1) You are simpleton.

Oh and incidentally .. you have no idea what an election platform is. Why?? Refer 1)