[Churchill93forCPF-PP] Announcing my Candidacy

Day 2,025, 14:11 • Published in Canada USA • by Churchill93


INTRODUCTION



I, Churchill93, declare my intentions to run for CPF Party Presidency next month.

Who am I and what right do I have to run for Party President?

As an introduction, I’m a relative noob - having only been here since January. I became active in the game and in the CPF because of Auk, Funky and Dozzer teaching me the ropes and listening to the crazy suggestions of a newbie.

Dozzer kindly added me to the CPF ticket for Congress for the only Congressional term since I've been playing. He called me a "quite new person with great ideas.” I will try to live up to that description with my platform (to follow). It was a pleasure to serve in Congress and to work with the administration on our Foreign Policy issue of the day: Spain.

Why am I running? Well, our party is like our country – at a crossroads. We have not held the Presidency since I've been playing the game, activity is down, and we got thumped in the last election. I have some ideas that I think can help renew the CPF. I want to work with CPF members to move our party forward to be able to be in a position to govern eCanada.

MY PLATFORM

1) Create a CPF Shadow Cabinet


The role of this Shadow Cabinet would be to serve as a Party Think Tank. The role of the CPF Shadow Cabinet would not be to criticize and respond to the government, but to train and facilitate CPF involvement on important eCanadian issues. It would be a good training ground for Cabinet Positions, and integrate experienced members with new members.

The Shadow Cabinet would represent the CPF on the issues of the day. In addition, they would play a major role in governing the CPF (ie. assisting in the recruitment of new members, CPF CP and Congressional Candidates etc).

This would not serve as an elite governing body to dictate to the membership. In fact, Shadow Cabinet members would be responsible for holding portfolio specific Moose Calls for interested party members and taking their input to determine the course forward.

The Portfolios:
Vice President: Serve as the party’s second in command, aid with recruitment, liaise with other parties and the administration, and assist Shadow Critics.

Foreign Affairs and Defence Critic: Work with the MoFA and MoD, speak out for the party on issues of FA and Def, work with CPF members to develop FA and Def policy, keep the party informed on these issues w/n the game, recruit and train Deputy FA/Def Critics, hold FA/Def Moose Calls for interested members.

Finance Critic: Work with Administration on issues of taxation and spending. Speak out for the party on issues of Finance, work with CPF members to develop Finance policies, keep the party informed on these issues w/n the game, recruit and train Deputy Fin Critics, hold Finance Moose Calls for interested members.

Education Critic: Develop a training program for new members, assist in recruiting new members, create a team to assist them in this position, hold Education Moose Calls for interested members.

Party Spokesperson: Issue communications on behalf of the party, responsible for ensuring Policy Referendum Ballots, CP Primary Ballots, and future censuses are sent to members.

Shadow Cabinet Members without Portfolio: These would be CPF Elder Statesmen and Stateswomen. They would play the role of assisting newer members of the Shadow Cabinet and providing guidance to the party officials.

If I am successful in getting elected as your Party President, I will name a Shadow Cabinet within 3 days. For those who may be interested in getting involved, please send me a message.

2) Establishing Grassroots Selected Policy Positions for the CPF

What does the CPF stand for? Well we have our 7 tenets:
1. Uphold the equality of all active Military Units
2. Make the accounting of government funding more open and important
3. Ensure Canada is a reliable and selfless ally
4. To respect, recognize and uphold the supremacy of the mechanics of the game
5. Develop a positive political sphere
6. Bring in Canadians to eRepublik
7. To encourage growth and stability to the eCanadian economy

These are all important, but what else do we stand for on issues of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Finance, Education etc? We have sought that out in prior censuses, but have not actively engaged the membership on where the party should stand.

I believe that in order to encourage eCanadians to vote for us, we need to give them a reason to. Establishing policy positions is an important element of that. The only way we can establish policy is through a grassroots driven process.

The Shadow Cabinet will help instigate some discussion on this. For example, where does the CPF stand on Asgard? Or where does the CPF stand on negotiations with Spain? Or where does the CPF stand on taxation?

Members will be asked to submit proposals over the period of a week. We will create a referendum ballot and ask all CPF members to submit their ballots over the period of 3 days. For a policy to be enacted as official CPF policy, it will need to receive the support of 60% or higher of the votes cast.

3) Continue the Moose Calls

I will continue the Moose Calls to all Membership. As mentioned previously, we will add Shadow Cabinet specific Moose Calls for members interested in certain portfolios.

4) Cooperating with all eCanadian political parties

If elected as your Party President, I will participate in cross-party dialogue chats with other PPs and their Senior Party officials. I will also maintain a dialogue with the CP and Cabinet.

5) Working towards a Congress and selecting CPF candidates

One of our primary objectives has to be to ensure that eCanada has a Congressional race once again. This is important to ensure proper checks and balances.

As has been done by prior PPs, I will ask all Congressional candidates to submit a survey on their plans. I will select a balanced team of experienced and new players. If we are successful at electing a Congress, we will have a CPF Congress Members Moose Call as well.

I also commit to not putting my name forward for Congress, to ensure fairness in the selection process.

6) Continuing the CPF CP Primary

As has been done by prior PPs, I will continue the process of preferential ballots to the party membership to select the CPF nominee for CP. All CP candidates from all parties who issue a platform will be put on the ballot.

I also commit to not putting my name forward for CP, to ensure fairness in the selection process.

7) Videos

I pledge to create no videos during my term. 🙂

Anyways, that's all for my launch. Is it a bit early? Perhaps. But I believe the early bird gets the worm. I look forward to a campaign filled with ideas on renewal.