[Dan/naD] The Campaign for a New Switzerland
Dan/naD Wilshire
The Introduction
Let the controversy commence! I Dan/naD Wilshire am running in Switzerland’s Country Presidential election! For some of you, this will feel like Déjà vu! 573 days ago I awoke as the President of Switzerland. Last time round I wrote 7 articles in my campaign for presidency. This time I will write Three.
The question is everyone’s mind must be “why?” While floating from Country to country I never took my eye off Switzerland. I am subscribed to many Swiss newspapers so I was always checking up on how Switzerland was doing. Being an SOP in #eSwitzerland also helps as I was around for many interesting conversations on the IRC. I have seen the activity collapse during the hardship of the PTO. I have seen everyone pull together to ensure that the country has been kept safe. However, since the passing of the PTO, the activity has remained low. Along with this the country seems to been heading towards breaking point. I am hearing talks of “sides”. Now there is nothing wrong with having different sides in politics, it can make things a lot more interesting. However there seem to be rifts growing. This is not what we want to see. This is why I am running for CP. I am an outsider. I have no bias towards either side. This sense of neutrality is what I believe may be needed for the rough road that Switzerland faces ahead.
The Campaign Begins
A policy of participation – Activity is the key. Not only will it spread power, it will help with player retention. My major issue is activity. #eSwitzerland is mainly dead, it’s a fight to get a conversation going and even then it’s probably the same 5 people every time. We need a policy of participation. The forum was our greatest asset. However the “PTO” caused former governments to decide on disbanding it. We need to bring it back; it pulls everyone together and offers a level of transparency. We need to connect with our new players. We will never be a country who gets 100+ new citizens a day. We need to improve our retention rate. If 5 players join we need to get at least 3 of them to level 20. This is not going to be easy. We have to make this game interesting for people to play. The Education quiz is a good start but much more needs to be done.
Spend smart - Our second problem is our spending habits. We used to have millions of cc in the bank. Now we are in debt. We had a strict policy of only spending what would be useful, now we have a policy of “spend for the sake of spending”. We need to curtail our spending and run a surplus. Now.
We need to fund programs that help people. There is no point providing weapons to players for battles that do not matter. We need to spend smart. We need our investments to in the end come back to us in some shape or form, whether that is in the form of a stronger fighter or spending within our local market (jobs, purchases off the market etc.).
The Military problem - Thirdly we need to bring back our military. We have fighters, but we lack any real organisation. We need to pull our forces together in a central unit where everyone knows where to fight. Or at least a command structure in place in current units to ensure that DO’s are for the right battles (the eUK has a great system which I would consider adopting).
The time is now – This is not all, this is just a taste of more to come. I will have a more detailed manifesto come out a few days before the election.
Final Notes
Well this is me, putting myself forward for president. I am looking to put together a large cabinet. If you are interested please message me. I am willing to train up new players into ministers and use the vast knowledge of our more experienced members in the community.
Thank you all for your time.
Dan/naD Wilshire – Today, tomorrow, forever, Switzerland!
Comments
Activity is good,
gl Eco~
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Good and new ideas there!
Supported.
if you are looking for a successful and organized MU....... join the Swiss Guards.
we fight for switzerland.
good luck danny boy
Yay voted
Dan - your driver to the future!
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o7 Good Luck!
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Vote for Dan/naD Wilshire o7
> Congress has been using the new old forum.
> It's been my experience that retention is more like 20:1 and we get about 2 per day.
> There is still money but it is not unlimited. The Swiss market is in poor shape. The whole eRep econ is in poor shape.
> Yes Rican, the Swiss Guard is the organized MU. Please don't anyone join Pickle's that wants organization. We are intentionally dysfunctional. 😃
> I'd like to add that having a congress seems to be an important issue. Can you address your plans to achieve this?
> That's a good start, now it's time to get everyone back there.
> That has been my experience too. But it's never a bad idea to try to improve it.
> My experience is that there is still a lot of money to go around. My I have just been fortunate operating in the market. But there are still ways to make money.
>I have no doubt that Sgtchewy and Rican have the Swiss Guard in tip top shape. But everything can be improved.
> Specialised task force to work with making a real deal with Slovenia. Along with continued coordination with CoT and Canada to ensure a secure region in the north.
Anything else?
Nope, you pretty much answered my questions. 🙂 I would mention that while my MU is not organized at all they are very loyal. It's just hard to organize anything with a bunch of 2-clickers. Those that are active are like me, you never know when we'll be on. 🙂
Cool. Good luck, is nice to read new ideas and welcome back 🙂.
o/ mate!!!
Funky swiss!!!
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
John C. Maxwell
Save yourselves, women and children first!! 😛
v + good luck mate 🙂
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sorry Dan....military problem? spending problem? participation problem? we have less than 300 citizens...there is the problem. Not organization. Not improper spending. Not lack of participation. I am not interested in a CP that boasts about seeing problems without sharing the solutions to the problems... Can't even vote the article friend.
good luck with your run.
I guess you don't get my campaign style...
good luck 🙂
I hope you write more articles than me 😉
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"I am an outsider."
You said this as a positive thing but I don't think it is 😛 You're certainly familiar with Swiss stuff but I think it's too early for you to just come back and grab power because you're "neutral"... You're a member of a party just as we all are, and you have been involved in both parties that are stepping through so that erases reasonable neutrality... the only neutrality you could hold in my opinion is that due to ignorance.
Also correct me if I'm wrong/disregard this, but weren't you just heavily involved in UK politics? UK is TWO. I think coming directly from a moderately influential TWO country into a CoT country immediately as CP could be problematic...
I am a member of the SFP for the purpose of running. If I could run party-less I would but the game doesn't make that possible.
After I left Switzerland (November 2012) I moved to the UK when I became some what involved with their politics, but vMoD isn't exactly that big a position.
I then went to Belgium (CoT) where I was 4x Minister of National Security and spent half a term as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
I then went back to the eUK to idle until I could get Swiss CS.
Throughout all this time I was forever requesting to my unit commander to send fighters to Switzerland and to change the DO's away from Slovenian battles.
So the short answer is no, I was not heavily involved in eUK politics.
Sorry, I was misinformed; I thought it was the reverse ;P
I can forgive you... this time... 😉
Eco never forgives...and never forgets. ]-D