[PCP] Congress + Statement on Recent Events
Day 2,199, 00:16
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by Jimbobfrey
Hi there! This article is to be split into 2 parts: first, we shall have the Congress results and a thank you to the Congressmen who donated their 5 gold to the NHS. Secondly, I would like to tell you about recent events regarding the PCP.
Note: those who know which ‘events’ I am referring to, this article is just an informative one based solely on the information I have heard from fellow PCP members and I’ve tried to represent all views fairly. I will not point the finger and blame anyone, that’s not the right thing to do. So, if you’re expecting confrontation, I’m sorry but you will be disappointed.
We got 6 seats in Congress! Yay! Well done to your new Congressmen! I’m sure they will all do a great job.
Another great reason to be happy is that several of our Congressmen have very generously agreed to donate their 5 gold from the Congress medal to the NHS. This was a very good thing to do and thank you to those of you who have done this. The PCP is proud to support the NHS. If you have just been elected as Congressman and would like to donate your gold to the NHS, Dom has a form he’d like you to fill out here.
Over the past couple of days, the PCP experienced one of the most shocking and surprising moments I can remember.
Basically, only the top 5 parties at the end of the 24th can run for Congress. The rest can only have Congressmen if they enter the elections indirectly through another party’s Congress list (like WRP ran a candidate in our Congress list). Anyway, on the 24th November, we discovered that the PCP’s membership had decreased and the membership of both the UKPP and UKRP increased, putting us quite far out of the top 5. PCP and WRP almost missed out on having a Congress!
However, New Era and WRP helped us massively by sending people over to the PCP so that we could get back into the top 5 before the 24th was over. Thank you so much to them for helping us at such short notice! You were amazing, the PCP is very grateful! Thank you! \o/
I stated before that this article is not going to be used to blame anyone for what happened but, as Spokesman of the PCP, I have the duty to tell you what I’ve been hearing.
The PCP seems to have divided opinion at the moment. I don’t like this imagery but, in order to make the situation clear, I will introduce two ‘camps’ of thought. Camp A believe that this is simply a sign that we need to start recruiting more heavily and focus on retaining our members. Camp B believe that the PCP is under threat from a group in the eUK which is outside of the PCP (no names, I don’t want to single anyone out!).
I also want to add that there are not really two distinct camps at war with each other, just some disagreement between groups of people in the PCP. That’s all but it needs mentioning because it has caused a lot of tension within our party.
If you want the truth, it could well be a mixture of both of these things. I don’t personally know Camp B’s group well enough to determine if they had a role in it or not so I am very hesitant to say that they caused us to move out of the top 5. Really, the UKPP wanted to get into Congress and made a last-minute bid to increase their membership and get one. Unfortunately, we were at the bottom of the top 5 and so we fell out of it. The UKPP may have had some support from this group, they may have just made a deal with another party or perhaps they just had a babyboom. Yes, you could say that was an attack on the PCP but you could also say that it was the UKPP trying to expand and that we were just unlucky enough to be caught out by this. You can make your own decision on that.
Except it’s a little deeper than just these Congress elections. I’m trying my best to explore all opinions so I will tell you that some people from Camp B have expressed a feeling of frustration since the start of term now. They felt that the PP elections were rigged and unfair. This was because Dominic May and LongShotzZ were perhaps the two ‘favourites’ to win as they had extensive election campaigns. Then, ApronChef entered the elections and almost won with a smaller campaign. These people from Camp B state that they think a group from outside the PCP helped ApronChef to get more votes. I don’t mean to say that this is necessarily wrong or that it isn’t valid but you have to look at what Camp A are saying too...
ApronChef has been the PP of PCP before, he did a very good job last time and he is a highly respected member of our party (he’s just left us now, have fun in future endeavours, comrade) - all good qualities which would make people want to vote for him as PP. Did he have extra support? Who knows? Maybe he did. But he was still a valid candidate and it should not come as a surprise that he came second in the elections. And the group’s members actually continue to say that they did not ‘get involved’ or do anything at all. Again, I’m not saying that this is true or that it is false because I honestly don’t know. I’m just stating what I have heard.
So I’ve tried to explain to you what these disagreements are about and where they stemmed from. Hopefully, this has helped you to know more about why the recent elections are causing quite a lot of excitement in the PCP. Now, did this group intervene in PCP politics? Ultimately, only their members know. However, I urge people to remain calm and to think rationally. And please try to consider all the opinions in this article, even if you think (or know) that they are wrong.
There’s one message I would like you to take from this article though:
The PCP will not fall! We stand tall and embrace any challenges thrown upon us! We are stronger together!
Thank you for your time.
-Jimbobfrey
PCP Spokesman
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I've tried to make it clear in the article by saying it a couple of times. This statement of recent events is a kinda controversial topic to talk about but I have written down everything I have heard people say. I'm not saying what is true and what is not, just what I've heard. My intentions are good 🙂
Thank you for this very informative article, comrade. Since I have become less active on the IRC and forums, it is hard to follow exactly what goes on in certain quarters of the party.
There was a time, not long ago in fact, that we never had real in-game PP elections. Is this still a policy? It was a good one. Elections would happen on the forum, and then ALL party members with any sense/loyalty would vote for the candidate agreed out-of-game, to avoid PTOing, to avoid any other influence basically. It was a good way to do things because it encouraged solidarity once the democratic choice for PP had been made.
I would ask that all genuine, honest members of the party support one another and conduct themselves with the spirit of solidarity with all workers of the eWorld. Anyone who seeks to usurp the party - this is the first I have heard of ANYTHING btw, so I have no individuals/groups to name - should be condemned.
Anyway, here's to another successful round of PCP congressmen.
That's a really good way of running the PP elections actually. I'm not active on IRC or forums very much either but I don't think this policy is currently happening.
Don't worry about not hearing anything of this before now. Hopefully, that's a good sign that it's only limited to a small part of the party 😃
Haha, we two forum inactives saying that forum-only elections are a good idea. Ironic! Some would say they were undemocratic because they disenfrancised 2-clickers. I personally think that those dedicated to the party and the cause, those willing to take 5 mins to register to the forums and check it every now and again, are probably better placed to know if some candidate or another has done good works for the party - and more crucially, whether they are a PTOer or something sinister like that.
Yeah absolutely. They could even let us know when to check the forums by posting a link in the PCP party feed thing. This is a good idea, we should totally do this!
that 2 woman is fighting over krakken. damn so many women so little time 🙁
Interesting article. Voted!
These top 5 only election problems exist in many nations like The Netherlands. The grand old party I&W could not take part in the elections in the last hours: www.erepublik.com/en/article/2345412
A few people can make a big difference. At least that gives some power to the individual and gives parties around the top 5 position a lot of work.
Voted!V piriod tavarishty! 07
Thanks to those who balanced the scales, though it is only really acceptable if we know for sure that it was a plot to decrease our membership
SKA moved people into UKPP the night before elections. People moving between parties before an election is nothing new, happens every month. TUP members were moved into UKRP, players that had recently moved away made a sudden return as well as using citizenship passes to boost numbers. ESO had Legion members returning from Poland and were the only 'safe' party.
As for your PP elections, a quick look at the results see PCP down on votes from the previous month. Which normally suggests a lack of activity for that month rather than people coming over to vote. AC is a well known and well liked member of PCP and the eUK, PCP are just being paranoid... you guys wanna stop listening to SirRex!
ApronChef was legendary when he was the PP of the PCP :3.
It was a pleasure to help out PCP a true and honest party.
It was mainly Dapper who organised the momement of players to support the PCP push into top 5.
Well done again PCP