[ESO] Constitutional changes discussion 1

Day 1,929, 05:09 • Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom • by Ullok


Greetings, this is part 1 of the Constitutional change discussions. There will be one further article / group PM and forum discussion on this. Each group PM has a corresponding forum thread, you can discuss the changes in either arena and your responses will be pasted across by a member of the ESO Leadership team. Once we have discussed and there are no further points raised, we will move on to discussing the remaining sections. Once that is done, we will then begin to vote. This process should take no more than a few days for each discussion, and 24-48 hours for the vote.

Thus without further ado, let me outline the first changes. Note that in this article and discussion round, we will discuss the amendments of sections 3 (members) and 4 (structure), and the removal of section 7 (the legion). In the next article and discussion round, we will discuss the amendments of section 6 (elections) and 9 (constitutional amendments).

This article will contain the amendments, including any changes that were brought up in the previous discussion rounds. The original (ie currently active) sections of the Constitution can be found here



Section 3 - The members
All members will be judged as equal, regardless of their stature, history or ambitions. IRC and forum activity will not be used to discriminate between members. Active membership will be determined by the number of respondents within 72 hours when in game group messages are setup. Responses can either be via the message, or the matching forum thread (one thread is setup for each message group - if someone should reply both on the forum and in game, only one will count)



Section 4 - The Party Structure
Each month the party will elect a party president in line with the game mechanics. There will be no “preferred” candidates, and those seeking (re)election will have to gain the support of the party on their own merits. Upon election, A party president will be expected to appoint a Vice Party President, A Spokesman, A Councillor and a Secretary General.

4.1 - The Councillor
The role of Councillor will be to oversee the party's congressional candidates. The Councillor will be expected to offer guidance and support to those without experience, ensure all party representatives engage in good practice. They will also be expected to ensure Congress Members give updates on their progress, for publication by the Party Spokesman.

4.2 - The Spokesman
The role of Spokesman will be to be the mouthpiece of the party. The Spokesman will be expected to publish official articles of the party: announcements of policy, enacting platforms (for instance, Eat Some Omelette), and content relating to members: for instance interviews with Congress Members, ex Party Presidents, or general UK citizens, etc). Recruitment Articles should also be published or at least publicised, by the Spokesman.

4.3 - The Vice President
The role of Vice Party President will be to assist the Party President with content, platforms and other proposals to engage current members of the party. These will include but not be limited to, group messages based on specific parts of the game, (for instance, economics, etc). Real life based discussions (for instance, football, formula 1, etc).

4.4 - The Secretary General
The role of Secretary General will be to asisst the Party President with content, platforms and other proposals to engage new members of the party. That is, welcome them to the party, and bring them up to speed with what the parties is, what we do, and how we do it. Most importantly, The Secretary General will do this in a method which fully encapsulates the values and approach of ESO.

4.5 - The Party President
The role of the Party President is to oversee the rest of the in game roles, as well as a group of dedicated ESO volunteers. Not only will the Party President lead the party, they will also be responsible for leading the group that works together to further ESO that month. The PP will be responsible for ensuring all members have a chance to volunteer, and once they do so, ensuring everyone has a set role or area to help with. The Party President is also responsible for ensuring all parts of the party are operating in a way which is consistent with both the ESO constitution, and the traditional approach of openness, honesty, and free from overly partisan manipulation.



Finally, Section 7 can be found on the wiki (here). Elle Roslin pointed out that this section is simply out of date: ESO and The Legion have no official ties anymore, and to even have them in our constitution would offer others the chance to attack either The Legion, or ESO. Even mentioning them would weaken their independence, so up until now there has been widespread agreement that this section in its entirety should be dropped.


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This brings to an end this first final debate/discussion. Please check your PMs to see a group PM discussion, as well as a link to a forum based thread. As mentioned, Party Leadership will cross-post across these methods to ensure that the discussion includes all thoughts and points.