[Discussion] Nominations for new Senator - Feb 06

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[Discussion] Nominations for new Senator - Feb 06

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With a hope that I'm not overstepping my bounds, I'd like to kick off this months nominations for Senatorship. I actually have my own nominee in mind, but I have to do some research on his posting before bringing it to the floor.

So, minus my nomination, please drop a name or a dime on a deserving member.
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N.B. previous nominees are still eligible.
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You mean they remain "nominated", or they have to be nominated over again?
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Connor MacLeod wrote:You mean they remain "nominated", or they have to be nominated over again?
I mean you can nominate them again.
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I nominate Surlethe
Via money Europe could become political in five years" "... the current communities should be completed by a Finance Common Market which would lead us to European economic unity. Only then would ... the mutual commitments make it fairly easy to produce the political union which is the goal"

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Oh, shouldnt the title prefix be changed to [Member]?
Via money Europe could become political in five years" "... the current communities should be completed by a Finance Common Market which would lead us to European economic unity. Only then would ... the mutual commitments make it fairly easy to produce the political union which is the goal"

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Stuart Mackey wrote:Oh, shouldnt the title prefix be changed to [Member]?
No, why?
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Dalton wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote:Oh, shouldnt the title prefix be changed to [Member]?
No, why?
Because, I suppose, that was the way things were last month . . . with a [Member] thread for nominations (Really, it should be something like [Nominations] for nominating new Senators) and a [Discussion] thread to discuss the various merits and demerits of the potential candidates. Though everyone tended to discuss in the nomination thread anyway.
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Post by Connor MacLeod »

at the risk of upstaging poor surlethe (again), I'm going to try nominating Sonnenburg I believe this is Chuck Sonnenburg, long time ASVSer.

I'm nominating him because:

a.) reading his posts make me laugh

b.) I like his avatar

c.) I like Pie.
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GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:
Dalton wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote:Oh, shouldnt the title prefix be changed to [Member]?
No, why?
Because, I suppose, that was the way things were last month . . . with a [Member] thread for nominations (Really, it should be something like [Nominations] for nominating new Senators) and a [Discussion] thread to discuss the various merits and demerits of the potential candidates. Though everyone tended to discuss in the nomination thread anyway.
Oh, I...uh. Sure, I guess.
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I nominate Illiminutis Primus.

As befitting a senator, I'm too drunk to spell his name right or link to his profile right now. So I'll back edit later. Besides, everyone knows who he is.
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Oh yeah, like Primey's going to be getting into the Senate anytime soon...
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I'll renominate Kamakazie Sith since he's been around since the beginning of the board and has always been an intelligent poster, if a bit under the radar.
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Ender wrote:I nominate Illiminutis Primus.

As befitting a senator, I'm too drunk to spell his name right or link to his profile right now. So I'll back edit later. Besides, everyone knows who he is.
Yes, we do, and I'm predicting support for him will be as buoyant as the aerodynamic lift properties of an anvil dropped from ten thousand feet...

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Recall that Ender admitted he was drunk, so its possible he might not have legitimately posted that seriously if he were sober.
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Edi wrote:
Ender wrote:I nominate Illiminutis Primus.

As befitting a senator, I'm too drunk to spell his name right or link to his profile right now. So I'll back edit later. Besides, everyone knows who he is.
Yes, we do, and I'm predicting support for him will be as buoyant as the aerodynamic lift properties of an anvil dropped from ten thousand feet...

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Okay..maybe my memory is faulty {entirly possible] or I am just being a dumbarse {rhetorical, dont answer}..but why would that be?

{And this kind of dicussion needs its own thread.}
Via money Europe could become political in five years" "... the current communities should be completed by a Finance Common Market which would lead us to European economic unity. Only then would ... the mutual commitments make it fairly easy to produce the political union which is the goal"

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Stuart Mackey wrote:
Edi wrote:
Ender wrote:I nominate Illiminutis Primus.

As befitting a senator, I'm too drunk to spell his name right or link to his profile right now. So I'll back edit later. Besides, everyone knows who he is.
Yes, we do, and I'm predicting support for him will be as buoyant as the aerodynamic lift properties of an anvil dropped from ten thousand feet...

Edi
Okay..maybe my memory is faulty {entirly possible] or I am just being a dumbarse {rhetorical, dont answer}..but why would that be?

{And this kind of dicussion needs its own thread.}
A variety of times that IP has been informative and a contributing member, there are numerous times he just throws down the gauntlet for no apparent reason.

The most recent was a one liner about Greece being a loser country for not taking back it's artifacts from the British. Another being about "hogging" a fuck.
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we need more estrogen....


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Ghost Rider wrote:
Stuart Mackey wrote:
Edi wrote: Yes, we do, and I'm predicting support for him will be as buoyant as the aerodynamic lift properties of an anvil dropped from ten thousand feet...

Edi
Okay..maybe my memory is faulty {entirly possible] or I am just being a dumbarse {rhetorical, dont answer}..but why would that be?

{And this kind of dicussion needs its own thread.}
A variety of times that IP has been informative and a contributing member, there are numerous times he just throws down the gauntlet for no apparent reason.

The most recent was a one liner about Greece being a loser country for not taking back it's artifacts from the British. Another being about "hogging" a fuck.
There's a few recent threads in ARSE I think where he's been annoying people, and I know he can be a real dick form the debates I've had with him (He's arrogant too, but that's a bit less forgivable than some of his other attitudes.)

I think the most grating aspect is that he's such a blatant "wannabe" IMHO.

As you say, he can contribute to the forum in positive ways, and he's certainly no troll, but there are lots of people like that too (Shep could be put into that category, so could Spanky and quite a few others who, while not outright trolls, aren't quite up to what one might call "Senate" standards.)
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I was reading through and suddenly realized that Surlethe had not been renominated so I'm going to correct that.
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CmdrWilkens wrote:I was reading through and suddenly realized that Surlethe had not been renominated so I'm going to correct that.
Didn't Stuart beat you to it? :P

I suppose you could consider that seconding the nomination, instead of looking silly ;)
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Connor MacLeod wrote:
CmdrWilkens wrote:I was reading through and suddenly realized that Surlethe had not been renominated so I'm going to correct that.
Didn't Stuart beat you to it? :P

I suppose you could consider that seconding the nomination, instead of looking silly ;)
Well, drat. Now I'll have to wait until the formal vote instead of spending it on a thirding.
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Connor MacLeod wrote:
CmdrWilkens wrote:I was reading through and suddenly realized that Surlethe had not been renominated so I'm going to correct that.
Didn't Stuart beat you to it? :P

I suppose you could consider that seconding the nomination, instead of looking silly ;)
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Nope I think I'll just look silly because it suits me more.
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CmdrWilkens wrote:
Connor MacLeod wrote:
CmdrWilkens wrote:I was reading through and suddenly realized that Surlethe had not been renominated so I'm going to correct that.
Didn't Stuart beat you to it? :P

I suppose you could consider that seconding the nomination, instead of looking silly ;)
DAMNIT...The goggles they do nothing.

Nope I think I'll just look silly because it suits me more.
Well you could always second one of the other nominations :P
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