MARP Election 2005 - Call for Nominations
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:33 pm
MARP Election 2005 - Call for Nominations
It's time to nominate coordinators for 2006. Since we've missed the official dates for the annual election, I've reset the timeline to preserve the original timespans, but start on a later date.
Please submit nominations for the following positions:
Regulation Coordinator
- Must maintain the regulation rules web page when necessary. Must report the update to the assistant and main web page maintainers.
- Must enforce the voting of any relevant regulation votes.
- Can extend any particular vote from the default of seven days for any good reason.
- Can reduce the length or reject any particular vote from the default of seven days for any good reason. However, this decision can be overruled by a 2/3 vote from the general public.
Tournament Coordinator
- May reject a game for the tournament for any good reason.
- May choose the final x games of the tournament at any point up to seven days in advance of the beginning of the tournament. He may change the games after this point only by a 2/3 vote from the general public.
- May set any rule for the tournament as long as the spirit of the tournament remains intact up to seven days in advance of the beginning of the tournament. He may change rules after this point only by a 2/3 vote from the general public.
- Must organize at least one public meeting before the tournament and run that meeting.
- Must enforce the rules of the tournament at all times.
- Must attempt to advertise the tournament before and after the tournament.
Knockout (MAME Championship) Coordinators (there are 3 Knockout Coordinators)
- Can choose any game for any round at any point. They may change the game before it is announced, but cannot change the game unless agreed to by a 2/3 vote from the general public after the game is announced.
- Can choose any format for the MAME Championships at any point before the tournament begins. They can only change the format after a tournament begins by a 2/3 vote from the general public.
- Must enforce the rules of the MAME Championships at all times.
- Must attempt to advertise the MAME Championships before and after the tournament.
- (Knockout Chairman Only) Must organize at least one public meeting before the tournament and run those meetings unless he designates another coordinator to do this job.
Week Challenge Championship (WCC) Coordinator
- Organize and run the Week Challenge Championship
Olympiad Coordinator
- Organize and run the MARP Olympiad
Time Trial Coordinator
- Organize and run the Time Trial Competition
Nomination rules:
1. Nominations of coordinators will last from December 21, 00:00 GMT to December 27, 23:59 GMT.
2. Any member may nominate himself or any other member during this time period. Either publicly state your nomination on this thread, or email or PM me.
3. If a member is nominated, that person must either publicly state on this thread their intention to run for the nominated position, or email or PM me their intention. (My e-mail is gastrainga2001@yahoo.com)
4. A member must have submitted his/her first recording before 2005 August 7 in order to qualify as a coordinator. (NOTE: There is no minimum length of membership or activity requirement in order to nominate somebody else).
5. Any editor may be a coordinator. The same person cannot hold regulation, knockout or tournament coordinator positions.
6. Failure to announce intention of running by December 30, 23:59 GMT will be considered rejection of the nomination.
7. I will report the current state of nominations/acceptations/rejections on this thread once a day.
8. If there are no nominations for the Olympiad or Time Trial positions, those positions will be treated as "dead" until somebody decides to resurrect them.
Election voting will begin on 2006 January 7, 00:00 GMT and will end on 2006 January 16, 23:59 GMT
See http://marp.retrogames.com/rules/election.htm for general MARP Election Procedures
It's time to nominate coordinators for 2006. Since we've missed the official dates for the annual election, I've reset the timeline to preserve the original timespans, but start on a later date.
Please submit nominations for the following positions:
Regulation Coordinator
- Must maintain the regulation rules web page when necessary. Must report the update to the assistant and main web page maintainers.
- Must enforce the voting of any relevant regulation votes.
- Can extend any particular vote from the default of seven days for any good reason.
- Can reduce the length or reject any particular vote from the default of seven days for any good reason. However, this decision can be overruled by a 2/3 vote from the general public.
Tournament Coordinator
- May reject a game for the tournament for any good reason.
- May choose the final x games of the tournament at any point up to seven days in advance of the beginning of the tournament. He may change the games after this point only by a 2/3 vote from the general public.
- May set any rule for the tournament as long as the spirit of the tournament remains intact up to seven days in advance of the beginning of the tournament. He may change rules after this point only by a 2/3 vote from the general public.
- Must organize at least one public meeting before the tournament and run that meeting.
- Must enforce the rules of the tournament at all times.
- Must attempt to advertise the tournament before and after the tournament.
Knockout (MAME Championship) Coordinators (there are 3 Knockout Coordinators)
- Can choose any game for any round at any point. They may change the game before it is announced, but cannot change the game unless agreed to by a 2/3 vote from the general public after the game is announced.
- Can choose any format for the MAME Championships at any point before the tournament begins. They can only change the format after a tournament begins by a 2/3 vote from the general public.
- Must enforce the rules of the MAME Championships at all times.
- Must attempt to advertise the MAME Championships before and after the tournament.
- (Knockout Chairman Only) Must organize at least one public meeting before the tournament and run those meetings unless he designates another coordinator to do this job.
Week Challenge Championship (WCC) Coordinator
- Organize and run the Week Challenge Championship
Olympiad Coordinator
- Organize and run the MARP Olympiad
Time Trial Coordinator
- Organize and run the Time Trial Competition
Nomination rules:
1. Nominations of coordinators will last from December 21, 00:00 GMT to December 27, 23:59 GMT.
2. Any member may nominate himself or any other member during this time period. Either publicly state your nomination on this thread, or email or PM me.
3. If a member is nominated, that person must either publicly state on this thread their intention to run for the nominated position, or email or PM me their intention. (My e-mail is gastrainga2001@yahoo.com)
4. A member must have submitted his/her first recording before 2005 August 7 in order to qualify as a coordinator. (NOTE: There is no minimum length of membership or activity requirement in order to nominate somebody else).
5. Any editor may be a coordinator. The same person cannot hold regulation, knockout or tournament coordinator positions.
6. Failure to announce intention of running by December 30, 23:59 GMT will be considered rejection of the nomination.
7. I will report the current state of nominations/acceptations/rejections on this thread once a day.
8. If there are no nominations for the Olympiad or Time Trial positions, those positions will be treated as "dead" until somebody decides to resurrect them.
Election voting will begin on 2006 January 7, 00:00 GMT and will end on 2006 January 16, 23:59 GMT
See http://marp.retrogames.com/rules/election.htm for general MARP Election Procedures
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