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Please, do not be quote this whole post!!!!!!! You may refer to this post as http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=3225238
First off, I do feel that nominating yourself is slightly arrogant. I would never nominate myself for something unless I was the blazigly obvious best choice, and that doesn't really happen too often. The ONLY reason I put myself on my list is because not doing so would have been saying much, much more than doing so. It would have been saying "Look at me, I don't nominate myself. I'm a good person." BUT everyone has a right to be nominated, all you need is one other person to support you, and some names weren't listed either, so I'll let it slide (I will, not that my opinion matters).
Secondly, I really HATE the idea of taking people OFF a list. No good can come of it. I, and I'm sure many others, would refuse to participate in such an act. Instead, maybe we could PM some of these people and find out who would be willing. That way, we can at least kill off a lot of people who don't want to do it without bashing their good name. I ask because PMing all these people is questionable policy-wise. I would be more than willing to PM them all myself, despite the time factor, because the PM would have to be the same for everyone.
Does PMing ALL these people sound like a good idea? By the way, if there is ANYONE who would be unwilling to do so ONLY because it would be too much work, take yourself off the list now, because this list will be nothing compared to the responsibilities of the council, so save yourself the trouble of watching your name get crossed off, or worse, finding out you really don't have the patience to do what you get elected to do.
So, should we PM everyone? I have one possible message, and I’ve set it up so that it can be copy and pasted to a PM:
Hello. You have been messaged because someone pointed out that you are a good community member who is willing to help out. You may or may not have read [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=2931325]The 7th Column Council[/url] thread in the Septagon, but your name was dropped anyways. If you have read the thread and are keeping up with it, you may just PM me with your response of yes or no. Yes being you accept your nomination, and no being you reject your nomination. If you’d please, you may give a short response as to why, and tell me if you want that response posted so others will know why you reject this nomination.
If you have not been keeping up with the thread, I will briefly sum it up, but I would suggest reading it anyways. Bungie wants a council of members from the 7th Column to help out and promote the Column by doing a bunch of stuff. A list of possible things the Council may do is listed as the second post [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=3220207]on this page.[/url] (First post by Rip-Saw on page 16.) This list is rather comprehensive of the ideas expressed in the thread, but the thread should be read in its entirety to see all ideas in all forms. These are just ideas, and Bungie will have to approve them, and Bungie may add more or take most of them away. Also, it should be noted that Bungie may decide to take over the election process at any time and just appoint a council of their choosing, but we’re doing it our way for the time being.
It should be pointed out that all council members, when elected, will have significant duties to perform and will be held to rigorous standards to do them. The workload will probably be less than that of the moderators, but until the duties are finalized, there is no way to know for sure. Any other questions and you should read the thread. If you are unwilling to read the thread to answer your question, then you are probably not the material to be a council member, but you can always ask a question at the end of the thread, but the answers you may get are by no means final, or even consistent between members.
Please PM me with your yes or no answer, and your reason for no if it applies and you so desire to give one.
This PM is identical for everyone on the list.
Now, although I said I would be willing to do this by myself, sharing is fun. Any volunteers to help sent out the message? You would need to look up each name by going to the People Finder and entering their name. And don’t kid yourself, if this seems too hard, you probably don’t want to do the work the council would have to do. Of course, if anyone objects based on the principle of it (I almost do, which is why I’m posting this message instead of just saying “I’ll message everyone and get back to you on it”) say so. I don’t want to piss people off too much!
Please, do not be quote this whole post!!!!!!! You may refer to this post as http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=3225238
[Edited on 5/2/2005]