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Posted - 2008.06.15 23:23:00 -
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 Originally by: Arithron
I have to agree totally with Verone, and I've said as much elsewhere. You stood (as others also did) fully aware of the commitment you would need to give. If you can't give this commitment, withdraw and let one of the alternates that can take your place. It's that simple. Meetings take time, and when you start to discuss an issue it might take an hour or two to come to the point where everyone can make an informed vote. Start putting just issues that affect the MAJORITY of Eve players onto the agenda, and your meetings may get a little shorter....
Take care,
Bruce Hansen
This sentiment is silly. The CSM is made up of other players just like you guys, and they're already giving up a lot of time as it is. I don't think its all that unreasonable to not expect them to be at the playerbase's beck and call 24/7 - this isn't their full time job. They aren't CCP engineers or designers - its a player committee.
I mean, you can't seriously be making the claim that just because holding much longer meetings would cause problems for the US/EU part of the council that they aren't somehow honoring their obligation.
The lack of thinking on the CSM forums is astounding. This post will, of course, be interpreted next by someone as me saying that the CSM candidates shouldn't have to attend meetings, or don't have to put in the hours, or whatever. Everything isn't black and white folks.
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On the issue of CSM members looking out for their interests primarily - you didn't expect this? Obviously these are not unbiased people, and as with any political position each member will have their pet issues and will tend to support those issues that affect them and theirs. Again, this is not to say that the CSM members should be allowed to be corrupt politicians who ONLY look out for their best interests, but you must expect some amount of slant in their decisions based on their personal experiences and involvements in the game. That's why the playerbase was supposed to vote for these people - so that they could get a selection of members who represented their best interests.
tl;dr - Ideally the CSM members will look out for the "greater good of the greater playerbase," but you must account for some slant with their votes. It would be naive not to.
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