Hello All:
Diderot wrote:
[quote:3491scrr]Hey people - I just wanted to let you know that I have opened up the Simplicity Party forum for contributions by people, who are not members of the party.
We'd like to invite all citizens to visit our forum and post questions and suggestions and we will do our best to answer them.
We will also in the near future (tomorrow or the early weekend) announce the opportunity to meet and discuss with us in-world and publish a brief synopsis of our already quite extensive catalogue of constructive policy proposals Smile
Also we more than welcome new members. Everyone who would like to keep our government's simple and effective way of dealing with things should feel free to join! Please IM Diderot Mirabeau in world to be added to our group.[/quote:3491scrr]
[quote:3491scrr]Since as you know we favour a simplicity of procedure that is focused on effectively achieving a stated aim we have chosen to conduct most of our policy discussion in our forum - open to any member of our party and soon to be open for the community at large (you can say we have taken a leaf out of your notebook) - and only to stage resource consuming in-world meetings when they are the most effective in for example carrying out a vote or reaching out to the electorate. [/quote:3491scrr]
I am glad to see that CARE has had an immediate and decisive effect on the manner politics is conducted in the CDS. This is a step forward in accomplishing CARE Platform objectives 2.1 Democracy –the many not the few; and 2.2 Democracy –openness not secrecy.
Until now, the Simplicity Party was a closed faction, with membership restrcted to CDS Citzens, and one could become a member only by recommendation from an already existing member. As of now, any 2L member (CDS citizen or not) can join and participate in its deliberations, without need of godfathering and vetting procedures. In addition, their in-world meetings are being increased and opened up to the public at large.
I am happy to see that they have changed this and moved towards more openness, inclusivity, accountability and participation. This is one of the main reasons CARE was founded and we should congratulate our opponents for the brave step they have taken -to ensure that they will be a valid and legitimate Faction with which we can converse in the public arena.