EVE Online's candidates for 4th Council of Stellar Management announced
by James Egan 
Oct 31st 2009 at 4:00PM
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Game mechanics, News items, Politics
Although Xhagen didn't break down candidate stats by nationality, there is a substantial number of U.S. players running for the 4th CSM as in past elections. This time around there are candidates from Latvia, Serbia, and Barbados as well. The ages of candidates range from 21 to 54, and only one female candidate is in the running this term which Xhagen notes is a decrease from the previous election. (He also indicates that only 3.9% of EVE's subscribers are female.)
The Council Candidates page is up and lists the real name, nationality, personal web page, character name and affiliation, and a brief statement of purpose for each individual running in the upcoming CSM election. Though, as a few observers have pointed out, some candidates have provided little in the way of useful information on their election platforms thus far.
Mynxee from the Life in Low Sec blog writes: "Of the 49, 23 have blank, non-serious, or non-informative campaign statements/tag lines. This leaves 26 who made a reasonable effort to communicate what they are about when filling out their CSM application. Of that 26, however, 18 or so have broken web links or links that don't go to a page with any information about their CSM candidacy or platform."
More info about the candidates and their election platforms can be found in the Jita Park Speakers Corner section of the EVE forums. The election polls will open on November 12th and players will have until November 26th to cast their votes.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Darth Sith said on 6:41PM 10-31-2009
I agree there is a lot of missing information from many of the candidates which make one wonder if they are just submitting for the sake of attention.
In regards to the broken web links, many of us did not have a campaign page up yet as we did not know at that point if we were going to be accepted. I was one of those who did not provide a link but now have a page up here:
http://csm.eve-iyi.info
Unfortunately CCP has not provided any tools for us (Candidates) to update the URL. I have send an ingame mail to the Xhagen to find out how this can be accomplished as the original application stated that it would be able to be modified at a later date.
My main goal for the CSM is to apply my years of experience in Eve to help ensure that new changes make sense and provide a voice of the player base on decisions.
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