NS Rugby Discussion Thread (v.2)

by **NS Rugby Board Executive Council** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:33 pm

This is your approximately 24 hour and 27 minute warning to get any final votes in. So far we've had seven, lets see if we can't get a few more.

-Darmen

by **NS Rugby Board Executive Council** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 11:23 am

Did I forget to post the results last night? No, no, of course I didn't. I would never...

10 votes were received with all 10 in favor of the amended constitution. I will edit the OP soon to reflect those changes.

Expect another announcement with regards to the elections/nominations soon.

-Darmen

by **NS Rugby Board Executive Council** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:13 am

Apologies for the delay, but I'm now opening the nomination period for the next elections. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else to the position of President, please do so in this thread. Self-nominations will count as one of the three nominations required by the constitution. If you are nominated by someone else but have no desire to be President, you are of course free to decline your nomination. If you wish to be one of the Section Vice Presidents, you need only to post in this thread that you are running as a candidate. Also, those nominated for President are free to run for one of the Section Vice President positions as well.

I will not be placing any hard deadline for nominations to be posted, once we have candidates for all the positions (President and the three Section VPs), I'll allow 72 hours for any more nominations and the vote will begin shortly thereafter.

Please do yell at me if I've forgotten anything or gotten something wrong.

-Darmen

by **Lisander** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:41 am

I nominate myself for the position of NSRB President. I honestly would prefer to be Domestic Rugby Caretaker, since it would take less time, but it's not up to me to decide, so I decided to support it the best I can.

by **Darmen** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:44 am

I'll be declining any potential nominations for the Presidency that may have come my way. I will however be running for reelection as the Rugby League Section Vice President.

by **Northwest Kalactin** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:49 am

Lisander wrote:I nominate myself for the position of NSRB President. I honestly would prefer to be Domestic Rugby Caretaker, since it would take less time, but it's not up to me to decide, so I decided to support it the best I can.

I’ll second Lisanders nomination for NSRB President.

by **Elejamie** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:21 am

Much like Darmen, I'll be declining any potential nominations for NSRB President. I'll still run for Sevens Section VP but that'll be about it.

by **Neu Engollon** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:06 pm

Lisander wrote:I nominate myself for the position of NSRB President. I honestly would prefer to be Domestic Rugby Caretaker, since it would take less time, but it's not up to me to decide, so I decided to support it the best I can.

Are you going to have the time to devote to this position and keep things going on track?

by **Lisander** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:23 pm

Neu Engollon wrote:
Lisander wrote:I nominate myself for the position of NSRB President. I honestly would prefer to be Domestic Rugby Caretaker, since it would take less time, but it's not up to me to decide, so I decided to support it the best I can.

Are you going to have the time to devote to this position and keep things going on track?

Currently, I'm quarantined due to the global outbreak of that virus, so at least for the next weeks, time is not a problem. After that quarantine, and provided I have supportive VPs (what I barely had in my previous tenure), I believe there should be no big problem. After all, you know me. I may miss a deadline here, delay another thing there, but I always did my best for NationStates Rugby.

by **Neu Engollon** » Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:44 am

Lisander wrote:
Neu Engollon wrote:
Are you going to have the time to devote to this position and keep things going on track?

Currently, I'm quarantined due to the global outbreak of that virus, so at least for the next weeks, time is not a problem. After that quarantine, and provided I have supportive VPs (what I barely had in my previous tenure), I believe there should be no big problem. After all, you know me. I may miss a deadline here, delay another thing there, but I always did my best for NationStates Rugby.

So did your VPs when you disappeared. No reason to throw them under the bus. RL gets in the way, which is what I was getting at. Can you find the balance this time?

by **Apox** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:08 pm

Lisander wrote:I nominate myself for the position of NSRB President. I honestly would prefer to be Domestic Rugby Caretaker, since it would take less time, but it's not up to me to decide, so I decided to support it the best I can.

Thirding Lisander's nomination for NSRB President.

by **Darmen** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:43 pm

Fourthing Lisander's nomination, which now has seconds from each of the sections. We are still in need of a candidate for the Union section Vice President.

by **Lisander** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:50 pm

Neu Engollon wrote:RL gets in the way, which is what I was getting at. Can you find the balance this time?

Finding the balance between RL and NationStates is a constant worry of mine. But I believe this balance, today, is easier to reach since we (the NS Rugby Community) skillfully secured ways to keep this up and running, like NSRB Discord.

Northwest Kalactin wrote:I’ll second Lisanders nomination for NSRB President.

Apox wrote:Thirding Lisander's nomination for NSRB President.

Darmen wrote:Fourthing Lisander's nomination, which now has seconds from each of the sections.

I thank you three for your trust.

Finally, since both Darmen and Elejamie have volunteered:

I second Darmen's nomination for Rugby League VP, and Elejamie's nomination for Rugby Sevens VP.

by **Northwest Kalactin** » Sat May 02, 2020 3:53 pm

I’ll put my name out there for Union however if a more experienced user is running I’ll pull myself out.

by **Darmen** » Sat May 02, 2020 7:46 pm

Now that we have candidates for all four positions, I'm setting the deadline for any more nominations/candidacies to be 72 hours from now. If someone who isn't running for one of the positions would be so kind to volunteer to collect votes, that would be great!

by **Havynwilde** » Sat May 02, 2020 7:48 pm

new to da rugby scene buh been on ns sports fo nearly five years fin throw my hat n da ring for the VP position too

by **Darmen** » Sat May 02, 2020 8:03 pm

Havynwilde wrote:new to da rugby scene buh been on ns sports fo nearly five years fin throw my hat n da ring for the VP position too

Which Section? I know you mentioned Union on discord, so I'm assuming that one, correct?

by **Havynwilde** » Wed May 06, 2020 12:14 pm

for rugby 7s

by **NS Rugby Board Executive Council** » Fri May 08, 2020 1:21 am

Right then. Deadline has passed. The candidates are:

NSRB President
-Lisander

Union VP
-Northwest Kalactin

League VP
-Darmen

Sevens VP
-Elejamie
-Havynwilde

For the President and Union & League VP's, approval voting will be in effect. Either you approve of the candidate or you don't. For the Sevens VP, first-past-the-post will be in effect. All NSRB members are permitted to vote in the Presidential election, while in the Section VP elections, you may only vote if you are a member of that particular section. For reference, the current membership is:

Union (17 members)

League (12 members)

Sevens (19 members)

Votes should be sent to Mareibat. The deadline for voting will be in one weeks time, Friday 15th May at midday UTC+1

by **The Fair Republic** » Wed May 13, 2020 9:27 pm

Hello, back from the dead if anyone remembers me. When is the next Rugby League Cup?

by **Darmen** » Wed May 13, 2020 10:43 pm

The Fair Republic wrote:Hello, back from the dead if anyone remembers me. When is the next Rugby League Cup?

Welcome back. I would assume that the League WC would be the next one on the agenda after we complete the NSRB elections over the next few days, so signups could be opened within the next couple of weeks.

by **Mareibat** » Sat May 16, 2020 2:35 pm

With apologies for the delay, here are the results for the election of the first NSRB President and the three VPs:

NSRB President
6 - For Lisander
1 - Against Lisander

NSRB VP Union
2 - For Northwest Kalactin
3 - Against Northwest Kalactin

NSRB VP League
2 - For Darmen
1 - Against Darmen

NSRB VP Sevens
5 - For Elejamie
2 - For Havynwilde

In line with the new constitution, Lisander is elected as NSRB President until 16th May 2021 or until two World Cups have been held in each of the three codes, whichever comes sooner.

The NSRB VP Union position remains open, protocol on what to do in this instance has not been officially established, so it is up to Lisander and the other elected Section VPs to decide what to do with respect to the open position.

Darmen is re-elected as NSRB VP League, and will remain so until after RLWC 20 has concluded.

Elejamie is re-elected as NSRB VP Sevens, and will remain so until after R7WC 7 has concluded.

by **NS Rugby Board Executive Council** » Wed May 20, 2020 7:29 am

Rugby Sevens now have its most recent update in ranks, post R7WC 5. If you notice some inconsistency, please get in touch.

-Lisander

by **NS Rugby Board Executive Council** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:25 am

Sign-ups for the 19th Rugby League World Cup are now OPEN.

by **Neu Engollon** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 6:41 am

Belated congrats on the RUCT win, Darmen.

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