Civic Renewal - Main Thread

[Lumine]

Information:

Welcome to Civic Renewal (or CR for short), a new political party based on the center-right and the center that aims for the renewal of the political system and the defense and promotion of the values of this side of the political specturm, aiming to be an efficient, disciplined and positive political force in Atlasia.

Symbols:

Motto (Temporary): "Ab Ordine Libertas" (from order comes freedom)
Color (Temporary): Sky Blue.
Song: TBD.

Party Leadership:

Chair: Rpryor03 (CR-NJ)
Vice-Chair: Cris (CR-KS)
Secretary: Dkrolga (CR-MA)

Current Members: ( 11 )

LumineVonReuental, Former President of Atlasia.
Cris, At-Large Senator.
Rpryor03, Northeast Senator.
Spamage, Citizen.
IndyRep, Citizen.
IBDD, Citizen.
Wulfric, Citizen.
Dkrolga, Citizen.
JonathanSwift, Citizen.
SilentCal, Citizen.

[Lumine]

Civic Renewal:
A New Party for a New Center-Right!

February 28th, 2015:

Today Former President Lumine Von Reuental (Ind-OH) held an event in Columbus, Ohio, calling for the renewal of the political parties and launching his own political party to invigorate the center-right and especially its moderate sector, with the temporary name of Civic Renewal.

One of the most important parts of Atlasia is the political parties and the way they interact with the game, and ever since this nation was created we have seen all sorts of parties in an endless march of rise and fall. From the early days of the Democrats and the Republicans, to the hegemony of the JCP and the RPP, going through the rise and fall (and rise again) of the Liberals and TPP, all the way to the current system, we have seen a constant struggle for winning the game.

At the same time in which the main parties seem stagnant the center-right finds itself in the middle of a crisis. No one can argue that the Federalist Party is in good shape after losing more and more officeholders and elections as time goes by, being now reduced to a mere shadow of what used to be. That situation has to end, and since change will never come unless one step forwards and does something I have decided to do just that.

Today a new journey starts for me as I form a new political force, a new center-right party that aims to bring much needed change and pursue an invigoration of the political system and the revival of the center right, without pretending to be a sole party for all the forces of the right.  Civic Renewal (unless the members decide on a different name) is born with that objective, which is why I have decided on that name instead of going with “Conservative”, “Liberal” or anything of the sort.

I’d like to see this party as one that will not shy away from thinking outside the box, one that will do its best to welcome new players into the game, one bold enough to take a strong stand for the foreign policy of the nation and its defense sector, one that defends such crucial bases of our society like the free market, the rule of law and our threatened environment, one that tries to build policies of their own and step outside of the idea that only left wing legislation can pass in Atlasia, a party with a strong sense of responsibility and discipline capable of governing in an efficient way.

Today I wish to invite those in the center and the center-right who feel that they are not represented, who are unhappy with their current parties and wish to find a way out of stagnation to considering joining Civic Renewal. I have faith in the future, and if we can motivate enough people to join then we will have a great chance to achieve much needed change and, hopefully, make the game more entertaining for many of us.

Thank you all,

Lumine.

[Lumine]

I'm going a different route, but I hope you see success in this new party.

Thank you Maxwell, I wish you the best of luck as well in your efforts!

x Cris

Welcome to the party, Cris!

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x rpryor03

Welcome, Rpryor!

I applaud the formation of this party and shall watch its development closely.

Thanks, Simfan, I look forward to this!

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The latin catchphrase sounds like something from 1984

Well, t's a merely temporary one, but it's actually inspired on the old motto of Colombia.

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Welcome to the party, Spamage and IndyRep! Civic Renewal is now a major party with five members!

Although I am generally left of center. I wish your party the best.

Thank you, GAworth!

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Right, because the Progressive Union was a center-right party with such similar beliefs. Still, good to see you vocal as usual, Griffin!

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I like you guys, but this may not be my kind of party. Best of luck to you!

I think I line up with the Federalists a bit better and will stick with them, but good luck with the new party.

Thanks, TJ and JoMCar, we will do our best!

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Let's set up a convention thread to elect officers, create rules, and discuss the name.

Well, first of all, Potus, welcome to the party. I believe it should be wise to begin with the by-laws first (so we can hold a leadership election then), and I have a rough draft (based somewhat on the by-laws of other parties, hence the need to amend it) ready to submit to the party.

It has the usual rules, plus the option for having regional chairmen, a leader for our Senators, specific duties for the Secretary (a very important position), an expulsion or reprimand mechanism and so on. Thoughts?

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I move that we change all references to Civic Renewal to Reform Party.

Could you elaborate on that, please?

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Hey guys. I'm quite interested. If we could change the name, that'd be awesome, but none the less, I'm in.

(Also, could we get a convention location vote going up sometime today?)

Welcome, Jack!

I do think having the by-laws and the leadership is the priority for now rather than a convention, but if there's interest in holding one (especially to deal with the platform and the message), then that won't be a problem. The name can be changed, yes, but I would like to hear justification for the new names proposed.

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This is obviously not my party, but might I add that Civic Renewal is quite a nice name and rather different from what we usually get around here. From an outsider's perspective, I would suggest keeping it.

Thanks, Barnes, I choose it in part because it's different (and Civic has only been used in the Civic Union and the Civic Alliance Party, I believe), I didn't want a dull name, xD

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I would like to suggest 'Potato Renewal' as the name of this stillborn attempt at reviving the moribund fortunes of the extreme right.

We both know you can do better than that, Senator, why so suddenly respectful?

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Cris noted that a precise system is needed for convention localtion votes, so I was considering adding STV as an option. Other than that, I'd like to start a vote on the by-laws tomorrow, so I'll wait until then in case there are any suggestions or proposals.

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Right, it's time to move on! I have made a few changes to the by-laws, and since there are no more proposals (the name to be discussed later), I will open a 48 hour vote on the current version. Once approved, we can start with a convention to solve the other issues.

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Aye.

I want to remind the members that the vote closes this afternoon, and I want to welcome Wulfric into the party! Nine members already!

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Good, the by-laws are hereby approved! This party (currenty fifth largest, one member behind the DR's) is going into a convention!

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x JonathanSwift

Welcome to the party, Jonathan! Let me know if I can be of any help!

Edit: I confused the threads.

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Hi, new guy here. Senator Cris invited me to check this out, and I have to say, your Atlasia setup is pretty impressive.

However, I can't decide whether I should join Civic Renewal or the Federalist Party. My real life views are in this very long post:

long post

Overall:

Libertarian-leaning moderate conservative.

So, could you guys make a case for Civic Renewal as opposed to the Federalist Party?

Well, first of all, welcome to Atlasia, ClarkKent!

Having taken a quick look over the policy views you outlined before, I certainly believe a case can be made for Civic Renewal (although of course the current leadership may be better suited for that than myself) as your best choice of party in Atlasia. First because of the overall message, as Civic Renewal tries its best to be a center-right party that accepts the need for reform and is also quite moderate in a series of key issues as opposed to a more dogmatic stance, many of those policies in line to what you said earlier.

We are in the process of outlining a platform given that the party has only been around for a few months, but broadly speaking most of the members do support a good deal of electoral and government reform (as shown over the past days), a pro-environment stance in most issues, a sensible and engaged stance in foreign policy (many of us have advocated for an increase in defense or space spending, fighting ISIS, and overall, staying active in a policy area many ignore in Atlasia) support for our current system of health care, enacted by a conservative leaning Senate and President a year ago (a counter point to constant calls for a single player system from left leaning politicians), and so on.

While we may not be the largest party in voter numbers compared to the Federalist Party, we have proved to be quite engaged and even successful over the past months despite potential disadvantages, electing a Senator, leading the center-right ticket in the past presidential election thanks to the efforts of Dkrol, and overall fielding candidates with usually strong showings. All in all, the party was created to invigorate the center-right given the bad situation we faced in February, and we have achieved some significant progress in that front despite being relatively small (we do have two Senators after all).

I'm sure Cris, Rpryor and Dkrol can make an even better case for the party, but in all I do hope this might encourage you to give the party a chance.