Whig Party Convention, Bird-in-Hand, PA

[Supersonic]

The city is actually called 'Truth or Consequences, NM' Truth and Consequences are not two separate cities

Oops. Didn't know that. Awks.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Mideast Assembly:
1. SPC

City:
1. Pine Stump Junction, Michigan

[Simfan34]

Mideast Assembly:
1. SPC

City:
1. Columbia, SC

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Mideast Assembly
SPC

City
Columbia, SC

[Supersonic]

The Mideast Assembly Endorsement Ballot favours SPC, 7 first preferences to Gass3268's 0, with 1 absention.

The Whig Party City Conference Ballot has resulted in Columbia, South Carolina being selected as the next Convention host city.

[Donerail]

The Whig Party City Conference Ballot has resulted in Columbia, South Carolina being selected as the next Convention host city.

An excellent choice of region.

[Gass3268]

I'm not surprised by the results, but I thank you for your consideration. I hope the remainder of your convention in Bird-in-Hand is productive and successful.

[Supersonic]

The Whig Party City Conference Ballot has resulted in Columbia, South Carolina being selected as the next Convention host city.

An excellent choice of region.

Indeed. Indeed.

[SPC]

Thank you for your endorsement; it is truly appreciated. I wish Gass3268 the best of luck in the Mideast Assembly election and wish the Whig Party a successful convention.

[Supersonic]

The Whig/IB/MCPR Presidential Primary has begun.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=158928.0

You can vote here if you're a registered party member. Our candidate is Pingvin, for the record.

Unless there is any other business, I feel we can wrap up this convention.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Mr. Vice Chairman- I concur. I ask for a member to move to adjourn provided we see no other business...

[Vote UKIP!]

Mr. Vice Chairman- I concur. I ask for a member to move to adjourn provided we see no other business...

I so move.

[Simfan34]

I've never been one for subtlety, so I'd like to move to be reinstated as party chairman.

[Supersonic]

I've never been one for subtlety, so I'd like to move to be reinstated as party chairman.

Just to clarify, are you motioning for a vote of no confidence in the Chair?

[Simfan34]

I've never been one for subtlety, so I'd like to move to be reinstated as party chairman.

Just to clarify, are you motioning for a vote of no confidence in the Chair?

I'm not sure. Removing the chair would result in having to remove the vice chair and so forth. Could we simply not pass a resolution replacing the chair with myself?

[Supersonic]

I've never been one for subtlety, so I'd like to move to be reinstated as party chairman.

Just to clarify, are you motioning for a vote of no confidence in the Chair?

I'm not sure. Removing the chair would result in having to remove the vice chair and so forth. Could we simply not pass a resolution replacing the chair with myself?

I'm not sure. There is nothing in the by-laws that permit that.

Is there any precedent for situations like this?

[Simfan34]

I've never been one for subtlety, so I'd like to move to be reinstated as party chairman.

Just to clarify, are you motioning for a vote of no confidence in the Chair?

I'm not sure. Removing the chair would result in having to remove the vice chair and so forth. Could we simply not pass a resolution replacing the chair with myself?

I'm not sure. There is nothing in the by-laws that permit that.

Is there any precedent for situations like this?

Not that I am aware. There is nothing that prohibits us from doing this, however. And a formal election is due by our bylaws, in any case.

I assume this is a suitable soundtrack for what I'm doing here.

[Supersonic]

The elections are due in April, August and December. So, in pure technical terms, there shouldn't be an election in September. Also, if you consider the Chairman vote of no confidence as an election then it can be argued that the by-law requirement has already been fulfilled.

I'm not taking 'sides', merely pointing out the awkwardness of this situation.

It'll be good for others to chip in.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I guess we'd have to call for a non-confidence vote in clarence, allow Supersonic to ascend to the chairmanship, vote for a new vice-chairman, and then call for another vote of non-confidence in the new chairman.

To be completely honest, there are a lot of steps in that process that would probably not be conducive to what Simfan wants to see happen. I'm all for trying it and letting the members decide, but clarence has been relatively active. If, for whatever reason, clarence did not survive the confidence vote, Supersonic has proven that he'd be a more-than-capable successor.

Usually non-confidence votes happen for a pretty good reason... At this time, I just don't think there'd be enough recognition that we need to change leadership.

That's my two cents's worth of straight talk.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Simfan- I am very glad to see that you are back. However, like Pingvin requested before and was denied- we can't simply give you the Chair position back. None of us wanted to do the vote of no confidence (I was originally hoping some one would jump in the race for Vice Chair!) but you had disappeared on us and we weren't sure when you'd return... now that you are back, I encourage you to run for party office again
I'd also advise that to serve in party office- you back our party members in the primary over members of other parties... Jbrase is a fine candidate who I will support if he wins the primary, but party offices inherently call for partisanship

[Donerail]

Back our party members in the primary over members of other parties.

Need I point out the obvious issue with this? The issue being that you get stuff like this:

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[ZuWo]

To answer the question whether a new chairman can be elected now you need to have a look at our bylaws, which can be found in one of the older convention threads (I'm too lazy to do that now).

Regardless of whether it's technically possible or not, I don't see the need for changing our party leadership again. Both Clarence and Supersonic have managed the rest of this convention very well and should remain the leaders of our party in my opinion.

[Supersonic]

Back our party members in the primary over members of other parties.

Need I point out the obvious issue with this? The issue being that you get stuff like this:

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This is why we love Pingvin.

[Supersonic]

Anyhow, without further adieu, I move for the closing of the Whig Party convention.

I presume we can keep this thread alive though for the sake of communication.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Seeing no other business- I declare this convention adjourned. I thank my predecessor as Chairman, the Vice Chairman, and all party members for a successful convention...