Labor Party Spring 2019 Convention - Belfast, NI

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I also declare for General Secretary

Endorsed

[Pericles]

Declaring for Vice Chair and endorsing Sestak and TSA for chair and General Secretary respectively.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Declaring for Vice Chair

Endorsed

[Terry the Fat Shark]

....what have I done

[Pericles]

Vice-chair speech
Greetings comrades

Today we are at an important point in our party's history. We have a GLORIOUS trifecta and through the hard work of many people we achieved a great election result. However, we must not rest on our laurels. This is a great opportunity for us, to be able to make the most of our trifecta and do things right. Plenty of mistakes were made in our last trifecta that resulted in the Atlasian left failing to live up to its promise. I will do everything I can as Vice-Chair, working alongside the rest of our leadership team-in particular with Sestak (who I endorse for Chair and believe has the skills to deliver great results for the left)-to ensure we deliver our promises and retain our trifecta for many elections to come.

I have much experience at the party leadership level, and I have consistently developed in these roles. In particular I have served in a vice-chair position before, albeit not in this party, and I have reflected on and learned from that experience to enable me to make the most of this opportunity. The party bylaws set out the key roles of the vice chair, in particular there are two that I'd like to point out today. The bylaws state that the vice chair "Is in charge of Party recruitment in order to grow the Party", this is an area of expertise for me and one where I delivered in this election. The new recruits that I brought into our party helped ensure our victory, and already we are seeing them being integrated into the party and take on active roles in the game, which is a key priority of mine and something I will work to encourage.

Additionally, we did well at maximizing the efficiency of our votes in Senate elections to reduce how much of our overall vote ends up being wasted votes, and this will be something I will also work on to ensure we maintain a secure majority in the Senate. I have a detailed understanding of the electorate that helped us maximize the support our party and in particular our presidential ticket achieved in this election, and I can put this to use again in helping our party thrive in the months ahead. Despite our victory, there is plenty of room for improvement, and October 2019 is not safe hold for Labor, so there is still more work to be done.

The vice chair also has an important role in policy development and ensuring the party's principles are well-known. My firm belief is that policy is our strength, and there is a clear majority for our stances on the issues. When the focus is on policy-as opposed to Discord cults and personal drama-we win. Another issue is to ensure that we are open and honest with one another in the party, and too much drama has been caused by communication issues. We share common goals and far more unites us than divides us. We should enable others to understand where we are coming from, understand where others are coming from, and address potential issues we have before they boil up and create division and drama in the party.

In conclusion, I am ready to be part of the team and am excited to get to work in ensuring that we can maintain and achieve progressive governance that delivers for Atlasia. I have the experience and I understand what it takes to do well, and I have plenty to offer to achieve the goals we all strive for.

Thank you
Pericles

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

....what have I done

P is for priceless, the look upon your faces..

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Withdrawing from Gen Sec, had to re-arrange my class schedule so taking quite a bit of summer classes so won't have time to dedicate.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

I know it's not nominating time but I am (informally) recommending Peanut for the position

[Former President tack50]

I know it's not nominating time but I am (informally) recommending Peanut for the position

Seconding this.

[Peanut]

Thank you very much for your recommendations!

After careful thought, I am running for re-election as General Secretary.

[Peanut]

Our Party stands at a moment we cannot let go to waste.

We have a trifecta for the first time in months, and we can't squander it chasing platitudes or engaging only in petty squabbles. That is why I want to be re-elected your General Secretary: I will work hard to have a party engaged in actual policy-building, I will make sure our voters' policy and ideological wishes and priorities are met. We will build a Labor Party for, by, and because every one of our members. I look forward to working with every member and the Chair and Vice-Chair to build our Party, make it great, and keep it great. Thank you.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

The Declaration Period for the positions of Chair, Vice Chair, and General Secretary ends this Saturday at midnight EDT.

[Peanut]

I'm running for General Secretary, to give the official declaration.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

I'm running for General Secretary, to give the official declaration.

Noted

[Devout Centrist]

Declaring for Vice Chair and endorsing Sestak and TSA for chair and General Secretary respectively.

Endorsed!

[Pericles]

Declaring for Vice Chair.

Reiterating this for official purposes.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Declaring for Vice Chair.

Reiterating this for official purposes.

Noted

[Sestak]

As declaration period is now officially open, running for Chair.

[Esteemed Jimmy]

As declaration period is now officially open, running for Chair.

Noted

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Labor Party Leadership Election Ballot

The elections for leadership will last for 48 hours.

For Chair of the Labor Party
[ ] Sestak

For Vice Chair of the Labor Party
[ ] Pericles

For General Secretary of the Labor Party
[ ] Peanut

[Dr. MB]

Labor Party Leadership Election Ballot

The elections for leadership will last for 48 hours.

For Chair of the Labor Party
[x ] Sestak

For Vice Chair of the Labor Party
[x ] Pericles

For General Secretary of the Labor Party
[x ] Peanut

[Esteemed Jimmy]

For Chair of the Labor Party
[ x ] Sestak

For Vice Chair of the Labor Party
[ x ] Pericles

For General Secretary of the Labor Party
[ x ] Peanut

[Pericles]

Labor Party Leadership Election Ballot

The elections for leadership will last for 48 hours.

For Chair of the Labor Party
[X] Sestak

For Vice Chair of the Labor Party
[X] Pericles

For General Secretary of the Labor Party
[X] Peanut

[Sestak]

Sestak/Pericles/Peanut

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Sestak/Pericles/Peanut