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Chirjo Durruti
Doomheim
#1 - 2014-04-07 16:29:21 UTC
Clicked on the link in the launcher: "Represent your playstyle, vote now - CSM9" but there's no option on the linked page to actually vote.

Is not everyone allowed to vote?
Is the vote already over?
Hasn't it started yet?

What?

This process is not really transparent to me, please clarify.

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Saint Michaels Soul
Stay Frosty.
A Band Apart.
#2 - 2014-04-08 08:15:45 UTC
I've been asking about this for a couple of days over in the main forum. I feel that a couple of posts on what the process was going to be, with some links and examples really wouldn't have gone amiss.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=335297&find=unread

I would expect something on the CSM pages on the CCP site, in the launcher and on the CCP homepage at least. In the spirit of optimism, I'll keep checking in case it is published soon.
Tyrant Scorn
#3 - 2014-04-08 13:26:06 UTC
For me there is no such feature on the launcher... I can't find any sort of link and it's the 8th of April...

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Chirjo Durruti
Doomheim
#4 - 2014-04-08 16:50:50 UTC
Tyrant Scorn wrote:
For me there is no such feature on the launcher... I can't find any sort of link and it's the 8th of April...

I meant this one:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4444019#post4444019

Interestingly enough, it's gone now. But what I could gather from the linked thread, voting should start today. So, still very much confusing.

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Rhiannon Marius
Marius Family Enterprises Unlimited
#5 - 2014-04-08 19:54:29 UTC
From the eveonline.com page go to the eve universe drop down menu and select community. Under the community drop down menu go to CSM. Under the CSM there will be a line that says 'vote'. There you will find a list of candidates. You can either double click them or drag and drop them into your ballot. Make sure you are signed in.
Pon Teyuen
Perkone
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-04-10 20:55:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Pon Teyuen
Rhiannon Marius wrote:
From the eveonline.com page go to the eve universe drop down menu and select community. Under the community drop down menu go to CSM. Under the CSM there will be a line that says 'vote'. There you will find a list of candidates. You can either double click them or drag and drop them into your ballot. Make sure you are signed in.


[sarcasm] How intuitive. Much better than putting the vote link on the front page, the community page, or even the CSM landing page.[/sarcasm]

Seriously, I noticed the issue with the vote badge being deployed prematurely as a non-functional system as well (resulting in this confusion). Now, once the election actually DOES open, the panel is demoted to one of three sliding banners. Thus, if anyone tried to vote based on that original panel, they've probably been discouraged and/or don't realize its not working. If it wasn't for the COMMUNITY effort to GOTV, I'm not sure turnout would break out of single digits.

What are the explanations?

(1) Conspiraceeee!

(2) A super top-secret set of priorities and duties that are taking all of the community rep team's time, attention and resources and that will wow us all when revealed that mean CSM has to be completely backburnered for two years...

(3) CCP secretly hopes CSM as a concept is neutered as a stakeholder and would like to have the most minimal mandate or community participation possible. The pitiable CSM8 GOTV effort and the even lower energy version this time would imply this.

Of course, there's always:

(4) Negligence born of a carelessly lazy approach to one's job.

(5) Incompetence born of being hopelessly outmatched by the requirements of your job.

I don't believe in elaborate secret conspiracies. I genuinely hope it's number 2.

If it's 4 or 5, then let's just say I wouldn't be surprised given CSM8, the Minute delays for which Ali, Ripard et. all fell on their swords for not "pushing CCP Dolan", and this year's even more anemic efforts. P.S. -- why should the CSM have to "push" someone to do their job, particularly if their job IS community rep?