CSM Lot's of sandwiches and lashings of ginger beer

I think a quote from Enid Blyton, the well known childrens author is appropriate for this piece given the way that the CSM is turning.

I've personally never met Jade Constantine but the fact that he has been banned from forums before and with his general conduct striking me as being of a bullying nature just winds me up no end.

When I ran for CSM I was obviously very disappointed I didn't get in, however in reality I didn't expect much else given that:

A: I'm an unknown person in comparison to the winning well known forum personalities and leaders of alliances.

B: I wasn't aware of some of the circles that other candidates (Hardin and Jade) mixed in. It is no surprise to me that they both received the highest votes and it wouldn't be much of a stretch of the imagination to figure many of the votes came from similar sources...the RP forums external to Eve Online. Of course, I can now campaign there if I run again at some point.

I was extremely pleased with the 297 votes I did get though, for an unknown to achieve that was something I was quite proud of, thank you.

Anyway, I digress. It really doesn't matter where the votes for Jade came from. It's what those voters are now thinking that matters.

Did you get value from your vote?

We seem to have a power grabbing, manipulative egomaniac now at the head of the CSM on record as throwing his weight around inappropriately.

Honestly...did noone see this coming? Are you happy with it? Honestly?

Not for the first time I have found myself agreeing with Darius Johnson.

I'm also shocked to see LaVista Vista prize himself from Jade's rear end to publicly criticise him for once, so things must be bad...

I even find myself agreeing with Ankh, bless her, severely criticising the conduct in the meeting.

CCP had better be careful with this. It can only go a number of ways and the majority not good.

I really hope that the rest of the CSM place a vote of no confidence in the current chair, Jade Constantine as he has abused power and publicly brought disgrace onto the entire CSM project by his actions and his actions alone.

Although despite what Jade Constantine says, he doesn't need the others to vote him down. He can step down graciously. It will be interesting to see if that actually happens.

Hardin is the obvious choice for a replacement and I cannot think of a more balanced and passionate person to take on this role.

Read the Official Meeting thread and others listed below to learn more...