Why you should vote for me!

[Simon]

Okay, this is an open thread for everyone to post their pitches in...

And I'll start...


I've been a committed member of OGC for nearly 4 years now, and I'd like to think that I've made some sort of an impact in the Club.

What OGC needs from the Seniors has changed now to something that, when I was first elected, was perhaps a distant dream. National Co-ordination.

OGC 'cells' are being set up now across the country. This is something that is very demanding for one man to do. OGC:Edge Hill is a story of mixed successes. A new influx of members to the club and a lot of dedication to its ideals and access to the OGC 'core' as well. However, a lot of 'members' disappeared. What we need to do is to consolidate on the ground that we now have gained and get a standardised recruitment flyer out that will give people information and a positive outlook on the club. This should be a job of the Seniors.

OGC:Leeds, my own 'constituency' if you will. I am the first to admit that this died on its *rse. I refuse to point the finger at anyone else, or say that it was because of x, or y. That is not important. Games are now picking up over here, and we're doing this in an interesting way. Our current haven is actually GW Leeds on veterans nights. It is an easy place to gather interest in people playing games, I've heard staff muttering fond words about 2nd Ed. and people are viewing the 'laid back' nature to it as a positive thing.

What exactly do the seniors do in the club at the moment? As a rule, they are not actually achieving anything. The power that the seniors used to have has actually been moved away from them, and given towards the regional coordinators. Anyone who wants to run for this term as a senior needs to realise that this role is going to have to mean helping people establish and consolidate gaming 'cells'. They are going to have to contribute a lot to the advertising of the club and the literature that the club produces. OGC is not simply a club anymore. It is an organisation, and we need to have objectives as an organisation, with people to help achieve them.

I feel that I can live up to that, and there is no-one in the club who can't if they want to!

[Charly]

despite the last term being pretty uneventful i think i want to stand again for the position of ogc senior. i've continued to work on the website layout, improving it as much as possible, however its coming to a point where my own templates and layouts are limiting what i can do with it. therefore im planning on designing an all new website over the next term. hopefully aiming for completion well in time for 2007. the new site will be layed out slightly differently. obviously il take input on design ideas from other club members, but the way it is in my mind would be set out into the different spheres of ogc. as apposed to having say a general articles or rules page, there would be a warhammer section, a 40k section, etc etc. then within that would be larger page with everything related to that sphere encompassed within it. each page could then be designed to fit in more with the specific sphere and hopefully make the whole site more interesting. id also like to encorporate the new merchandise colours into each sphere, like green for outdoor etc. all the images on the site would also be named accordingly as they are uploaded into the new layout (ive looked into it and this pretty much can only be done by making a new site)
this help dramatically with search engine hits for our site, and the higher we are on things like google rankings the more hits we will get and potentially the more members we gain!
as it is at the moment though i am pleased with the way ogchat is working, and the rate at which its growing. i especially like how we can discuss rules etc and come to democratic agreements by voting, thats one of the coolest things the chat board has made easy.
anyway, thats the website!

as far as events go, i still have the skaven vermintide battle in the pipeline, and also an entire 3rd company ultramarines invasion of a tyranid hive idea. id also like to do some kind of small campaign, perhaps just over a weekend, that would need co-ordination with the other senior and the captain though.

as my constituency as simon put it is relatively out in the wilds, i have become a kind of online co-ordinator, although it is still possible to play 40k/fantasy here! im still playing games like guildwars regularly and await other members to join me on it.. its quite difficult to convince ppl to join a guild with just me in it! (if anybody plays guildwars let me know :-)). id be interesting in doing something similar to what simon does in games workshop leeds at the preston branch. i believe its thursday evenings there too, again i would need another member that lives locally to go along too to start things off. ive produced a rough draft of a flyer that gives details of what were about, where we are, and how to get in touch. once thats finalised i can poster them in various gaming shops.

well thats my pitch, and i agree with simon, it would be good to see some new ppl posting up here about y they could be a good senior!

[Laharl]

maybe next year for me, don't know shit about Warhammer and my personal opinion is that "why you should vote for me" topics make people sound like arrogant fucks (no offence Charly or Simon that's just my opinion)

[Charly]

oh i agree, i hate writing those things! hope i didnt come across arogant

[Laharl]

not really, i've seen much worse ones which i loosely translated as "i'm an arrogant fuck, please vote for my opponent."

[LukeG]

...and I say nothing and get a massive backlash. For anyone who thinks I'm doing nothing I'm sorting out the Comrades as our first commercial venue (in neither someone's house nor on their property).
Saying this BEFORE the elections could have helped. OGC: Edge Hill is now evolving into full OGC: Ormskirk, especially with Mike moving away for good and all ambiguity/nostalgia being ended.

[Laharl]

yeah, vote for me speeches are usually more effective before the election, OGC Edge Hill will thrive as i will eventually stop scaring away the timmys