Elseer Radak
Gallente Paxton Industries Paxton Federation
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Posted - 2007.11.14 21:21:00 -
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Hi,
This is a great idea but it contains a significant flaw : The need to travel to Iceland and acquire lodging at one's own expense. Some means of paying for this needs to be thought out or the matter will effectively be open only to folks who leave in or near Iceland meaning Mostly Europe & Scandinavia. US, Canadian, Far Eastern Europe & Russian folks might be able to swing this for a few thousand dollars. I expect the cost to Asian, Australians etc will be quite a bit higher.
So some method of raising "campaign funds" needs to be arranged and perhaps locking those funds so their total caps out at the cost of the corporate airfare and lodging for that participant to visit these meetings.
Initially I thought that using ISK to raise these funs would be a great idea. However, that raises the issues of ISK having a real word value and thus attracting all sorts of ugly tax issues and possibly breaking the Eula. So it's likely real world monies would need to be used so care full thought on this matter is needed.
Next, travel to Iceland might be problematic for representative of certain in game power blocks see Who does not need a visa to enter Iceland as you can see the list countries, member of large alliances from China, Russia, The various old Soviet era states, etc are not on that list. Getting these players the needed documents could take some time and cause them to miss out on meetings.
This brings me to My second big issue: Language. One of the endearing properties of Eve is it's diverse population. Non-English speaking folks represent a significant portion of the Eve Population. Steps will be needed to address the issues around Language -- especially given the large groups of Russian, Asian German, Hungarian and probably several other major world languages each hold sway over major in game alliances. Some accommodations for these delicate issues will need to be made and done in a open and public fashion so each power block can feel empowered to appoint representatives of their interests. Otherwise, if accommodation cannot be made, fluency in English (or other language CCP could easily accommodate) should be an added characteristic to whatever person is represented to the council.
Elseer R.
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a Proud member of the Paxton Bowling league, frigate division.
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