Proposal: Active members should be &#x27;promoted&#x27;

We seem to have had a lot of new proposals recently... I will choose not to pass comment for the moment.

Reply 2

I'm in two minds about this - how long would a member be posting for before he can get htis "promotion"? What if someone deserves a "promotion" but all the other major countries are active? I like the whole nominate-when-position-becomes-available, and if your concerned about a members inactivity PM the SG.

However Im willing to listen to the arguements.

Reply 3

Also it might encourage "posting for postings sake", rather than when your country is relevent. E.g. US complains about Mexico, India takes radical position on side of US and posts three pages worth of stuff.

Reply 4

Its just that people like Brimstone seem to be passing comment on every matter and its just not realistic, because in reality hardly anyone would care what Sierra Leone has to say on matters of say, proliferation

Reply 5

aaronc2

Excuse me? I pass comment on every matter because members of the MUN are encouraged to be active. I feel that as a member of MUN (and Sierra Leone as a member of the real UN) I have every right to comment on issues that are being debated.

Reply 6

Surely saying active members will get rewarded will encourage irrelevent posting?

Reply 7

yeh I know, I wasnt criticising you, its good that you post, its just that if you were reprsenting a more significant country it would be more realistic

Reply 8

Nightowl

Surely saying active members will get rewarded will encourage irrelevent posting?

yeh probably. I dont have the answer, but the issue needs debating

Reply 9

aaronc2

yeh I know, I wasnt criticising you, its good that you post, its just that if you were reprsenting a more significant country it would be more realistic

Which country would you suggest I represent then?

Reply 10

calm down, I really wasn't trying to offend you, just using you as an example. I don't know what country, there probably aren't any vacancies, thats why we should discuss the issue

Reply 11

Nightowl

Surely saying active members will get rewarded will encourage irrelevent posting?

And surely it'd be pretty obvious if a member was posting just for the sake of being promoted. I post because I enjoy debating the issues raised - this means I post properly, and with proper responses. Someone who is just trying to be promoted will no doubt post something along the lines of :
"Oh yeah, I agree too".

Reply 12

A week ago we were complaining about inactivity, curretly were having lively debate and I dont care who is taking part and whose representing who, at least its debate.

Reply 13

Ye it probably would be quite obvious. Perhaps the solution is that people who represent important countries, say - US, China, UK etc. should be expected to contribute regularly, and then, if they dont, instead of removing them, they should be invited to be the member for a slightly less significant country, say India, France etc. and so on

Reply 14

Nightowl

A week ago we were complaining about inactivity, curretly were having lively debate and I dont care who is taking part and whose representing who, at least its debate.

Agreed. At least we are actually debating something.

Reply 15

Nightowl

A week ago we were complaining about inactivity, curretly were having lively debate and I dont care who is taking part and whose representing who, at least its debate.

Yeh its all good but why not try to make it better?

Reply 16

aaronc2

I would say India and France are quite significant countries.

Reply 17

brimstone1

I would say India and France are quite significant countries.

yes but a little bit less than US and China is what I was saying

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