Iâve attended one Fanfest as CSM. That was when I was on CSM 9. (we arranged for it to be changed after that)
As for summits, thatâd be 1 each for 9, 10 and 13, and 2 for 11 and 12.
As for expenses covered, outwith flight/lodging and transport:
Breakfast. (either at the hotel, or at their offices.)
Lunch (at their offices. Most of the time we didnât take then up on this, so we had some privacy for discussion, or we just didnât fancy what they had in the canteen that day.)
Dinner for one night (A meal at the end of the summit, with a number of developers)
So when both CCP and the rest of the CSM ignore you for a year, you will be called out for being another useless CSM-member who has done nothing to support their voters as the CSM is still going to be there.
Knowing how this will end doesnât stop me from enjoying the train-wreck in slow motion.
Oh yes, I can already picture the one-man demonstration you are having in the CCP offices with a large sign saying âDown with the CSM!â Very hard to ignore, at least until you are escorted out of the buildingâŚ
And when on the first day both CCP and the rest of the CSM will to you that the CSM is not going anywhere and they are not going to change anything about it, what will you do for the remainder of you tenure? What ideas are you representing? What other issues do you want to change or bring to CCP when they wonât discuss changing the CSM at all?
Term limits are something which come up every so often. Iâm now the longest sitting CSM member. I just hit that. (Well, I will in a couple of months.) Thatâs duration, not number of terms. The longest number of terms is 6 terms.
Thereâs upsides and downsides to people staying in the CSM for extended periods. The downsides Iâm sure you can enumerate. Upsides include being able to get new members up to speed with how things work at CCP, whatâs been talked about in the past, who the right people to talk to about things, and managing longer term changes. By eliminating people from being able to run, youâre throwing away institutional knowledge. And the vast majority of CSM members donât want to run for extended numbers of terms. Especially the Americans. (Itâs 2 weeks of holiday time used every year. Thatâs a big ask for some people.)
When you suggest term limits, what kind of limit are you suggesting? (please bear in mind, term limits are actually kind of unusual. There are few political positions with them, and the ones which have them are very powerful ones. The CSM is not a power based group)
2 consecutive term limit, with 2 yr forced abstention before re-running.
Obviously based on the person, not the character.
We dont want âentrenchedâ CSM on the panel, whom gather influence every year, and more opportunity for fresh blood and diversity in the representation as EVE and its population evolves.
Iâm largely ambivalent on your own 5-6 terms, but it âstinksâ a bit, even if you have not unduly gained influence and applied that either to CCP, the CSM, players or the game.
Surely you can see these concerns are valid, not on you personally, but on the system that enables that.
This runs parallel to my concern, and many players, of the same Corp/Alliances occupying multiple seats on the CSM.
Its a bad risk, and prone to political/influence exploitation.
Youve attended 7 CSM Summits.
Surely you can see this raises grave concerns as to who you are, what you are doing, and if you have accumulated undue influence/connections instead of someone fresh.
Undue accumulation of influence/connections over several years, ingame, with CCP, with other CSM, as a CSM with access to information and influence on changes to each.
Lets say EVE had elected the same 10 CSM, for 10 years straight.
That is the concern, taken to its extreme, but it is valid and present even in shorter terms of fewer re-elected CSM.
Hence, a term limit of 2yrs, and 2yrs outside before re-running.
After 2 years, step aside, and let someone else participate in CSM, as to the situation of that time.