With regards to the elections for Security Council Seat E...
First of all, I want to say I am really delighted we finally have a Security Council seat reserved for the non-playable nations (I call them that because not all of them are "Third World" any more), and I give James and Moderation a lot of credit for that.
The rules for these elections limit the vote to the controllers of the non-playable nations. Some of these controllers have been very active with their non-playable nations. Others less so...
Vesica, the controller of New Englia, participated in the first Seat E election, and is now participating in the second one, yet has not posted a single post in the New Englia thread since he took control of it. Similarly, Maxington, the controller of Dalibor, participated in the first Seat E election, and is now participating in the second one, yet has not posted a single post in the Dalibor thread since taking control of it. There could be other examples like this, but these are the two I happen to have noticed.
I am not meaning to "pick" on either of those players. It may well be, for example, that they have been busy in real life, and are hoping to be actively role-playing with their nations as soon as they reasonably can.
The point remains, though, that it seems a loophole in the rules gives non-active controllers a say in Seat E elections which is denied to those of us who are not currently controlling non-playable nations. One concern has to be that, going forward, it is not impossible some players will choose to apply for control of non-playable nations simply in order to be able to exercise this vote, despite having no serious intention of role-playing with them.
My suggestion is that either (a) participation in Seat E elections should be open to all players currently active in the game or (b) Seat E votes should be limited to controllers who are currently actively role-playing their non-playable nation (eg. perhaps a requirement they must have posted in their thread at least once since taking control, and at least once within the last 2 weeks).
Looking forward to hearing any views from others on this.