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*§2. The WCC may vote to amend or repeal any portion of this proposal.
 
*§2. The WCC may vote to amend or repeal any portion of this proposal.
 
*§3. The WCC may vote to pass any new proposal. If a new proposal contradicts an older proposal, the new proposal supercedes the old one unless otherwise stated.
 
*§3. The WCC may vote to pass any new proposal. If a new proposal contradicts an older proposal, the new proposal supercedes the old one unless otherwise stated.
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=== Hosting Bid and Host Selection Process ===
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THE SUBMISSION OF BIDS
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Instead of the current method of jazzed up bid threads doing more to emphasize the names of the bidders than the formats of their proposal, it is the intent of this proposal that all bids be not posted in a thread by the applicants, but submitted to the WCC President, or an official which the President appoints to oversee the host selection process.
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CONTENTS of this bid may include as much information as the applications would like. HOWEVER, the following information about the bid will be required for all applications, as a standard hosting bid template to be approved by the WCC, to be approved upon by consensus not in conjunction with this proposal, if necessary.
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    KNOWN SCORINATOR & VERSION or FORMULA if the scoring apparatus has not previously been used in a WCC sanctioned event. This scorinator should also be delivered upon submission of the bid proposal to the host selection chair for approval.
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    QUALIFICATION FORMAT including, but not limited to:
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        The desired (ideal) # of groups and teams per group
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        The method of qualification (Teams Automatically advancing based on group finishing position, teams advancing via playoff, etc...)
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        The range of group formats that can be adapted
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        How different numbers of final signups would alter the group and qualification formatting
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        The proposed matchday schedule for the ideal group situation
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        The method of conducting the group draw (Pots & Ordered, Pots & Scrambled, Random, etc..)
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    RANKING details, including but not limited to:
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        Whether numerical rankings or KPB point totals will be used in scorination
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        Whether rankings at the beginning of qualification will be used through to the World Cup Finals OR
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        Whether updated rankings reflecting performances in the Qualifying Stage will be used during the Finals
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    RP Bonus details, including but not limited to:
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        Whether an RP Bonus will be applied
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        The range in magnitude (dependent on RANKING details, numerical or KPB) in which a nation receiving the maximum expected amount of RP credit could expect to gain for a single days scorination, compared with their un-adjusted ranking
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        The frequency in which RP bonus will be collected (Every matchday, Every three, After Half of Matchday)
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        The duration in which an RP posted on MD0 Will influence the results (One MD, Three MD's, Entire Cup (Cumulative Bonus Style)
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        Whether or not RP Bonus from Qualifying will be carried over into the finals.
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE The details in the bid template above, as submitted and approved by the host selection chair, would then be posted in their own thread, by the host selection chair, with no reference to which nations have actually submitted the bid, and labeled simply as Bid A, Bid B, Bid C, etc... by the chair, at the conclusion of World Cup Qualifying. This means that all bids should be submitted to the host chair by the end of World Cup Qualifying for the cup prior to which the bid is being submitted for.
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QUESTION PERIOD Each of the anonymously posted bid threads would then be open to the posting of questions/concerns/praises/discussion from the voting public for a period of 1 (One) Week after being published by the host chair. During this period, no questions will or concerns will actually be answered, and those applicants may not post in their thread nor announce publically which bid they have submitted.
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BID ANNOUNCEMENT AND RESPONSES After this 1 (One) Week period has passed, the host chair will announce in the thread the nations which the bid belongs to, allowing the host applicants to begin addressing the questions and concerns posted about their template bid during the week before. This is also the time when applicants may begin posting their "Bid Fluff" Such as Logos, Stadiums and their individual hosting experience to enhance their bid resume.
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VOTING PERIOD After this second 1 (One) Week period has passed, a total of 2 (two) weeks after the original posting of the bids, coinciding with end of World Cup Qualifying, voting will open for all those eligible via current WCC regulations. The voting period, also, will last 1 (One) Week, coinciding roughly with the completion of the In-Progress World Cup Finals.
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CALENDAR REVIEW OF IMPORTANT DATES
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    (A) Template Hosting Bids Submitted, Anonymously posted by Host Chair
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    End of Qualification, Previous World Cup
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    Duration: 1 Week Questions Posted by General Public
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    (B) Host Applicants Revealed & allowed to begin responding in their thread
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    One Week (7 Days) Following End of Qualification, Previous World Cup
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    Duration: 1 Week Responses & Discussion by Host Applicants
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    (C) Host Voting Begins
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    Two Weeks (14 Days) Following End of Qualification, Previous World Cup
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    Duration: 1 Week Eligible WCC Members Submit Votes
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    (D) Host Voting Ends, Next World Cup Hosts Announced
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    Three Weeks (21 Days) Following End of Qualification, Previous World Cup
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SHOULD the winning bid receive less than 51% of VOTES CAST in favor, the bid receiving the fewest votes will be eliminated, and the host chair will contact directly, and privately, those who supported the dropped bid, and ask for these nations to re-vote for one of the remaining bids, or abstain. Abstinations will not count in the total VOTES CAST. This process will repeat if necessary until the winning bid receives at least 51% of votes cast. (Note: In order for a winning bid to receive less than 50% of votes cast, at least 3 bids must receive votes. If only two bids receive votes, and each receives an equal 50% of VOTES CAST a tie breaking process is necessary. The first tie-breaker would potentially be the tallying of all VOTES CAST by EWCC members. If the vote remains undecided, a popular vote open to all those entered in the cup in which the bidding is made for will be held, not limited to those eligible via WCC regulations.)
  
 
== The President ==
 
== The President ==

Revision as of 22:01, 19 April 2007

Overview

The World Cup Committee (WCC) elect the hosts of each World Cup, as well as nominate potential WCC Presidents.

Following reforms proposed by Spaam and passed by the old World Cup Committee (now the Emergency World Cup Committee), all nations who have posted a roster/team sheet (thereby demonstrating active interest in the Cup) in the two previous Cups earn a place on the WCC. Thus membership of the WCC needs to be 'earned' by a roster/team sheet and must be 'renewed' each cup by signing-up to the Cup and posting a roster for their nation.

Members may only be excluded from the WCC by general consensus.

Contrary to popular belief, the World Cup is actually run to a set of rules, which are subject to amendments and major changes from time to time. Spaam's proposals were grouped together, given the titles 'Proposal 998' and 'Proposal 999'

The Rules

Proposal 1093

This proposal nullifies all previous World Cup Committee rules.

Article I: Committees

  • §1. The Emergency World Cup Committee (EWCC) consists of all currently-existing nations that have hosted a World Cup.
  • §2. The World Cup Committee (WCC) during a particular World Cup consists of all nations that posted a roster during each of the previous two World Cups, as well as any member of the EWCC.
  • §3. The list of members of the EWCC and WCC must be publicly available.
  • §4. Should one person control multiple nations on the WCC or EWCC, those nations will have only one combined vote.
  • §5. Should one person deceive people into believing that their nations participating in WCC-sanctioned events are controlled by separate people, all nations controlled by that person will be removed from the WCC and EWCC, and can only be reinstated by a vote of the EWCC.
  • §6. When an EWCC or WCC vote is initiated by the President, a plurality vote of that committee is required to make a decision.

Article II: WCC President and Vice-President

  • §1. The WCC will nominate candidates for WCC President after every third World Cup. Any nation receiving at least two nominations will be considered a candidate.
  • §2. If there is only one candidate for President, that candidate will become the President. Otherwise, the WCC will vote on which of the candidates should be the President immediately after the nomination process. The candidate with the most votes will be the President and the candidate with the second-most votes will be the Vice-President.
  • §3. If the President is unable to fulfill his/her duties, then the Vice-President will take over. If there is no Vice-President, or the Vice-President is also unavailable, the EWCC must elect someone to act as President.

Article III: WCC-Sanctioned Events

  • §1. The World Cup, Cup of Harmony, and Baptism of Fire Tournament are the only WCC-sanctioned events. The WCC or EWCC must not intervene in running any other event.
  • §2. If two or more parties bid to host the World Cup, the WCC will vote to determine the host(s).
  • §3. If two or more parties bid to host the Cup of Harmony or Baptism of Fire Tournament, the EWCC will vote to determine the host(s).
  • §4. A party bidding to host a WCC-sanctioned event must declare, before voting starts, any significant changes from the normal operation of the event.

Article IV: Responsibilites

  • §1. The WCC President is responsible for initiating all WCC or EWCC votes, and makes the final decision on what proposals are voted upon, except when that decision would contradict a rule. The President also provides the lists of WCC and EWCC members, determines the length of any vote, and may choose how to proceed if an EWCC or WCC vote results in a tie.
  • §2. The host(s) of a WCC-sanctioned event have complete control of that event, except where that control has been given to the WCC, EWCC, or WCC President by other rules.
  • §3. The EWCC may vote to replace the host(s) of a WCC-sanctioned event if they are no longer able to proceed as hosts or if there is a serious problem with how the event is run by the host(s). Should this happen, the President must choose the replacement host(s) from available bids.

Article V: Rules Changes

  • §1. This proposal takes effect once passed by a two-thirds majority of the WCC.
  • §2. The WCC may vote to amend or repeal any portion of this proposal.
  • §3. The WCC may vote to pass any new proposal. If a new proposal contradicts an older proposal, the new proposal supercedes the old one unless otherwise stated.

Hosting Bid and Host Selection Process

THE SUBMISSION OF BIDS

Instead of the current method of jazzed up bid threads doing more to emphasize the names of the bidders than the formats of their proposal, it is the intent of this proposal that all bids be not posted in a thread by the applicants, but submitted to the WCC President, or an official which the President appoints to oversee the host selection process.

CONTENTS of this bid may include as much information as the applications would like. HOWEVER, the following information about the bid will be required for all applications, as a standard hosting bid template to be approved by the WCC, to be approved upon by consensus not in conjunction with this proposal, if necessary. 


   KNOWN SCORINATOR & VERSION or FORMULA if the scoring apparatus has not previously been used in a WCC sanctioned event. This scorinator should also be delivered upon submission of the bid proposal to the host selection chair for approval.

   QUALIFICATION FORMAT including, but not limited to:



       The desired (ideal) # of groups and teams per group
       The method of qualification (Teams Automatically advancing based on group finishing position, teams advancing via playoff, etc...)
       The range of group formats that can be adapted
       How different numbers of final signups would alter the group and qualification formatting
       The proposed matchday schedule for the ideal group situation
       The method of conducting the group draw (Pots & Ordered, Pots & Scrambled, Random, etc..)

   RANKING details, including but not limited to:



       Whether numerical rankings or KPB point totals will be used in scorination
       Whether rankings at the beginning of qualification will be used through to the World Cup Finals OR
       Whether updated rankings reflecting performances in the Qualifying Stage will be used during the Finals

   RP Bonus details, including but not limited to:



       Whether an RP Bonus will be applied
       The range in magnitude (dependent on RANKING details, numerical or KPB) in which a nation receiving the maximum expected amount of RP credit could expect to gain for a single days scorination, compared with their un-adjusted ranking
       The frequency in which RP bonus will be collected (Every matchday, Every three, After Half of Matchday)
       The duration in which an RP posted on MD0 Will influence the results (One MD, Three MD's, Entire Cup (Cumulative Bonus Style)
       Whether or not RP Bonus from Qualifying will be carried over into the finals.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE The details in the bid template above, as submitted and approved by the host selection chair, would then be posted in their own thread, by the host selection chair, with no reference to which nations have actually submitted the bid, and labeled simply as Bid A, Bid B, Bid C, etc... by the chair, at the conclusion of World Cup Qualifying. This means that all bids should be submitted to the host chair by the end of World Cup Qualifying for the cup prior to which the bid is being submitted for.

QUESTION PERIOD Each of the anonymously posted bid threads would then be open to the posting of questions/concerns/praises/discussion from the voting public for a period of 1 (One) Week after being published by the host chair. During this period, no questions will or concerns will actually be answered, and those applicants may not post in their thread nor announce publically which bid they have submitted.

BID ANNOUNCEMENT AND RESPONSES After this 1 (One) Week period has passed, the host chair will announce in the thread the nations which the bid belongs to, allowing the host applicants to begin addressing the questions and concerns posted about their template bid during the week before. This is also the time when applicants may begin posting their "Bid Fluff" Such as Logos, Stadiums and their individual hosting experience to enhance their bid resume.

VOTING PERIOD After this second 1 (One) Week period has passed, a total of 2 (two) weeks after the original posting of the bids, coinciding with end of World Cup Qualifying, voting will open for all those eligible via current WCC regulations. The voting period, also, will last 1 (One) Week, coinciding roughly with the completion of the In-Progress World Cup Finals.

CALENDAR REVIEW OF IMPORTANT DATES 


   (A) Template Hosting Bids Submitted, Anonymously posted by Host Chair
   End of Qualification, Previous World Cup

   Duration: 1 Week Questions Posted by General Public

   (B) Host Applicants Revealed & allowed to begin responding in their thread
   One Week (7 Days) Following End of Qualification, Previous World Cup

   Duration: 1 Week Responses & Discussion by Host Applicants

   (C) Host Voting Begins
   Two Weeks (14 Days) Following End of Qualification, Previous World Cup

   Duration: 1 Week Eligible WCC Members Submit Votes

   (D) Host Voting Ends, Next World Cup Hosts Announced
   Three Weeks (21 Days) Following End of Qualification, Previous World Cup

SHOULD the winning bid receive less than 51% of VOTES CAST in favor, the bid receiving the fewest votes will be eliminated, and the host chair will contact directly, and privately, those who supported the dropped bid, and ask for these nations to re-vote for one of the remaining bids, or abstain. Abstinations will not count in the total VOTES CAST. This process will repeat if necessary until the winning bid receives at least 51% of votes cast. (Note: In order for a winning bid to receive less than 50% of votes cast, at least 3 bids must receive votes. If only two bids receive votes, and each receives an equal 50% of VOTES CAST a tie breaking process is necessary. The first tie-breaker would potentially be the tallying of all VOTES CAST by EWCC members. If the vote remains undecided, a popular vote open to all those entered in the cup in which the bidding is made for will be held, not limited to those eligible via WCC regulations.)

The President

Current President: Bazalonia
Vice-President: Ariddia

Out-of character duties

The WCC President acts as something of a figurehead for the World Cup Committee, and is elected from a list of nominees nominated by the WCC. In the event that the election does not result in a majority, the two nations with the most number of votes shall participate in an auxiliary election. Should this not result in a majority, or it is not possible to get two such nations, then the President shall be elected by the EWCC. The President calls for and collects the votes (via telegram, instant message, smoke signal, carrier pigeon, etc) for World Cup Host, Cup of Harmony Host and WCC President votes. The President is usually a pillar of the World Cup community and is currently Bazalonia.

The runner-up in the Presidential elections becomes the Vice-President, ready to take over in case the President is inexplicably unable to perform their job for whatever reason.

In-character duties

Starblaydia has attempted to bring more of an IC role to that of President by having Simeone Di Bradini serve ICly as President, followed by Giovanni Lopez upon re-election after World Cup 27. The Current IC President is James Gaines, ex-head of the Bazalonian national soccer association, the BFSA.

Former Presidents

Ariddia, Total n Utter Insanity, Lemmitania, Snub Nose 38, Kaze Progressa, Rejistania, Bedistan, Starblaydia.

Rules for WCC President Nominations

  • You may nominate one, and only one, candidate.
  • You may not nominate yourself.
  • A candidate must receive at least two nominations to become a candidate.
  • A candidate may refuse nominations.

WCC Presidents are elected every three cups. Next election is due after World Cup 36.

The Emergency World Cup Committee

The Emergency World Cup Committee (EWCC) is made up of representatives from all still-existing nations that have hosted a World Cup at some point in the past. As a lot of these experienced nations hang around in #sport, they provide most of the discussion and ideas for World Cup reform. As such they are consulted in 'Emergency' situations when fast decisions are needed. They also constitute the old 'Host Selection Committee' to decide the host of the Cup of Harmony. Formerly, these were the only nations allowed into the WCC before Spaam's proposals, making the WCC appear to be somewhat of an "old boys' club", particularly centered around #nssport.

EWCC Members

Notes

* Alasdair I Frosticus now roleplays as The Archregimancy and usually uses Alasdair I Frosticus for EWCC purposes only - though occasional appearances of AIF as an Archregimancy puppet are not unknown. AIF and The Archregimancy therefore share one EWCC vote.

^ World Cup 6 was slated to be hosted by Kingsford and Spaam, but RL issues prevented this from happening and Lemmitania took over hosting of the Cup. Both Kingsford and Spaam are still EWCC members. World Cup 16 was slated to be hosted by Rejistania and Brazillico, but Brazillico began to become inactive after doing the group draw of the qualifiers and ceased to exist at the end of the world cup. In this case, the Brazillican team was still allowed to participate, but all matches were played in Rejistania. World Cups 1 through 6 were hosted by single nations. All World Cups since 17 have had two co-hosts.

^^Vilita and Turori share one EWCC vote, as they are controlled by the same user.

+ World Cup 22 was supposed to be cohosted by South Osettia and Liverpool England, but RL issues got in the way of South Osettia right after the scorination of Matchday 3. South Osettia kept his EWCC position but was replaced in co-hosting by Vilita and Legalese, who formed the Runner-Up bid for WC22. Liverpool England, Vilita and Legalese continued World Cup 22.

Ex-nation hosts

The following hosts have ceased to exist:

^^^ World Cup 5 was slated to be hosted by Tanah Burung and Al Quds; however, Al Quds ceased to exist before the Cup could start. A single-elimination playoff was held among the eight fourth-place qualifying finishers to determine who would take the co-hosts' place in the Cup, and Bedistan won the spot.

WCC Members

As of the end of World Cup 28, the following 60 users (puppets do not have WCC votes if the main nation is already in the WCC) are members of the World Cup Committee, having posted rosters in the appropriate threads for World Cup 28 and 29, or being active members of the Emergency WCC:


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