Officially Registered

posted by David Doe, 21 Jan 2010
On Thursday the 21st of January 2010, the Gamers4Croydon party was officially registered as a political party by the SA Electoral Commission.

This is exciting news and is a special moment for me personally. In the 120 odd days since Gamers4Croydon was started, we've gone from outright obscurity to only relative obscurity, from 1 member to close to 700, from no finances to over $7000 raised (and almost spent), from knowing nothing about how to get on the electoral roll to finding that most beautiful of notices in the SA Government Gazette earlier today.

We've come a long way, yet we still have a long way to go. There are 57 days until the election on March 20, and every day needs to be used as best we can to promote our message, our goals, our policies and our intent.

We NEED your help to make this happen!

Remember - All we're trying to do is have videogames labelled appropriately so that everyone can make an informed choice about the kinds of content they want to engage with, or want their kids to engage with. The R18+ rating will make it more difficult for those under 18 years of age to engage with that content. It will keep money flowing into OUR retail sector, instead of heading offshore when people choose to import an uncensored copy. It will cause less confusion by having consistent ratings for all of our media, instead of one set of rules for film and another set of rules for videogames.

We're in this election now so let's get our voices heard. Tell your friends. Tell your family. Tell everyone you meet.

We game, we vote, and we will be heard.

My name is David Doe, and I'm a Gamer4Croydon.