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Grex > Coop12 > #49: Nominations for the Board of Directors | |
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response 152 of 332:
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Nov 28 16:04 UTC 2001 |
I think candidates ought to consider making the statements
web-accessible. I've symlinked mine to ~other/statement.
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aruba
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response 153 of 332:
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Nov 28 16:36 UTC 2001 |
A note to candidates: those who don't put their statements up until late in
the voting period often suffer at the polls.
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jep
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response 154 of 332:
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Nov 28 17:21 UTC 2001 |
If I were a voter, I would not want to see any names on the ballot who
do not want to serve on the Board if they win.
If I were an eligible potential candidate, and found my name on the
ballot when I had not consented to have it there, I would be terribly
annoyed. If I found I'd actually been elected without consenting to
run, I'd be annoyed and very embarrassed.
Under no circumstances do I, in my opinion, have any obligation to Grex
to announce what I am not doing. On the other hand, if I wanted to
run, I would have an obligation to do what's necessary to have my name
placed on the ballot.
So, for these reasons, I think Grex should stick with it's current
system and not place anyone on the ballot without their consent.
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jep
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response 155 of 332:
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Nov 28 17:24 UTC 2001 |
I see an excellent pool of candidates for this election. While I'm not
an eligible voter, I do appreciate the willingness to contribute on the
part of all of those who are running. Thank you and good luck to each
of you.
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jp2
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response 156 of 332:
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Nov 28 17:25 UTC 2001 |
This response has been erased.
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krj
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response 157 of 332:
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Nov 28 18:27 UTC 2001 |
I will stop dithering and decline my nomination.
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flem
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response 158 of 332:
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Nov 28 18:34 UTC 2001 |
I'd forgotten about the statements. I bet the one from 2 years ago is still
cluttering my ~.
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remmers
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response 159 of 332:
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Nov 28 19:02 UTC 2001 |
Re #152: Candidates' statements are web-accessible from the web
version of the vote program.
I'll review this item to make sure the acceptance list is accurate,
before I open the polls. I agree that a self-nomination counts as
an acceptance.
Bear in mind that to appear on the ballot, you *must* be a paid-up
member by the time the polls open.
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janc
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response 160 of 332:
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Nov 28 20:12 UTC 2001 |
I can't find any nomination of pthomas in this item. All I see is jp2's
seconding of pthomas's nomination. I included pthomas on the nominated list
because a second of a non-existant nomination is as good as a nomination, if
you ask me, but there is only one response from pthomas in this item (response
114 where he accuses Jamie of being an ACLU member) and it doesn't sound like
a self-nomination to me.
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jp2
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response 161 of 332:
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Nov 28 21:47 UTC 2001 |
This response has been erased.
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pthomas
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response 162 of 332:
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Nov 29 00:05 UTC 2001 |
I accept my nomination.
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orinoco
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response 163 of 332:
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Nov 29 03:50 UTC 2001 |
I think I'm going to have to withdraw my candidacy. I've barely had time to
log on to grex of late, much less pay attention to the issues.
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carson
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response 164 of 332:
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Nov 29 04:31 UTC 2001 |
You have issues?
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aruba
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response 165 of 332:
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Nov 29 05:32 UTC 2001 |
That's too bad, Dan. I sure wanted to vote for you.
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mdw
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response 166 of 332:
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Nov 29 06:30 UTC 2001 |
I have this odd feeling that we've had a pseudonym nominated for the
board. I can't for the life of me explain this feeling, except to say
that I keep thinking of sock puppets now.
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keesan
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response 167 of 332:
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Nov 29 14:32 UTC 2001 |
What do you estimate are the chances of the pseudonym winning a seat?
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carson
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response 168 of 332:
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Nov 29 15:33 UTC 2001 |
A definite article is not appropriate at this time, as a pseudonym has
not presently been identified. I understood Marcus to refer to a past
incident, but I leave it to him to clarify.
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jp2
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response 169 of 332:
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Nov 29 16:16 UTC 2001 |
This response has been erased.
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other
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response 170 of 332:
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Nov 29 16:51 UTC 2001 |
How does one get to the web-based vote program?
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remmers
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response 171 of 332:
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Nov 29 16:53 UTC 2001 |
When it's up, I'll post the URL here and in the motd. I'll also
ask srw to put a link to it on the Grex homepage.
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richard
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response 172 of 332:
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Nov 30 01:14 UTC 2001 |
suggestion...one thing that could be done is take the list of nominees
and cross check it against the attendance list for each board meeting of
the last year or two. and say of this set number of meetings, whatever
is a good number, who has attended and participated in the highest
percentage? I assume that those who regularly go to the meetings are
well aware of who's been going and who hasnt, but most of the other voters
arent going to take the time to dig up old board minutes. they might not
realize of one person or another has been far more involved than
somebody else. you can take attendance at board meetings as a sign
of committment and its reasonable to take that as a strong factor in
voting.
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gelinas
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response 173 of 332:
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Nov 30 02:17 UTC 2001 |
O, would that were true! I'm amazed at how many Board of Education members,
for example, never attended a meeting before being nominated. (In Ann Arbor,
they do tend to show up now and again between the filing deadlinee and the
election.)
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mooncat
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response 174 of 332:
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Nov 30 15:31 UTC 2001 |
For the last year or so Bhelliom has been at almost all the meetings
(save September 12th, which I missed as well)
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aruba
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response 175 of 332:
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Nov 30 16:47 UTC 2001 |
I entered item 67 about board meeting attendance. It doesn't have
information about non-board members, but you can get that using the minutes
command.
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krj
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response 176 of 332:
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Nov 30 17:41 UTC 2001 |
resp:162 :: I'm not the authoritative voice here, but I think
pthomas has not met the membership requirement listed in resp:0
in order to run for the board; he's not listed in the output
of the !members command or in the treasurer's thank-you item
in Agora. So unless there is a membership payment being processed,
I think Phil has 11 hours to establish himself as a member.
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