I wonder, if Ron not send the mail with the proposal of questions and
support mail of the rest of Squeakers, what happened? May be
nothing...

And we, the voters, need some way to know the plans, goals, details,
etc of the candidates to vote with responsability. Myself at leas,t
take the voting opportunity each year very seriously and try my best
as voter. But I need information. And this is that Ron is trying to
give us.

Don't know the better way, but the candidates must explain (please in
a wiki or so but OUTSIDE the list) all they consider must comment.

Cheers.

2007/2/19, Daniel Vainsencher <danielv at tx.technion.ac.il>:
> Hi everyone.
>
> I think the discussion phase between finding candidates and voting
> should allow both voters and candidates to form some expectations about
> what is going to happen in the next term. In this light, I think Ron,
> like me, wants only to help this process along, but a list of questions
> may constrict, rather than help.
>
> And in this particular phase of the election, I think our place should
> only to help. So I propose that we step back and let the mailing list do
> its job. I will propose that the election team will create a wiki page
> documenting the election, including having a list of candidates. If each
> candidate sends us an appropriate link, voters will have some handy
> reference material at the time of the vote.
>
> Sound good?
>
> Daniel
>
> Brad Fuller wrote:
> > Craig Latta wrote:
> >> Hi Ron--
> >>
> >>> We have a short time to find out more about these candidates before
> >>> the election. I will be sending the same questions to each candidate
> >>> and will publish a final article...
> >>
> >>      You posed a set of candidate questions earlier which were quite
> >> loaded; in particular, they conveyed a certain point of view of yours,
> >> and effectively asked whether or not the candidate agrees with you. :)
> >> This didn't seem so good. Much better (but potentially a lot of work),
> >> would be to compile a set of top-asked questions from the community, a
> >> la Slashdot. I don't think it's right for one person to claim authority
> >> for deciding what questions to ask. Certainly the questions could be
> >> better.
> >
> > I don't recall the questions. But your suggestions are good.
> >
> >>> In the mean time I encourage people to support your favorite
> >>> candidate! Please post a recommendation for your favorite candidate,
> >>> include details about that candidate that people may not know.
> >>
> >>      Hm, I'm not sure this is such a great idea either. :)  As a voter,
> >> I'm most interested in what each candidate is motivated to say on their
> >> own behalf. And the candidates should probably decide what new facts
> >> about themselves to present. It seems most fair to let the candidates
> >> speak for themselves.
> >
> > And, it could get ugly. There has been some finger pointing in the
> > past. Most messages, though, show respect for others.
> >
> > Better safe than sorry and maybe collect a list of questions, shuffle
> > them in random list order, and let each candidate answer, if they so
> > choose to.
> >
> >
> >
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