Hello all,

Craig suggests that we do not post an article that has candidates answer my
questions because my questions are loaded.  I did ask people to submit their
own questions, but if this is what the community wants the please say so
now.  I would still be interested in hearing other questions, including
having questions submitted by candidates!

Also Craig suggests that we do not post emails supporting candidates but let
candidates speak for themselves.  My goal in asking the community to do this
is to get a conversation started, which as you know, is actually pretty
difficult to do in this community.  There is not much time left before we
vote.

So it is very important that the community say if you want an article and if
you would like to have community members support their candidates with some
thoughts posted here.

Please respond and let us know what you would like me to do, if anything, to
help inform you the community and keep you informed as this election
proceeds.  

Thanks,

Ron Teitelbaum

p.s. I ordered the candidates in the order that they declared but I can
change that to alphabetical.

> From: Craig Latta
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:51 PM
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> > It is sometimes difficult for people to talk about themselves so I
> > encourage you to help.
> 
>      I think that's a good point; I think a better way to go about it
> would be for interested voters to contact their favorite candidates
> directly and suggest strengths for them to emphasize when addressing all
> of us.
> 
>      Another thought about the "None of the Above" candidate. If NA
> doesn't displace anyone from winning (i.e., for this election, seven
> people beat "NA"), then there doesn't seem to be any reason to reveal
> NA's ranking; all it may do is hurt the feelings of anyone ranked lower.
> 
>      Finally, it seems most fair to list candidates in alphabetical order.
> 
> 
>      thanks again!
> 
> -C
> 
> --
> Craig Latta
> http://netjam.org/resume
> 
>