[TriLUG] My part in the elections next week

[William Sutton]

Paper!  What is this?  TriLOG?

WHy doesn't TriLUG have an online ballot system? :)

/troll

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William Sutton


On Thu, 4 May 2006, Kevin Otte wrote:

> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 03:20:40PM -0400, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> > That said, then, I'll go ahead and suggest two more names
> > for the election (with no idea if they'll consent to being nominated
> > or not, so YMMV).
> 
> I know for a fact that at least one of your nominees is in digest mode, so
> he will not recieve your message (and thus be unable to accept) before the
> deadline.  This is why we ask that the nominees be approached prior to
> posting on the list.
> 
> Also, let me beat you to your first argument (as made on IRC this
> afternoon): while there is nothing in the bylaws arguing against the floor
> nomination of a candidate at election time, and there is precedent of such
> an occurrance, this really makes no sense.  With a month's worth of notice,
> this is more than enough time to properly inquire the nominee's interest. 
> In addition, the ability to hand out printed ballots depends on an early
> deadline.  I know it was all handwritten in the days of old, but we've
> gotten a whole lot bigger since then.
> 
> Please don't take my preemptive remarks as an affront.  I am simply aiming
> for efficiency :)
> 
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