On 10/16/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
That's what I was thinking when I was considering standing in the last elections (I decided not to, which was the right decision, I think - maybe this time... we'll see) - I didn't really expect to last more than a year, and didn't think it would be a problem to serve for a year and step down at the next election. Less than a year, and I would have felt like I was letting down the people who voted for me (if there had been any, which I doubt - I wasn't ready, and I doubt I could have fooled people into thinking I was), but a year is long enough, I think.
I do agree that an arbitrator should not consider it a failure, or a letdown of one's supporters, to announce retirement after the next election and opening up a space for someone else.
-Matt