--- Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:

Since we are talking about fairness in elections, I need help.

I, on the other hand, think that elections are unfair to those who are not native english. It takes us a lot of time to answer questions, and it is difficult to write a short statement, while trying to make it sound and clear to anyone. Thus, I would like that a real english speaker edit my statement to make it appear good, clear, respect editorial rules, style, spelling and such. It also needs to be shorten (though I would not say of how much exactly since I thought I was below 500 caracters).

Sure - I just saved an edit of your statement. Revert anything you didn't like. I did not shorten it though (that is up to the election committee).

I would like to mention that we are trying to set a Foundation to help a world wide project which will be a real revolution, and I think fighting over a couple of characters in a candidacy statement is not exactly what I perceive as terribly interesting.

Yes - I agree.

I would have preferred that candidates discuss with each other on their background, on their opinions, on their positions, on what they did not know, on what they loved in the project. It would be more constructive to do that, and it would have given more opportunity for participants from all projects to get to know the candidates better.

Each candidate should do this. You in fact discovered a flaw in the template and you filled it in a logical way. That is why I copied your idea - I thought it was neat.

I also think comparisons of positions, and consequently opportunity to have two candidates working together as beneficial or destructive would have been more easily perceived upon reading discussions between candidates, than reading about little fights upon the fairness of representativity. Complaining over the fairness of 10 characters when half of the candidates can not technically provide a fully professional candidacy statement is ridiculous.

Some organized debates would have been nice. Unfortunately it is probably too late to allow a few days for that. I think it is odd that the day after the candidates have to say they were running is the same day that people can start to vote.

If the validity of my candidacy is impaired by the length of my statement, and by adding a short description of my contributions while it was written nowhere it was forbidden, then I think I am not interested in being a candidate anymore, and you may strike my name Danny. I am not here to play seek-and-hide game.

Please don't do that Anthere - a great many people respect you and will vote for you (myself included on both counts). Their voice needs to be heard.

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)

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