2009/3/20 AndrewRT raturvey@yahoo.co.uk:
Jimbo unfortunately has turned his facebook reply from "accept" to "decline" which I guess means he pressed the wrong button! Pity!
Indeed, that is a pity.
Personally I'm most looking forward to the talks and the discussion on the chapter's priorities.
The hustings should also be interesting as it will continue the debate on priorities. The election will almost certainly be contested, in that we've got at least six prospective candidates already and candidates after number 3 need to get more than 50% approval to be elected. Hence even if we get only seven candidates, still every vote will count.
I wouldn't consider that contested. Contested means there is a contest between people - the 50% requirement isn't competitive. I can't see anyone voting against a candidate in an uncontested election based on their hustings. A "no" vote would require some specific reason to think that someone would be a bad trustee - hustings won't change that. At least, the speeches won't - the Q&A might. I think the speeches will be very dull unless we get more than 7 candidates, the Q&A could be interesting, though.