2009/3/20 Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com:
So what are the interesting parts of the AGM?
The BBC / Jimbo / both?
The hustings might be fairly interesting, I guess it depends on how many people stand (if the election is uncontested, they will be pretty boring, however eloquent the candidates may be!). I'm looking forward to the BBC talk/discussion if it happens (which I very much hope it does). If Jimbo gives a talk as well, that would probably be quite good, although I think I already know Jimbo's views on most relevant subjects, whereas I don't know the views of the BBC, so the BBC will probably be more interesting.
Jimbo unfortunately has turned his facebook reply from "accept" to "decline" which I guess means he pressed the wrong button! 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.
Andrew
On Mar 20, 10:15 am, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/3/20 Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com:
So what are the interesting parts of the AGM?
The BBC / Jimbo / both?
The hustings might be fairly interesting, I guess it depends on how many people stand (if the election is uncontested, they will be pretty boring, however eloquent the candidates may be!). I'm looking forward to the BBC talk/discussion if it happens (which I very much hope it does). If Jimbo gives a talk as well, that would probably be quite good, although I think I already know Jimbo's views on most relevant subjects, whereas I don't know the views of the BBC, so the BBC will probably be more interesting.
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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.
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