2009/3/20 AndrewRT <raturvey(a)yahoo.co.uk>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.