I'm amused at how you assume that my post is a result of me being bitter at not being elected. Mostly all I feel is a sense of relief. There is some disappointment there yes but I was speaking in general terms about electing the best people as opposed to "person X works well with person Y and I think person X would do a good job so I'll vote person Y". I never claimed that I was the best person for the job or that I deserved to be elected over Alex.
re: your first point though, it's not up to you to decide who is allowed to get elected. My first reaction to your offer was "oh how generous of you to allow us to run unopposed [/sarcasm]". I would much rather lose on my own terms than feel as if I was elected thanks to being the only person running because of all the backstage manouvering. I care about CSE and I really do want to see the best people for the job doing it, and to me that means competition should be encouraged.
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Date: 2006-11-08 09:06 pm (UTC)re: your first point though, it's not up to you to decide who is allowed to get elected. My first reaction to your offer was "oh how generous of you to allow us to run unopposed [/sarcasm]". I would much rather lose on my own terms than feel as if I was elected thanks to being the only person running because of all the backstage manouvering. I care about CSE and I really do want to see the best people for the job doing it, and to me that means competition should be encouraged.