Crunchyfrog wrote: |
I have a question!
I've been Mayor twice now, and my approach has always been to try and encourage members to contribute in their own way and assist/empower them in whatever way I can. Whether or not it's been an effective approach to the Mayoral role is for others to judge. So to each of the candidates - What will your philosophy/style/approach to the role be? |
Thunderbird wrote: |
Tough indeed. Thanks Vishal
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That's right, D-Lotus. Pope and I had a discussion just yesterday that confirmed that whichever of us wins will assign the other as Lord High Chancellor - potentially as a backup mayor if needbe but also as the mayor's right hand. Duties to be determined by our strengths and weaknesses. |
Thunderbird wrote: |
Would you be so kind as to share some of your impressions of why you would and wouldn't vote for either Pope or I? |
D-Lotus wrote: |
In theory, I'd vote for Pope because I think he'd get more out of the experience. But in practice, I'll abstain since I prefer that both candidates work together. |
Thunderbird wrote: |
Would you be so kind as to share some of your impressions of why you would and wouldn't vote for either Pope or I? This could help us to understand the final results... and assist us both in becoming better IFians. I would ask you to avoid being overly biased in your answers, displaying the positives and negatives in us both, as you see them, in roughly equivalent degrees. |
D-Lotus wrote: |
If we're going to get rid of procedural pomp, CF, then let's cancel this election and have them start sharing responsibility immediately. I am using the vote as I think will best support IF, and that way is to abstain. |
D-Lotus wrote: |
.I think we had one individual, jrnmcs (or a username similar to that), who helped Keavney with the site's coding without ever being mayor. |
D-Lotus wrote: |
To give you an example, I remember one election that was a run-off between 3 candidates which, although it had many votes, ended up creating hurt feelings and people leaving the site. To summarize, then, I don't think that voting in a mayoral election is necessarily beneficial. What is truly essential, rather, is participation in the site's storygames. |
D-Lotus wrote: |
One doesn't need to be mayor to help change the code of the site, even. I think we had one individual, jrnmcs (or a username similar to that), who helped Keavney with the site's coding without ever being mayor. |
Thunderbird wrote: |
Each mayor has left a unique legacy of both positive and negative impacts from their terms. Each has brought their own vision to the site and has helped to guide it to what it has become today. And every mayor to come will do the same. |
D-Lotus wrote: |
But it's definitely not a vote of no-confidence. I just think that you are both equally capable for a position which requires time-commitment but no special knowledge or leadership skills, as far as I know. Maybe I've gotten the wrong impression of what the mayoral duties consist of, in which case, I'd like to hear back from you. I'm not afraid to admit I'm wrong. |
D-Lotus wrote: |
To give you an example, I remember one election that was a run-off between 3 candidates which, although it had many votes, ended up creating hurt feelings and people leaving the site. |
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my apathy is towards this election |
PopeAlessandrosXVIII wrote: |
And to Thunder-kun....Why the RL politics? *Sniffles* Makes me sad.....
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