postponing the upcoming elections.

Matthias Gemuh · Post by **Matthias Gemuh** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:02 am

Why change a winning team ?
Should the upcoming CCC elections be postponed by 6 months ?
The vote is scheduled to take place on January 15.

Matthias.

sockmonkey · Post by **sockmonkey** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:08 am

Matthias Gemuh wrote:Why change a winning team ?
Should the upcoming CCC elections be postponed by 6 months ?

Matthias.

If you don't want them to change, re-elect them. Elections are a good thing, even when the results confirm the status quo.

jb

kingliveson · Post by **kingliveson** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:13 am

Matthias Gemuh wrote:Why change a winning team ?
Should the upcoming CCC elections be postponed by 6 months ?

Matthias.

I think the mods are OK, but I don't believe you should change the rules in the middle of the game. So I vote no. Keep in mind I can't vote yet in the upcoming election though I would like to vote--must be here at least 3 months. Hope we don't get a dictator who judges without evidence, but by feelings.

Steve B · Post by **Steve B** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:19 pm

Thanks for the compliment Matthias

However i must say that elections should not be postponed
its the way of this forum to elect new mods every 6 months
a deeply embedded tradition that makes this forum different from all other forums..anywhere
Especially different from the commercial sites where mods are appointed from above

on a personal note ...
i have been serving for 13 Months now as moderator
when i first took my seat at the moderation desk
back in Dec 08 the forums were engaged in a raging controversy
there were various controversies during my 13 month tenure as mod
and as i leave my seat we again are under a swirling controversy
it is the nature of this place for there to be spirited debate
and that is a good thing..

Personally ..for me..its time i moved on
while i consider it a high honor to have been elected to two consecutive terms by the good members here
i do look forward to becoming a civilian again and actually be able to log on here and not have a PM box (or a complaint panel) filled with complaints from both sides of the issues

my only hope is that we have a representative selection of
candidates that agree to run..who hold views representing both sides of the isle here

my concern is that only a few will be interested in taking on the oft times thankless job of moderating and they will all be from one viewpoint on the issues which does not really give the members much of a choice

Best Regards
Steve

mariaclara · Post by **mariaclara** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:41 pm

Correct !

why change a winning team?

solution:

vote for them again..

Matthias Gemuh wrote:Why change a winning team ?
Should the upcoming CCC elections be postponed by 6 months ?
The vote is scheduled to take place on January 15.

Matthias.

Matthias Gemuh · Post by **Matthias Gemuh** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:24 pm

OK, the trend of the poll is already clear:

- some people would like the vote postponed to keep the mod team.
- other people would like to keep the mod team by re-election.

Thanks for participating in the poll,
Matthias.

Dann Corbit · Post by **Dann Corbit** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:13 pm

Matthias Gemuh wrote:Why change a winning team ?

Because they have served their time.

Should the upcoming CCC elections be postponed by 6 months ?

Not if I have anything to say about it.

The vote is scheduled to take place on January 15.

Hooray!

Matthias.