On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, william(at)elan.net wrote:
Also FYI - the following people voted for themselve:
Meng Weng Wong
Chuck Mead
Julian Mehnle
Shevek
And 3 of them are in top 5 (and I voted for 2 of them too).
I personally don't have a problem with someone voting for himself. I don't
think it's improper or bad taste to be part of the voting membership and to
consider oneself among the top five. After all, if you are looking for
candidates whose views are a close match for your own, "your own" is a really
good match.
I didn't do so for personal reasons -- basically I didn't have a strong enough
preference between "SPF council with me in it" and "SPF council without me in
it". The council will be successful based on other factors, I'm sure :) I'm
happy with the final selection.
(Anyway it's kind of a moot point since the outcome wasn't close enough for
one vote to make the difference.)
--
Greg Connor
gconnor(_at_)nekodojo(_dot_)org
Everyone says that having power is a great responsibility. This is a lot
of bunk. Responsibility is when someone can blame you if something goes
wrong. When you have power you are surrounded by people whose job it is
to take the blame for your mistakes. If they're smart, that is.
-- Cerebus, "On Governing"