[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Election 2013

[Edward Morris]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I really like the idea, have placed it on our Bylaws revision pad and will
attempt to bring it up for discussion in Buenos Aires.

Ed


On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

> Avri:
> Just FYI, we had a NOTA (none of the above) option on several of our early
> elections.
> I was always a supporter of NOTA, too. If you do have a NOTA, then you
> just have to have a procedure for deciding what happens when "nobody" wins
> ;-)
>
> --MM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org [mailto:
> ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
> Sent: Saturday, November 9, 2013 10:56 AM
> To: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Election 2013
>
>
> On 9 Nov 2013, at 06:41, Edward Morris wrote:
>
> > We need more people, we need more help and, to our new members,  we need
> you. Please don't let anyone suggest too much enthusiasm, for me or
> anything else in the NCUC,  is a bad thing. We need all we can get.
> >
>
>
> hi,
>
> Could not agree more.
>
> And just like I support endorsements and +1s I support nominations.
>
> As people might remember, I have long argued that no election should ever
> have just one candidate.    And I have made a pain in the keister of myself
> in multiple fora by trying to insist that a None of the Above (NOA) be a
> candidate in any election where there was just one choice - not that I have
> succeeded very often in that Quixotic quest.   Now that is not the policy
> in NCUC as far as I know - so I am not arguing for that now, but may
> someday when the EC gets around to updating the NCUC out of date charter -
> but that is yet another bicker.  since we dont have NOA, we need
> candidates. lots and lots of candidates.
>
>
> And having said, and with no offense to any candidate we have, I think
> they are all great people - many of whom have contributed much to the NCUC
> over the years - we need more candidates.  We need more people to nominate,
> we need more people to self-nomnate, we need more people to second, and we
> need many more +1s.
>
> I am not the greatest believer in representative democracy because i think
> most elective processes are flawed (and i prefer participatory democracy
> that build on the notions of representativeness).  Well if we just have one
> candidate per office and no NOA, we will have a flawed process
>
> Lets have an exciting election with lots of choice.  Nominate people. In
> fact i encourage nominees to nominate/second opponents.  Nominate
> yourselves.  Twist arms, get people to agree to run.  The worst that can
> happen is that you get elected and have to do the work for a year.
>
> So people, nominate someone.
>
> avri
>
>
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