Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote [on not campaigning during nominations]: > [...] However, I don't agree with you that campaining at any > other time would violate the consitution. See below.
I never claimed that it would violate the constitution. It's clearly not covered. However, there are claims like the limit is a convention and "a convention *is* proper for this kind of thing. The fact that it is not totally respected is, IMO, not a problem, since it usually is." -- Wouter Verhelst http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2007/08/msg00123.html That's no longer true, even if it used to be. Campaigning usually happens before and after the campaign time. I think we should either:- - take advantage of what really happens and shorten the election, or - establish the convention on campaign time limits. [...] > That is, IMO we should solve hypothetical social problems by saying > "we'll solve them reasonably when they are a real issue." [...] This isn't hypothetical. Campaigning has started early for four of the last five elections IIRC. > > The benefit would be less time spent on the election, so available for > > other work. > > I think this is not a real issue. Do you feel we lose volunteer time > because people are campaining during the year? Well, for example, Marc Brockschmidt has spent time writing a platform, canvassing and campaigning, which he suggested he would not have done if an acceptable candidate had already nominated. If an acceptable candidate is nominated now, we've lost that time. We could try to save that sort of time by rewarding early nominations with more campaigning opportunities, by officially killing the convention against campaigning during nominations. Hope that explains, -- MJ Ray http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html tel:+44-844-4437-237 - Webmaster-developer, statistician, sysadmin, online shop builder, consumer and workers co-operative member http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ - Writing on koha, debian, sat TV, Kewstoke http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
