Subj : Re: 2023 FTSC Standing Member Election - Preliminary Results
To   : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Dan Clough
Date : Fri Mar 24 2023 03:07 pm

-=> Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 > Did you notice that the majority of the votes here came in over the last
 > couple of days of the allowed time?  Perfect indication of strategic
 > voting.
 >
 > What sucks is when people vote based ONLY on personal dislikes, even if
 > a candidate is qualified.  That happened in this election too.

 CS> Actually Dan, the later voting is evidence the region was
 CS> actually surveyed for votes.

Sorry, but that is *NOT* "evidence".  It *might* indicate that, but it 
might happen for other reasons, as discussed earlier in the thread (such 
as strategy/influence voting, or even just procrastination by the RC).  
You cannot know for certain that a last minute vote was due to surveying
the region, and therefore it is NOT evidence/proof of that.

 CS>  It's the ones who voted right away,
 CS> that are questionable on surveying their nets.  I'll have to go
 CS> back and look, but pretty sure it was over 10 in R13 on the tally
 CS> Mike posted in our R13 sysop echo.

I would tend to agree with that, but again... not proof of anything.

As I recall, the surveying of the region by the RC is only a suggestion 
and not a requirement.  I do think it should be done.


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