First round! (Please vote AFTER you've checked out the discussion post.)

[svmadelyn]

Don't know who to vote for? Find candidate platforms, open discussion and fannish endorsements RIGHT HERE.

We heartily encourage conversation and discussion on that post so that you can figure out who you think is going to best articulate, defend and understand fannish interests. In other words? Know who you are voting for. Blind votes don't help

Comments

[maygra]

Is there a reason squeaky19 isn't on the poll? I'd say given his welcome to the fandom influx on IJ, he's pretty fandom friendly.

[anatsuno]

I think the list is down to all 'pro fandom & in fandom' candidates - it's a boolean AND, not an OR. That's what I understood anyway. :)

[svmadelyn]

Yes, he's absolutely fandom friendly, but for our purposes here we're going for a person who is a member of fandom. That's basically the baseline criteria for this community.

[spare_change]

I think this could be a good idea, but the problem is that not all of these candidates have actually said that their goal is to defend fandom interests. There's a difference between being in fandom and promising to actively work for fandom.

[svmadelyn]

*nods* Absolutely, and I'm believing that the voting process will weed those candidates out. If I did that on my own though, I don't think that's as above board as we all would like, you know? It's my hope that members of fandom will take a look at the platforms of these people and see who is going to best promote/defend fannish interests. I don't think it'd be fair for me to go in and arbitrarily say that oh, this person doesn't look good, and so on and so forth. I certainly think that among these, there are probably much stronger candidates, but what I'm trying to do with this community is make it *fandom's* decision

[spare_change]

It's my hope that members of fandom will take a look at the platforms of these people and see who is going to best promote/defend fannish interests

;D I couldn't agree more. What has been troubling me in my corner of fandom is that people seem to be voting on the basis of flist pimpage and name recognition. I haven't seen any discussion of the various candidates' platforms or their implications, which I find troubling, because not all of these people have a fandom-first policy, and it seems like shooting ourselves in the foot to unite behind a candidate who isn't necesarily going to represent our interests.

Maybe instead of just having a poll, which perhaps is only replicating this problem, you could encourage a discussion of each candidate's pros and cons? I'm not sure people are aware of the significant differences among the various platforms.

[svmadelyn]

Hmm, I could certainly emphasize that more, yes.

ETA: I think I've made it clearer that we welcome more discussion. Please let me know if my edits help address your (very valid) issues?

[burnishdvictory]

gfemale is actually qfemale - with a Q, not a G. Other than that, I support this idea.

[svmadelyn]

*quiet facepalm* Thank you for that correction!

[nicocoer]

legomymalfoy, then Rm

[icarusancalion]

I like legomymalfoy, but rm has my vote with her involvement with otw_news.