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<div class="moz-forward-container">oops, left the list off this
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<td>Stephanie Perrin
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<td>Amr Elsadr <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:aelsadr@EGYPTIG.ORG"><aelsadr@EGYPTIG.ORG></a></td>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">+1 to what Amr said</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Regarding the issue
of suppression of candidates, I think it is a human reality
that if someone is somewhat less well-known but would like
to participate more, they may be deterred by strong showing
of support for more vocal or well-known candidates. This
favours incumbents. Also favours english speakers who
communicate extensively, IMHO. However, other than a couple
of people who have contacted me off-list to agree, I don't
think we have any hard evidence</font></font> <font
size="+1">that it suppresses nominations.</font> <font
size="+1">Some people who some of us have tried to persuade to
run have declined because it is a lot of hard work and they
cannot fit it into their schedule.</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Cheers Stephanie</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-08-03 11:32, Amr Elsadr
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<pre wrap="">On Aug 3, 2016, at 5:13 PM, Arsène Tungali <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com"><arsenebaguma@gmail.com></a> wrote:
An interesting debate that actually needs to be properly adressed.
A scenario:
A nomination was made for someone, then people started showing support (with +1s) until they realize there is another nomination that comes in and they now wonder how to cancel their first support given the new one is "more qualified and sounds the best" than the one they initially supported. If we only count +1s made for a candidate, we may get the wrong temperature of the room for so many reasons.
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<pre wrap="">I’ve never seen +1s to indicate who a person is going to vote for. It just shows that the person +1ing believes a candidate’s nomination is a good one.
I don’t usually endorse nominations unless I have something I want to say about the candidate, but I have on occasion endorsed the nominations of multiple candidates running against each other. When I do, it isn’t because I’m trying to mess up the temperature of the room, but rather to indicate that I believe that we have more than one worthy candidate. Who I finally vote for is private, and at that point, I would have to pick one over the other taking into account many factors including candidate statements, etc…
Thanks.
Amr
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