Steven J Long wrote:
> As stated, summarise correctly, and even better, follow a more professional
> process, and this sub-topic would never have been raised. As it is, this is
> about the level of debate I expected; blame the messenger, and avoid our own
> problems. I am glad there's an election on.

Without commenting on this specific issue can I use this as an excuse to 
remind council candidates that of the 13 people running for council only 
  5 have posted manifestos?  While I typically grep the various mailing 
lists to try to get a feel for each candidate, having somebody actually 
clearly state their position would be helpful.

Perhaps we should have a _reopen_nomination option in future elections? 
  I'm a bit uncomfortable having to vote for somebody who doesn't even 
put up a simple statement of what they stand for.  I could care less 
about the format of such a statement - if you just want to post one line 
and say "I'll do what I think is best - now let me get back to my CVS 
commits" at least I'll know how they want to be evaluated (CIA, here I 
come).

There is only a week left...