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On Oct 25, 2017, at 10:36 PM, Tony Breeds <tony at bakeyournoodle.com> wrote:

> The whole election takes close to 3 weeks of officials time so I'd like
> to ask we be mindful of that before we extend things too much

There isn’t really a need for the self-nomination period to be very long. Announce it, say, a week before nominations open, and give candidates a few days to post their nominations. History has shown that the majority of candidates announce near the end of the period, and as a former nominee, I can say that a lot of that was due to procrastination.

I was glad to see a good response to the questions this time, and the answers (and non-answers) strongly influenced my vote. So I would rather see a shorter nomination period and a longer “campaign” period in the future.


-- Ed Leafe