2015 MNFurs Board Election Announcement

Well, Cence, like I said there’s a difference between thinking that you’re the better person for the job, and saying “I want to replace that person, specifically”, especially when the election is for several seats, not just one.  You may not have meant the question antagonistically, but that’s the way it would end up coming across.  As for each candidate saying they think they’re the ‘better person for the job’, well…that’s what each of us have done by putting ourselves up for election.  If we didn’t think that we were the right person, we wouldn’t be doing this in the first place.  After all, what is there for us to gain from being elected?  It’s not a paid position, and it’s certainly not public or high-profile enough to provide any sense of personal glory.  It’s all about serving the community, and helping the group grow.

Is this an MN Furs event?

Seems like the whole point of this ongoing argument is that this whole process is a feel-good, family-friendly, non-confrontational event that doesn’t have any meat to it.  Last year when I was the one asking the questions, I put out hard questions myself, and was halfway impressed that some people actually gave meaningful answers, and made others stutter.

 

People who can answer hard questions from the depths of their being, without fluffing it full of “for the good of the community” answers are the people I have the most respect for.  Tell me why YOU are better than everyone else, not how well you work with the whole field.  What structure do you have as an individual, in the event you can’t, or won’t stand for something that goes against your beliefs in what the community is about?

 

But I guess that kind of thing is just too much for the committee to deal with.  Hopefully some day we’ll get people who can take that question and fly with it.  I know full well I’d not hesitate to do either, were I put in either position.

Wow, Arashiin.. Well said.

as somome who HAS asked the questions,… Its nice to hear that the real reason i want an answer to these “difficult” questions has a lot more merit than the way my questions have been demonized. I hope this is not lost on all other community members.

If you watch the candidate dialogue.. (And to hell what you think of me) the entirety of the questions asked were comically… Irrelevant. a bunch of happy/friendly generic time filling questions that do not inspire, frustrate, encourage or require any deviation from one answer to the next… Probably why the “go to” answer is “uh, what the last guy said…” + (insert random pro community sentence)

as I am re-reading this now.. I realize i have over 2 freeking pages of back and forth dialogue here and for the life of me, i cant figure out why.. we arent going to ask the hard questions, we arent going to ask questions that dont relate to EVERY candidate and we arent going to say anything that could encourage a sense of compitition.  Oh wait.. It IS a compitition?  Well we arent going to say anything that could be considered oppositional… Oh wait.. They ARE opponents?  well.. Im out of logic… Cant really even call this a debate. Its more of a.. Candidate consensus discussion.

I guess the real crime here is that the candidates only had fountain drinks. I didnt see a single coffee cake or donut through the entire taping. dropping the ball here election committee..

this whole process.. Year after year.. Just.. Is a mentally exhausting time consumimg “meatless” social event. Every year like a fool i have to relearn how frustrating and one sided these elections can be.. All organization, no Community. The good news.. Is next year you wont as much see a post it note from me. Far be it from me to be the one guy who wants to use these elections like you know,.. An election.

Getting curious huh Mr. Puma?  The document has been posted.

Also deleted.

I dont involve myself in your social activity, make you look like a clown, dont do it to me brother,