ext_58976 ([identity profile] daveon.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] kevin_standlee 2011-08-11 03:32 pm (UTC)

I have two problems with this position.

Promotion & Awareness.

Now that John Scalzi (yes, yes I know promotion, but entirely of his own making) has produced the voting packet the typical voter actually can make an informed choice. Prior to being able to look at, say, Fan Art, or read some of the Fan or Related Writing I'll admit I was either leaving it blank OR voting nominally for somebody I had heard of and liked, or nominally had heard of and knew the win would hack people off whom I don't like as much.

I think it's much weaker an argument now that the voters actually can make informed choices.

Second: Awareness - I honestly, with the exception of Kevin, couldn't name another individual involved in the MPC or HAMC - I didn't even know Cheryl had been.

Maybe I'm ill-informed but I'd be interested to conduct a straw poll on this and see who can name the officers.

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