On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, comex wrote: > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Kerim Aydin<ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> I don't think announcement should make the office vacant, (why not give >> the incumbent an extra week? better than a vacancy IMO). Maybe say >> "anyone can initiate an election for which the incumbent is not eligible >> to be nominated". > > I wouldn't be surprised if such elections ended with no candidates. > The natural tendency strongly favors the incumbent.
No harm in countering that tendency in some situations. These Creative Offices are something new: get paid for proposing things following certain constraints that anyone could propose anyway. I like the idea of recognizing that, and they also seem to be much more competitive due to their "fun" nature. Rotating out is a good thing --- many folks have their own breed of creativity so it is reasonable to rotate out a "good" incumbent just for a change of pace, while with other record- tracking offices it's better to keep a competent performer in place. Still, a safe way could be "if there are any other consenting nominees when the nomination period ends, the incumbent ceases to be a nominee". -G.
