On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Sean Hunt wrote:
> This is a public contract and a pledge, entitled coppro's Grand Poobah
> Promotion/Demotion Policy.
I'll come out and say this; if you're looking for a scrupulously spelled-
out policy, I am not your candidate.
In the end, I'm guessing several first-class players fell into coppro's
"in my opinion served the game" category so I suspect it amounts to much
the same.
I toyed with several ideas; fair mini-contests announced before the start
of each month ("best bard's song in a week gets it!" "most interesting
proposal satisfying conditions X gets it!") or Eleusis ("guess the secret
conditions which are easy to fulfill if you know the secret") or balancing
("promote new players over old") but frankly, what with Speakers lists and
multiple stages and promotion/demotion contraints, I can't make much of
that, at least not as an up-front promise.
In the end, I decided to be clear at disqualifying bribery - that's what
sunk the first G.P. IIRC and it's not the way I roll - but otherwise I'd
leave it generally open. But I won't try to hide nor avoid all the aspects
of my nature: read Judge Michael's arguments in CFJ 1500 to see what kind
of a Grand Poobah you would be selecting in voting for me.
Thus ends my election speech.
-G.
