Re: Purpose of hwg-election list...
by tcspain(at)unccvm.uncc.edu (TANYA SPAIN)
|
Date: |
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 15:51:13 -0500 |
To: |
hwg-elections(at)hwg.org |
|
todo: View
Thread,
Original
|
|
Here, here!!
Tanya
>One idea to perhaps help focus discussion here - could GB members, or
>maybe Kynn as pres, post a short description of a recent issue that
>y'all had to decide on GB with perhaps a synopsis of the primary
>pros, cons, and the outcome? Or if there's not a suitable past issue,
>perhaps one that is coming or likely? It would probably be best if
>you could pick a topic that's easily understood by folks without the
>"long history" stuff or complex legal opinions needed.
>
>Candidates could provide their take on the issue, perhaps not
>their "decision" but the questions they'd need to ask, a
>description of what research they'd do in order to decide. Maybe even
>debate the issue amongst themselves with the voters looking
>on.
>
>Such discussion can give voters the opportunity to see how a
>candidate works to reach a decision. Often it's the candidate's
>process of thinking/understanding that's most important in
>policy-making than the individual's pedigree or starting opinion. And
>we could get beyond the "warm fuzzies" of the political brochure
>and/or the missing brochures. ;-)
>
>Cindy
>
>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>Cindy Svec <cindy(at)raenet.com>
>Relevant Arts Enterprise, Inc.
>http://www.raenet.com/
>Internet and Business Solutions
HWG: hwg-elections mailing list archives,
maintained by Webmasters @ IWA