tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post173690243686064437..comments2024-03-17T18:11:26.506+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: The GLA selection: a bit of a shambles, really…Mark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-20634616121701452582007-05-25T21:31:00.000+01:002007-05-25T21:31:00.000+01:00Mark of course knows I agree with all that he says...Mark of course knows I agree with all that he says. I think we need a thorough review.<BR/><BR/>I also agree with Ed. I would go as far as saying that as we are likely to get about 5 people elected, the real issue isn't who his on the list, but who are the top half of the list.<BR/><BR/>There should have been a shortlisting process. I would suggest a shortlist of 11 - i.e. the shortlisting decides who the list are. The membership chooses the order. This is far more democratic than it first sounds, given that it is only really the top half that are in contention for a seat.Duncan Borrowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301480655035778743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-20355337334621929862007-05-24T23:44:00.000+01:002007-05-24T23:44:00.000+01:00Good to see some of the, um, less successful parts...Good to see some of the, um, less successful parts of the process have come to the attention of the people who make the decisions.<BR/><BR/>Coinciding with local elections was clearly a mistake. So too was free reign on emails - I hope the national party hasnt lost too many people from the list it can send emails to as a result of the spam blizzard that was the GLA selection!<BR/><BR/>Fundamentally, though, was there not scope for shortlisting? I understand the desire to offer full choice to the membership but 22 candidates? Many of whom didnt seem to have a clue or even bother to run campaigns... <BR/><BR/>One other thing that I would like considered- my candidates booklet was printed in alphabetical order. Should it not be randomised with short runs and a variety of ordering? Yes, I know its expensive but if we are going to run democratic selections, paying to run them properly should not be an issue.<BR/><BR/>(finally, though, thanks to everyone who DOES play a part in making sure internal party elections happen - a lot of people give up a lot of time for not a lot of obvious reward except for people like me standing outside and moaning about how it should have been done better...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com