tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post9093340871838449173..comments2024-03-17T18:11:26.506+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: The unbearable lightness of Liberal Youth: the Returning Officer's cutMark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-62943627314871420952009-02-15T20:40:00.000+00:002009-02-15T20:40:00.000+00:00As the acting VC Comms, may I just say that a grea...As the acting VC Comms, may I just say that a great deal of time and expense has been spared to renew the current website. Our re branded website will be up in April. <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Sara ScarlettAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00044127026289761005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-79023596659990652102009-02-11T12:54:00.000+00:002009-02-11T12:54:00.000+00:00Hywel,I share your wonderment as to such a general...Hywel,<BR/><BR/>I share your wonderment as to such a general assumption. However, given that the endorsement rules apply to most Party elections, you can understand how such a mindset might establish itself. It does, however, indicate that constitutions are seldom read by the people most impacted by them...<BR/><BR/>I am increasingly of the view that our endorsement rules are the cause of much tension and futile effort. It is entirely legitimate for an ordinary member to seek additional data about candidates, and the calibre of the people who support them is part of that. There have been a number of examples where the support of 'hierarchy figures' has worked against candidates - we are often anti-establishment in our tastes and responses - and quite often such endorsements are based on past performance. This is an opportunity to test potential solutions, and I will be interested to see what happens now that the issue has been made explicit.<BR/><BR/>You are, of course, spot on with regard to the website. However, a new Vice Chair Communications would probably be the person best equipped to do something about it...Mark Valladareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-83105358193230520872009-02-11T12:27:00.000+00:002009-02-11T12:27:00.000+00:00How can you have a general assumption that somethi...How can you have a general assumption that something isn't allowed when the rules don't mention it!<BR/><BR/>I was always of the view that endorsements should be barred in LDYS elections. Though that didn't stop me using 3 MPs and a Peer to endorse me when I was elected :-)<BR/><BR/>The LY website still lists the candidates for the Exec elections in May 2008 so if this is what everyone is bothered about then the organisation has declined even further than I thought.Hywelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094171587140185827noreply@blogger.com