Re: Draft Election Results Memo for members (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Damn, he's a good diplomat.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:53:54 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > Bob's response
 > 
 >  > From: Bob Gulino <http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~bob.gulino>
 >  > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:39:38 -0700
 >  > 
 >  > Hi, Craig,
 >  > 
 >  > I am sorry that you had a bad experience in this election process, and I 
 >  > hope that this experience will not deter you from continuing to participate 
 >  > in our coop’s events and activities.
 >  > 
 >  > Because I am not a member of the Elections Subcommittee, I can not confirm 
 >  > what was communicated previously. My understanding is that the only place 
 >  > that candidate statements are used is posting the statements on our website. 
 >  > While there may have been a deadline to submit those statements, unless I am 
 >  > mistaken, I do not believe that there is any rule against changing those 
 >  > statements once submitted. As a person who helps manage the website, I can 
 >  > confirm that updating your statement would have been very easy to do, and I 
 >  > would have been happy to have done that for you.
 >  > 
 >  > As for the technical glitch, my understanding is it was a database error 
 >  > where a wrong version of the member list was used. It was a simple mistake, 
 >  > and it was dealt with in time to implement a solution that addressed the 
 >  > issue. Rather than providing a detailed explanation of everything that went 
 >  > wrong, the decision was made to move forward in a positive manner and not 
 >  > air our “dirty laundry” for everyone to see.
 >  > 
 >  > Finally, concerning the location of the board meeting, we always try to 
 >  > include the address for the meeting location as soon as it has been 
 >  > confirmed. The one exception is when we hold an event at someone’s 
 >  > personal residence. In these cases, because Meetup is a public website that 
 >  > anyone can see (if they join our group), we regularly choose to NOT list the 
 >  > address of a personal residence, unless that person agrees beforehand. This 
 >  > is standard practice, intended to protect the privacy of individuals. We 
 >  > could use “TBA” for the address in these cases, but it seems appropriate 
 >  > to show a neighborhood so people can at least know the general location of 
 >  > the meeting.
 >  > 
 >  > Please let me know if you have any questions.
 >  > 
 >  > Cheers,
 >  > Bob