Agenda item: candidate interaction

You mean after we've already made our recommendations? I presume they would like to see us before that happens.

    <<< starchild >>>

I guess that would be right. Or alternatively shorten our regular
meeting to one hour 4:00 to 5:00 pm and have the candidates visit us
from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. The reason for my suggestions is that I doubt
that the candidates have the time or the inclination to be part of
our regular meeting, such as a visitor from the general public
interested in the LP could be. But, I will go with what Justin
decides.

Marcy
  
--- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, Starchild <sfdreamer@...>
wrote:

  You mean after we've already made our recommendations? I

presume they

would like to see us before that happens.

    <<< starchild >>>

> My own personal opinion: Having candidates present at a regular

LPSF

> meeting strikes me as awkward, especially when we are recommending
> some and rejecting others. An idea might be to schedule them after
> ajdournment.
>
> Marcy
>
>
> --- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, Starchild <sfdreamer@>
> wrote:
> >
> > This is an unfortunate situation. I'd personally like to hear
> from
> > them, and I think talking with and recommending candidates is

one

> of
> > the important ways we can play a role in SF politics. On the

other

> > hand, if we let these two candidates come and speak to us at our
> > meeting, it may effectively penalize others not given this

option,

> who
> > went out of their way to attend our candidates' night, which

seems

> > unfair. Also, I don't think candidates should be present when we
> debate
> > recommendations unless the whole thing were set up that way with
> voting
> > on the spot, and it could be somewhat awkward to have these two
> show up
> > and then have to tell them to leave at a certain point. Overall,
> I'm
> > not sure how this should be handled. It might be best if we

could

> get
> > them to come see us after the school board debate, and simply
> commit
> > ourselves to staying long enough to accommodate that. Thoughts?
> >
> > <<< starchild >>>
> >
> >
> >
> > > Mr. Chair,
> > >
> > > Two candidates for school board have expressed regret at being
> unable
> > > to
> > > attend our forum, and an interest in attending our meeting on

the

> 14th
> > > in
> > > order to have a little face time with us. They are Richard van
> Loon and
> > > Omar Khalif. I know we won't have a lot of time with voting on
> other
> > > races, but five to ten minutes for each would be greatly
> appreciated.
> > >
> > > I don't have time constraints from either one yet, but it

would

> be
> > > ideal
> > > if the membership could accomodate them at our mutual
> convenience, so
> > > as
> > > neither to keep them waiting nor to make the membership feel

that