Leadership Election

[Spiros Denaxas]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Dave Cross <dave at dave.org.uk> wrote:
>
> You'll all remember, no doubt, that the leadership election opens next
> Monday - October 18th. This, therefore, might be a good time to ask the
> candidates any questions that you want answered before you can choose
> who to vote for. A kind of online hustings, I suppose.
>
> As a reminder. The three candidates we have are:
>
> * Leo Lapworth
> * Amelia the stuffed camel
> * Egbert the BBC stuffed camel
>
> On the morning of the 18th, all eligible voters[1] will receive an
> automated email from the system we are using to run the vote. This email
> will contain instructions on how to cast your vote. Voting will be open
> until midnight (GMT) on 31st October and I'll announce the results on
> the 1st November.
>
> Any questions?
>
> Dave...
>
> [1] Eligible voters are email addresses who were publicly subscribed to
> this mailing list on 24th September. I will be removing any no-mail
> addresses from the list (because the vast majority of those seem to be
> non-deliverable addresses that Mailman has switched off automatically).
>
> --
> Dave Cross :: dave at dave.org.uk
> http://dave.org.uk/
> @davorg
>

Are we, in all seriousness, putting forward two stuffed animals as
candidates? If so, what stops somebody from
vouching for an imaginary entity, like my pet narwhal?

Spiros