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CSM: Running for Office: Week Four

This was a week of waiting, making for a short post!

No official election rules are posted yet. I’ll admit that I am itching with anticipation. We have six weeks to Fanfest. People who are following the election cycle are very interested in the voting process. Some have voted before and some have not. This interest in the voting is good.

This week has held more interest on my forum thread. Ripard Teg laid out some questions to some candidates. I wound up writing a reply and a longer blog post in response. Questions directed to the CSM come in all forms and flavors. Questions such as Ripard’s, that focus on aspects of morality and culture are fascinating. It is also an understandable question to ask someone who is stepping forward to represent the community.

I will admit that I’m having fun meeting people. I’m trying to sync up with a few groups and my channel gets a steady trickle of people who want to check me out. It has lead to a lot of interesting conversations and debates about Eve and some fantastic recipe ideas for dinner. I’m a firm believer that chat is about chat and I like to cook. It turns out that a lot of other Eve players do as well so we share our menus and come up with suggestions. It has a side effect of relaxing some who venture in and don’t want to step into a fitting discussion. I’m not scary and I’d never send someone away who might have my next creative meal idea just waiting for me. Dinner PvP is a go!

Next week is both my interview with Cap Stable and the VA/MD/DC meetup. I’m also still waiting for the final word to trickle down about Eve Vegas.

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