LJ Advisory Board Elections

[anitabuchan]

Unless you've been living under a rock you've probably noticed lj and fandom haven't been getting along too well recently. Lots of people on my flist have posted about various issues, from Strikethrough onwards. I've also noticed my flist shrinking a bit as various people leave for greatjournal or insanejournal.

This is all relevant because at the moment the elections for the LJ advisory board are going on (voting closes on the 29th). I don't know how much power or influence it's going to have, and I know a lot of people are dismissing it already, but I'm a firm believer that you can't not vote and then whine later. So it is very worth going and checking out the list of candidates which should have arrived in your lj inbox.

If you can't be arsed going through them all, I'm voting for legomymalfoy as my first choice, vichan second, and rm third.

vichan was the one who created fandom_counts about a year ago. legomymalfoy has been an active member of fandom for years and was quite generally convincing that she'd be a good candidate, and rm, who is also an active member of fandom (including Torchwood and Doctor Who! Yay!).

I did have a whole paragraph here about other candidates, but it's all said much better here. Also, fandom_votes is trying to form a fandom voting bloc, to avoid splitting the fandom vote, if you're interested in that.

Go here to vote.

Comments

[booksbagsshoes.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the reminder and your comments about who you're voting for are helpful because I don't really have the time to go through all of the nominations. I have read the pitches of the ones you highlighted.

[anitabuchan.livejournal.com]

Well I figured that's what would put off a lot of people. Voting started a few days ago but I didn't have time to go through them all till now...so I'm glad to be of use!

[(Anonymous)]

I'll go join fandom_votes I think...I never feel like my one vote makes a difference but being part of a bloc will maybe...and I'll spread the word too!

[anitabuchan.livejournal.com]

Good! What's really important is getting out the vote :).

[rabbitali.livejournal.com]

I didn't know if I should vote given that I never really post on lj anymore but that jameth looks such a twat...he would basically make the whole think into a joke if he won. Just reading his lj makes me angry he seems like such as asshat.

[anitabuchan.livejournal.com]

I know...I'm not sure how much it's him, and how much is just that his supporters come across as the least likeable people ever. Go vote, even if you don't post you still use lj.