Lord/Lady President Questions Thread

[Admin]

Please post your questions for the candidates here. We only ask that you are polite:) Anyone may ask questions, but we ask that the answers be limited to the Candidates themselves in their respective threads.

[Scooter]

4. Do you see any particular goals for the group to work towards in the next year? If so, what?

[The Valeyard]

1. If you are not elected to this office, will you continue to participate as a member of this club?

2. As I have learned to my chagrin, this job is always tinged with drama, no matter how much one may strive to avoid it. What would you do to avoid drama and politics so that youc can do your job.

3. Assume that a Tribunal has been held and a person has been accused of <insert violation of the Charter/Code of Conduct/Anti-Harassment Clause Here>. Assume that while you feel the person was culpable, the Tribunal feels that the individual was in fact not culpable. Assume that the Castellan advises that he/she agrees with this finding. What do you do?

a) What if the aggrieved party is insisting that the accused person is culpable?
b) What if the aggrieved party could only be proven right by violating the wishes of the aggrieved party?
c) What if the situation is reversed? The Tribunal finds the individual culpable, but you strongly disagree.

4. I strongly believe that the Officers should be communicating regarding all matters not directly related to logistics and/or too sensitive for some members on public boards. Do you agree? Why or why not?

[geeklectic]

1) Above all else I feel any cosplay group needs to be a safe place for all the members in it and the safety and well-being of said members is my top concern. If elected, would you be open to re-investigating rulings from prior administrations if you or another member felt that the ruling could potentially compromise the safety of the members of OoG? Additionally, how would you ensure that the comfort and safety of our membership is your top priority?

2) I personally believe that the role of President in any organization is one that comes with more scrutiny and perlustration than other offices. How would you as Lady Commander handle criticisms or members disagreeing with your position or asking for clarification on specific Order issues?

3) While the Order of Gallifrey has 805 members only 26 people voted for Lord Commander in the 2015 Elections. That means you could effectively win the Presidency with as few as 9 votes or 1.06% of the member base. Why do you think that is and what would you do to increase the activity of our membership base? Additionally, does the group warrant so many elected officials when they end up out numbering the general active membership?

4) Whichever of you is elected Lady President will have quite a bit of work to do to continue the progress that we are making as a group and to continue achieving our potential. That work will require a lot of time and effort. I know that both of you have very difficult schedules. How will you prioritize and distribute your time to best focus on the demands of the position?

And one fun one for the road…

5) If you could only do one of your cosplays for the rest of your life – which would it be and why?

[coleenriver]

Since both candidates are from California, what will you do to engage members in the rest of the organization?

[The Valeyard]

Adding on to Coleen's question...

Some of our sectors are active, but they do not actively communicate or participate with many of the rest of our sectors. One of the solutions to this has been to ask them to promote events that they are doing on our main page, and this has made some inroads, but there is still some work to go.

What would you to do address sectors that are active, but non-communicative?

Second... While the demand for local chapters has been high, some Sectors remain relatively small. Under what circumstances do you feel Sectors should be defined as "Sectors" and under what circumstances do you feel they should be defined as "Outposts"? In keeping with that, the Charter says that if an officer is not elected to fill a position, the Lady President has the authority to appoint a local leader until such time as an election can be held. How would you make such a decision?

[Inna]

I am having a bit of a hard time formulating this into a question, my apologies. I am a member for less than a year, but I joined enthusiastically and with an intent of active participation. However, the first time I was able to attend an event with the Order presence was LBCC. I was not wearing a Whovian cosplay on either day, but I came up to the table to drop off our fundraising donation and to meet people. The dropping off was fine, the meeting people was not. Could be my own awkwardness, but my several attempts to indicate that I am a member and want to know people/be part of things did not make me feel welcome or wanted. No one there seemed to care who I was. This was my first-ever fan group table experience, so maybe that is how it goes. I offered to help with the table on Sunday, but that was received very vaguely so I did not think it was needed. My Who Con experience, where I was involved with two Order panels, was better yet similarly left me feeling like an outsider. So, Respected Candidates for the office of Lady President, what are you going to do to make sure that new members actually feel included and welcome, in actual reality and not just in words on Facebook or here? I am also going to address this question to local leadership candidates.