Originally Posted by NuGuy

Heyas Sink,

Any election type discussions CANNOT be held on the Webboard. It's part of the terms and conditions when you log in. It stems from the rule that you cannot use ALPA materials to run for office, and thus, any discussion at all about any candidate is deemed "campaign material", and would be deleted.

As it should be.

But, those discussions will occur, and when they do, it has normally been limited to crew rooms or a select, invite only, email chain/listservs. It spilled over a little bit here last cycle, but as more people have been following the L&G thread, I want to think some have taken a more active approach in handling "that APC crowd". There seemed to be some topics during the TA "sales" period that were addressed, directly or otherwise, from "input" from this very thread. Coincidence? Maybe.

This thread, and others like it, have a wide audience, even if most just lurk. It allows a vetting of ideas and opinions, without heavy handed moderation (there are really only a few REAL no-nos), and, eventually, everything bubbles up to the top where it should be, in plain view.

I think such conversation is very healthy and necessary.

Nu