Poll Committee Chairperson Election 2026

[Sparks]

Might as well make this thread. This thread is for users to ask questions about the Poll Committee Chairperson nominees of February 2026! I'm running with @GoldGal64 as my Vice Chairperson!

Ask any question you want, but make sure they're not too off-topic or inappropriate.

 

[GoldGal64]

hoo boy I haven't been on here in a HOT MINUTE

 

[GoldGal64]

I do have to leave in about an hour tho

 

[Captain Lumacey]

Here are a few questions for the nominees, feel free to answer one or multiple questions:

1. Stated briefly, how would you envision your potential future role as the chairperson/vice chairperson of the poll committee?

2. Do you have any relevant prior experience working with the poll committee or a similar collaborative group?

3. What is an example of a high quality Mario Wiki poll to you? Here is the link for looking at previous polls if you want to choose one as an example.

I think that these questions provide a good sample of what people would want to know about the nominees. I wish everyone who runs to do their best.

 

[Sparks]

1. Stated briefly, how would you envision your potential future role as the chairperson/vice chairperson of the poll committee?

I would imagine the Poll Committee having a great and fun time while I'm Chairperson. Of course, I'll also make sure polls get brainstormed and submitted, but I want to make sure every member who joins has a great time and positive experience overall.

2. Do you have any relevant prior experience working with the poll committee or a similar collaborative group?

Yep! I'm currently on the Poll Committee, so I know how the process goes.

3. What is an example of a high quality Mario Wiki poll to you? Here is the link for looking at previous polls if you want to choose one as an example.

I'll admit this is a tricky one to answer. In my opinion, high quality polls cover every/almost every base of their category, but there are some that think outside the box too.

One that sticks out to me is one of Hooded Pitohui's this term:

Spoiler: In-person events

This one got me thinking because I don't attend in-person events, yet I had fun imagining the possibilities and voting in it!

My personal favorite poll I created is the merchandise poll!

Spoiler: Merchandise!

Christmas was coming up when I thought up this one. There were just enough categories of merchandise for a poll, so I thought it was perfect! Voters would relate to what Mario merchandise they have at home, and while plushies may be the top answer, it's great to see acknowledgement of less-known Mario merchandise. Plus it made for a fun analysis in Poll Committee Discussion!

Thank you for the questions!

 

[Xiahou Ba]

Is a hot dog a sandwich?

 

[Sparks]

Is a hot dog a sandwich?

It's something between two sides of cooked dough, so I say yes!

 

[Redboot]

I don't have my campaign up and probably won't until Monday because I'm busy with school right now but I'm still excited to be running with my good friend and former chairperson MightyMario! (@Troy McClure)

1. Stated briefly, how would you envision your potential future role as the chairperson/vice chairperson of the poll committee?

I see myself more like a fellow member who also happens to be the one that picks members and puts the polls up. Beyond that, I'd like to bring more feedback into the Poll Committee. To do this, I would run one-week feedback polls (i.e. "What kinds of polls do you want to see?" or "How would you like to see the Poll Committee be more involved in other aspects of the community?") every month with five Mondays. As someone who's been in many a creative writing workshop, I think feedback is extremely important and this is how I'd like to get people more directly involved with giving it.

2. Do you have any relevant prior experience working with the poll committee or a similar collaborative group?

I've been on the 7th, 10th, and 14th Poll Committees so yes, I have experience dating back ten years. I've also been the vice president of my school's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (the international English honor society) since 2024 and have emceed many an open mic.

3. What is an example of a high quality Mario Wiki poll to you? Here is the link for looking at previous polls if you want to choose one as an example.

My favorites are, and always have been, the ones that aren't just "What do you think of [new thing]?" polls. I like more creative ones that ask about different aspects of Mario history or powerups or anything like that.

Is a hot dog a sandwich?

It only becomes a sandwich when the bottom of the bun tears and you're trying to hold it together.

 

[Sparks]

It's been a few days, so I'm going to ask the other candidates (@Redboot and @Troy McClure) a question:

Do you two have any methods on getting all future Poll Committee members engaged for the entire term? It's a difficult task to keep everyone involved in some way the entire time, so we must make sure as many members as possible contribute.

One of my plans is to provide weekly check-ins to see how everyone's doing, and I plan to post something funny/inspirational to get everyone in a good mood and possibly motivation!

 

[Redboot]

It's been a few days, so I'm going to ask the other candidates (@Redboot and @Troy McClure) a question:

Do you two have any methods on getting all future Poll Committee members engaged for the entire term? It's a difficult task to keep everyone involved in some way the entire time, so we must make sure as many members as possible contribute.

One of my plans is to provide weekly check-ins to see how everyone's doing, and I plan to post something funny/inspirational to get everyone in a good mood and possibly motivation!

I would trust my members to communicate with me directly if their lives are getting in the way of their Poll Committee duties. Those kinds of things are often very personal and I would rather my members have the ability to tell me that themselves rather than me prying it out of them. Life has even thrown me some curveballs this week, but that's not something I'd want to talk about publicly, even in a setting like the exclusive Poll Committee board. As someone who's dealt with mental health issues for nearly a decade, I'm very well aware that unless the situation for whatever reason absolutely calls for it, what happens in your personal life should stay between you and your support group, and possibly your therapist. Obviously I want all my members to take care of themselves, but I don't want them to think it's my job to monitor their mental health.

(apologies if that paragraph got a little rambly. You don't need to know my full history but just know I take mental health extremely seriously)

Instead, I would invoke one of my teaching philosophies and post some discussion questions every week or two. These could range from straightforward Poll Committee questions (i.e. "What do you like to see in Poll Committee Discussion and Awards Analysis?") to more lighthearted questions that I could still take into account as the chairperson (i.e. "What are your plans for this summer?"). These would also include direct responses to our community feedback polls (i.e. "The community wants to see X from the Poll Committee. How do you see this happening?") to make sure all of the feedback from these polls are adequately addressed. I wouldn't ask that the members respond immediately to these questions, but I would ask that they respond at some point within a week or so in order to keep the discussion going and show me that they're still willing to engage with the committee.

This approach should create an environment on the committee that encourages communication and discussion without feeling too intrusive or high-commitment.

 

[Roserade]

A question for the Redboot/MightyMario ticket, based on this point of interest:

• I don't want our community members to feel like they're going to be stuck in the shadows of my friends or high-ranking community members, so in order to make the committee less intimidating to anyone who's never been on the committee, all applications will be reviewed anonymously! You'll send your application to MightyMario, who will compile them for me and I'll make my decision from there. Therefore, no risk of bias coming from me!

As someone who regularly organizes leadership groups in this community (hello Awards Committee), I want to ask about the benefit you see this method having on the process overall. Although I do understand the intention, I also believe that part of a leader's responsibility is the curation of a team who will be responsive and reliable throughout the term you're leading. Additionally, Poll Committee members have historically had access to a few community points, such as the communal Crowdsignal that is used for preparing/archiving old polls. For this reason, it seems pertinent to be aware of who is entering into the committee.

I'd be happy to hear your thoughts collectively on this model, but for a few specific points: what do you believe is gained from this approach? If your response is "it would ensure that newer members get an unbiased opportunity to join the committee", why could that not be an intentional goal you set for yourself while reviewing front-facing applications? If MightyMario does have legitimate concern over an applicant, would he be permitted to communicate this to you? And lastly, what do you imagine as an appropriate response in the event that an applicant does end up acting unreliably in the long-term?

To be clear, I write none of this while being uncharitable to our user base. I think the vast majority of people here are worthy and capable of being part of a committee! I simply want to know what you see as valuable in not knowing their name first, in the unlikely event that concerns do arise.

 

[Fun With Despair]

A question for the Redboot/MightyMario ticket, based on this point of interest:


As someone who regularly organizes leadership groups in this community (hello Awards Committee), I want to ask about the benefit you see this method having on the process overall. Although I do understand the intention, I also believe that part of a leader's responsibility is the curation of a team who will be responsive and reliable throughout the term you're leading. Additionally, Poll Committee members have historically had access to a few community points, such as the communal Crowdsignal that is used for preparing/archiving old polls. For this reason, it seems pertinent to be aware of who is entering into the committee.

I'd be happy to hear your thoughts collectively on this model, but for a few specific points: what do you believe is gained from this approach? If your response is "it would ensure that newer members get an unbiased opportunity to join the committee", why could that not be an intentional goal you set for yourself while reviewing front-facing applications? If MightyMario does have legitimate concern over an applicant, would he be permitted to communicate this to you? And lastly, what do you imagine as an appropriate response in the event that an applicant does end up acting unreliably in the long-term?

To be clear, I write none of this while being uncharitable to our user base. I think the vast majority of people here are worthy and capable of being part of a committee! I simply want to know what you see as valuable in not knowing their name first, in the unlikely event that concerns do arise.

I'm going to springboard off of this for Redboot/MightyMario because I think it's a very important point to bring up. One thing that, if you're in charge of any kind of committee or event, becomes extremely clear is the fact that a good application does NOT equal a good committee member and it's very important to be aware of who you are going to be spending the next year working with. What if you receive an excellent application but from a member who is known to be extremely argumentative and easily upset by criticism? What if you receive a great application but the member in question has a track record of abandoning or ragequitting projects?

Regardless of the quality of their application, neither of these individuals would make for a good committee member. Nobody likes to hear this - and I always believe in second chances and that people can change, but someone's history does matter when it comes to stuff like this, and this kind of method only makes yourself vulnerable to applications that are going to be unreliable in the best case scenario, and applications that are dishonest in the worst case scenario. It's not particularly hard to get into the Poll Committee, and from an ex-Chairperson, there's not as much interest as you think. As it is, anyone who thinks just being on the PC is a result of nepotism either got their application rejected because it was bad, got rejected because they showed bad behavior previously, or because they didn't apply at all. I don't think you have much to worry about in that respect.

Now, I'll be empathetic for a second and say that I do understand where you are coming from. A lot of community "higher-ups" do feel insular and it can often feel pointless or difficult to strive to have that kind of position when, for example, you have a large group of people applying as one for an Awards Director spot, or when you look at the Core 'Shroom Staff and see that they have been largely unchanging for a very long time with no real mechanism to get into that spot. However, it's important to look at the other side of things too: The Awards Directors continue to sweep as a collective because they do a good job and no one presents a better alternative. The Core 'Shroom Staff don't have yearly elections, but if they didn't do their jobs reliably and to a high standard of quality, they wouldn't be permitted to continue in their positions. When I first started posting here myself, I was a total nobody but now I am involved in a whole bunch of "important" stuff by virtue of just being involved in general. I probably won't ever be a director of anything but mostly because I don't try or even want any such position. Probably could've applied to be Stats Manager or something (and look at MightyMario! He built himself up over the years.)

Point is, don't worry. Just pick whoever you think most capable based on their applications and known reliability within the community as a whole, and if anyone accuses you of just hiring your friends... Well, if your friends are among the most reliable and trustworthy members who apply and carry that energy into the committee, I don't really see a problem with it and neither will anyone else. Nobody here would be in their place if they weren't consistently proving themselves, and if you DO hire a bunch of chumps on the basis of them being your friends, and they end up not doing any work?

Well, believe me, you'll feel the pain before anyone in the community at large.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

What if you receive an excellent application but from a member who is known to be extremely argumentative and easily upset by criticism? What if you receive a great application but the member in question has a track record of abandoning or ragequitting projects?

Backing up what FWD said, as a former Chairperson, very long-time community member, someone who has been in a whole lot of Poll Committees, and highlighting this extremely crucial point: attendance is 80% of what makes a good poll committee member. Most flaws members make during the process can easily be ironed out with proper discipline, because the process in of itself is quite simple. Hell, when I opened up applications for the 12th Poll Committee, a disqualifying factor I imposed was being currently banned in any venue.

 

[Troy McClure]

I'm going to springboard off of this for Redboot/MightyMario because I think it's a very important point to bring up. One thing that, if you're in charge of any kind of committee or event, becomes extremely clear is the fact that a good application does NOT equal a good committee member and it's very important to be aware of who you are going to be spending the next year working with. What if you receive an excellent application but from a member who is known to be extremely argumentative and easily upset by criticism? What if you receive a great application but the member in question has a track record of abandoning or ragequitting projects?

Regardless of the quality of their application, neither of these individuals would make for a good committee member. Nobody likes to hear this - and I always believe in second chances and that people can change, but someone's history does matter when it comes to stuff like this, and this kind of method only makes yourself vulnerable to applications that are going to be unreliable in the best case scenario, and applications that are dishonest in the worst case scenario. It's not particularly hard to get into the Poll Committee, and from an ex-Chairperson, there's not as much interest as you think. As it is, anyone who thinks just being on the PC is a result of nepotism either got their application rejected because it was bad, got rejected because they showed bad behavior previously, or because they didn't apply at all. I don't think you have much to worry about in that respect.

Now, I'll be empathetic for a second and say that I do understand where you are coming from. A lot of community "higher-ups" do feel insular and it can often feel pointless or difficult to strive to have that kind of position when, for example, you have a large group of people applying as one for an Awards Director spot, or when you look at the Core 'Shroom Staff and see that they have been largely unchanging for a very long time with no real mechanism to get into that spot. However, it's important to look at the other side of things too: The Awards Directors continue to sweep as a collective because they do a good job and no one presents a better alternative. The Core 'Shroom Staff don't have yearly elections, but if they didn't do their jobs reliably and to a high standard of quality, they wouldn't be permitted to continue in their positions. When I first started posting here myself, I was a total nobody but now I am involved in a whole bunch of "important" stuff by virtue of just being involved in general. I probably won't ever be a director of anything but mostly because I don't try or even want any such position. Probably could've applied to be Stats Manager or something (and look at MightyMario! He built himself up over the years.)

Point is, don't worry. Just pick whoever you think most capable based on their applications and known reliability within the community as a whole, and if anyone accuses you of just hiring your friends... Well, if your friends are among the most reliable and trustworthy members who apply and carry that energy into the committee, I don't really see a problem with it and neither will anyone else. Nobody here would be in their place if they weren't consistently proving themselves, and if you DO hire a bunch of chumps on the basis of them being your friends, and they end up not doing any work?

Well, believe me, you'll feel the pain before anyone in the community at large.

Hey there, MightyMario here! After discussing the idea and taking the feedback received into consideration, we've decided to strike the anonymous applications from our goals. Thank you for your feedback, it is much appreciated!

 

[Fun With Despair]

Happy to hear that you guys are receptive to feedback, that is a good quality to have.

 

[Fun With Despair]

So, I did vote but my votes have a tendency to change and I'm invested now so I'll ask a few questions. Sparks, a lot of your promises are rather vague, so I would like some more details. I'll just list them.

• How do you plan on making the Poll Committee more accessible to newcomers than it already is? Will you write tutorials? I'm not sure what the plan here is but I am curious.
• One of your promises is to give everyone on the committee a chance to write a poll, but I believe that that's already the case? I don't understand what makes this different than previous committees - often the only thing keeping a user from writing a poll is them willingly choosing not to.
• What will the weekly check-ins involve outside of a funny image, and how will you ensure that they work to keep members engaged instead of them getting annoyed or ignoring them?
• If someone in the committee develops a bad attitude or is becoming argumentative or rude, how would you handle the situation?

That's all, I just want some more specifics on how your vision of the PC is going to work or innovate on previous years.

 

[Sparks]

• How do you plan on making the Poll Committee more accessible to newcomers than it already is? Will you write tutorials? I'm not sure what the plan here is but I am curious.

The Poll Committee is usually the first committee users join before anything else, and I don't want my members to feel overwhelming! The Committee's goal is to create polls to put up on the wiki's front page, and I'm going to make sure we don't stress about ideas/struggle to come up with ideas. I will admit thinking up new polls for the 16th Poll Committee will be a tough challenge as there probably will be repeats of polls made by Committees prior, but it's not the end of the world if that does happen. Still, I'll look through archives to make sure we put as few duplications as possible.

I like the tutorial idea you brought up. While the Poll Committee thread does have a bunch of tutorials by previous PC Chairpeople, I want to personally summarize everything the future members need to know so they don't have to search and read that all on their own. They'd feel more "at home" if the current Chairperson provided all the details personally. If anyone struggles in any way, I'll step in and I'd them in whatever they need help with.

• One of your promises is to give everyone on the committee a chance to write a poll, but I believe that that's already the case? I don't understand what makes this different than previous committees - often the only thing keeping a user from writing a poll is them willingly choosing not to.

Ah, yes. I see where you're coming from with this point. Everyone has their own ideas, which will result in many different polls, even ones I wouldn't have thought of! While I'd love to see everyone make at least one poll, I'll admit it's probably tougher than I think it'll be. I hope the members will be motivated to submit ideas when they want to, not when I tell them to.

• What will the weekly check-ins involve outside of a funny image, and how will you ensure that they work to keep members engaged instead of them getting annoyed or ignoring them?

If I become Chairperson, I'll put up a thread where I'll post all these motivational/goofy images. It'll be stickied up at the top and every week (don't know which day yet) I'll post something there. I'm not going to ping everyone to see it, that would indeed annoy them. They can check at their will out of curiosity. The goal of these images will be give a good laugh/provide encouragement and help everyone feel better, especially if they're having a bad day. Sometimes a little goofiness never hurts, right?

• If someone in the committee develops a bad attitude or is becoming argumentative or rude, how would you handle the situation?

It's great you brought this up. I'm not the best at dealing with arguments (I try to avoid and prevent them whenever possible) but if I have to, I'll have to step in and "defuse" them.

Everyone can start an argument. Let's say there's one between two-three people about if they agree with a poll idea or some of the choices on it. Let's also say there're choices that may or may not be accurate, like the inclusion of unexpected characters no one would've thought for a "Who's your favorite Mario character?" poll, or if someone important like Pauline or Toadette is left out. There are too many options already to add them in, so if voters wanted to choose them, they would have to vote the "other" option.

It's best to take on at these sort of things without any bias. I'll just look at Awards Polls featuring "best Mario character" and decide from the data if we should include them or not. The best thing to do would be to compromise to make sure everyone is happy, but alas, that can't always happen. There may be polls where members may not like some of the options, but it's fine. It's difficult to please everyone.

Now, for the case of someone known to be rude or argumentative joining the committee, they'd have to learn to work together with me and the other members. There may be some problematic behavior at some point, but if it becomes a recurring issue (arguing in every poll, rude to other members), then I'll have to step in and tell them (probably in a PM) to knock it off. If they fail to listen, then I'll have to kick 'em out. I don't care if they've created some of the best polls if they fail to have courtesy with their other members. Rude behavior is not allowed, especially if it offends or make the other members uncomfortable. I'm not afraid of using my authority if I have to.

Thank you for the questions!

 

[Jacinthe]

To be clear, rejections are rare for the Poll Committee. The vast, vast majority of users who apply are accepted without issue.

Still, once in a blue moon, there comes a user whose addition would be detrimental to a positive team atmosphere. I'd like to hear from Sparks and Remy how they would handle rejections. Specifically:

1. If you have to reject an applicant, how will you communicate that to them? What do you consider important to say or include in a rejection?

2. If you feel unsure about an applicant for any reason, what are you going to look at to make a final judgement?

3. In the event someone takes their rejection poorly and behaves disruptively over it - be it by pre-empting PC members' posts with their own, insulting other PC members, making a public fuss, or any other similar behavior - how would you address that?

Again, rejection is rare, and disruptive behavior after rejection even moreso. I don't want anyone getting the wrong impression! I'm interested in your approaches in the event it does occur, however.

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And a question for @GoldGal64 as well! First, I really admire seeing you go for this role. It's a great way to gain some experience on a focused team in the community.

My question is, what are you most hoping to gain from the experience?

 

[Sparks]

1. If you have to reject an applicant, how will you communicate that to them? What do you consider important to say or include in a rejection?

If I do have to reject an applicant, the first thing I would do is mention that they got rejected to get it out of the way. Then, I will mention their strengths (what they're good at, like being active or creativity) before telling them why they got rejected and how to improve. Afterwards, I'll encourage them to try again in the future. I'm willing to give everyone a chance because I believe in second chances. Being a wiki administrator, I've seen users change for the better.

As for the tone of my message, I want to be friendly and supportive. Being rejected stings, but it won't hurt as much if you don't feel bitter about it.

2. If you feel unsure about an applicant for any reason, what are you going to look at to make a final judgement?

As I said earlier, I'm willing to give everyone a chance to join the Poll Committee! The least I'm looking for is activity at least once a week and voting for poll nominations. More engagement would be nice, but this is the minimum of what I want.

3. In the event someone takes their rejection poorly and behaves disruptively over it - be it by pre-empting PC members' posts with their own, insulting other PC members, making a public fuss, or any other similar behavior - how would you address that?

If this ever does happen, I'd make a post telling them to calm down. It depends on the situation, but I'll have to decide if it would be better to be a PM or public. If someone else told them to stop and they continue, then I'll make a public message. If things get too out of hand, then a forum moderator will have to step in and go from there, but hopefully it doesn't come to that!

Also, I don't know how many users will send in applications to join the Poll Committee. I don't want to reject people because there'd be too many members. I think around 8-10 is good, even a little less like 7 or 6 would be fine. I'll make it be "first come first served" as well.

 

[GoldGal64]

And a question for @GoldGal64 as well! First, I really admire seeing you go for this role. It's a great way to gain some experience on a focused team in the community.

My question is, what are you most hoping to gain from the experience?

Well, I'm hoping that this will help me get more active on here first of all lol, I uhh haven't been on the actual wiki that much as of late… And I guess I hope that this will might help me maybe get a higher position at some point? I mean, obviously I would still have to work for that lol. but like this could look good on my "wiki resume"

 

[Xiahou Ba]

Ah, yes. I see where you're coming from with this point. Everyone has their own ideas, which will result in many different polls, even ones I wouldn't have thought of! While I'd love to see everyone make at least one poll, I'll admit it's probably tougher than I think it'll be. I hope the members will be motivated to submit ideas when they want to, not when I tell them to.

What is your opinion on Poll Committee members who are still active, but they don't put up polls. Like they always give feedback, they're there to vote on polls, or they're there to write Awards Analysis, but they are strapped for ideas with polls?

 

[Sparks]

What is your opinion on Poll Committee members who are still active, but they don't put up polls. Like they always give feedback, they're there to vote on polls, or they're there to write Awards Analysis, but they are strapped for ideas with polls?

That's totally OK! They're contributing in some way, shape, or form, and that's cool. I know I mentioned in my campaign that I want everyone to get a chance to make at least one poll, but with how increasingly difficult it is to do so due to less options, I don't mind if they don't submit an idea. Thankfully, there are always new opportunities with more Mario media releasing.

Heck, some of the polls I made for the 15th Poll Committee are "What do you think of (game)?" and "What is your favorite Mushroom/Flower?"! They aren't creative, but they're still great and receive thousands of votes. Sometimes the most generic polls make for the most engaging ones.

 

[Fun With Despair]

That's totally OK! They're contributing in some way, shape, or form, and that's cool. I know I mentioned in my campaign that I want everyone to get a chance to make at least one poll, but with how increasingly difficult it is to do so due to less options, I don't mind if they don't submit an idea. Thankfully, there are always new opportunities with more Mario media releasing.

Heck, some of the polls I made for the 15th Poll Committee are "What do you think of (game)?" and "What is your favorite Mushroom/Flower?"! They aren't creative, but they're still great and receive thousands of votes. Sometimes the most generic polls make for the most engaging ones.

I would say that it's good to welcome all contributors (especially ones willing to write PCD) even if they don't make polls, but as a word of advice I would try to nip some of this in the bud and be a little assertive with trying to get polls created if you want to maintain that poll backlog.

Just speaking from my own experience, having a bunch of polls stored up doesn't mean much when the committee isn't contributing and you may find yourself having to write a lot of your own polls to maintain some sort of pace. It is good to be welcoming to people of all creative and energy levels but simultaneously you'll need to ensure that the committee isn't filled with people unwilling or unable to create new polls, because that's the entire point. It's possible to get by by creating your own polls as Chairperson and just getting feedback from others, but it can get quite stressful when you and a couple others are shouldering the work of an entire team.

If this kind of advice isn't something you really want I can stop chiming in every now and again, but I'm mostly just trying to help some potential future committees avoid old problems that I and others have faced. You're a pretty friendly and positive guy from what I have seen, but in the case that you end up winning I want to make sure that you don't end up (intentionally or not) getting taken advantage of and left to deal with a stressful workload because of that, that's all.

 

[Troy McClure]

Hey there! Mighty here filling in for Redboot to answer some questions!

1. If you have to reject an applicant, how will you communicate that to them? What do you consider important to say or include in a rejection?

If rejection is ultimately the decision we make on an application, we will let them know why they've been rejected and thank them for applying, but also to not be discouraged for being rejected. We feel that an important part of feedback is being direct and honest.

2. If you feel unsure about an applicant for any reason, what are you going to look at to make a final judgement?

For a final judgement regarding an applicant, we will take a look at how well they work with others, their sample poll, and if they're somebody we feel would be good to have on our committee.

3. In the event someone takes their rejection poorly and behaves disruptively over it - be it by pre-empting PC members' posts with their own, insulting other PC members, making a public fuss, or any other similar behavior - how would you address that?

We would not condone their behavior and would likely ask them to stop their disruptive behavior. If it continues, we will not be afraid to let a moderator know that they've been acting poorly due to their PC rejection.

 

[Diamant]

Hey there! Mighty here filling in for Redboot to answer some questions!

While I appreciate you responding on behalf of your Chairperson, MightyMario, I would still like to hear directly from Redboot too. As the front-facing candidate of your ticket, Redboot's perspective is important to me. I would like to understand their own assessment and approach so I can form a well-rounded view of their suitability as the potential Chairperson of the Poll Committee.

If they are unable to personally address questions directed to them, it becomes difficult for me to assess how they would independently manage the responsibilities of the committee. I want to be confident that the role would not rely disproportionately on you and that they are prepared to take the leadership of the position they are seeking. For example, we also did not hear why you both originally brought the idea of having the anonymous application Rose asked before you both decided to strike that idea. I, for one, was curious to know your own viewpoints about it or why you both thought it was a good idea.

That said, I completely understand if something causes them to be busy with other commitments, but I also think something simple such as "Thank you for your questions, I am currently busy but I will take the time to answer them when possible." is good enough too. That will show me that they acknowledge my question, and that once they are ready, they will take the time necessary to answer me as best as they can. That, personally, I think this is a good leadership quality.

Consider this as simple feedback. I very much appreciate having multiple tickets running in an election. It's very good for the health of the community and it's great knowing there is plenty of enthusiasm for the Poll Committee!

Now though, more importantly, I have a question to both Sparks and Redboot (and I would appreciate that both of them are the ones answering my question):

Are there any ideas from the opposing ticket that you agree with and would be willing to consider?