Dear All: It is certainly regrettable that this election cycle seemed to have gone off to a troublesome start. I share the concern raised by Alejandro Pisanty in his query to the leadership. Information about candidates, their views extracted by questions asked and answered either on the wiki or teleconference should have been aired before voting began. Given a number of new voters, it would have been important for all to see and hear candidate statements of interests and expose the newer members to more and better information on candidate's views on the policy development process, their interactions in working groups, even an accounting of those interactions. And how capacity development is to be achieved in LACRALO and beyond. For example, it would have been useful for us in the Caribbean to hear the candidate's views on diversity in representation, leadership and the like before the vote. -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================