Vote: New Moderator

[scorpiogenius]

Well..well.. its 26-22 now IU against Ajay!
This is getting closer...

[Unconsciousfocus]

The poll doesn’t make much sense. People tend to vote for the one who is ‘one of them’. I have hardly seen this guy ‘Ajaypp’ outside the South Indian section nor his voters 25Dude25, Ajaypp, ajithv, chandrurajan, choryyan,nishanthnair, powercore, Rajesh SM, rajkrish,ramkumar, robin_a_p, SajithVijayan, sathyalal,scorpiogenius, shafi, shelly, Sidewinder, sss_tvm,Subin, Sujith, Unnikrishnan, Viveks

[scorpiogenius]

What! You haven't seen me? seriously?

[Unconsciousfocus]

Well, exceptions are obvious….

[Jodhpur2]

I demand "aarakshan" or reservation for minorities like Todermal Banna

[scorpiogenius]

Well, you see, your point about votes foing in for 'one of them' is a universal phenomena. Ajay is an active forumer and one of the seniormost members abroad SSC. I've seen his posts across all forums of SSC sans the Chaibar. Only thing he is not too regular on other forums than the Kerala ones. But that shouldn't be a handicap as I guess ~95% of forumers tend to be comfortable in their own niche. Only India101, Jai and a handful of others trod in a pan-SSC way.

Well, I guess someone raised the same point agianst IU as well, that he is never spotted on South Indian forums.. Well?

Once they assume the role of the mod they are obliged to look into other forums outside their turf, and the guys in contension are obviously well aware of the fact. I think we must appreciate the democratic process adopted for the pick rather than whinge about it.

To be honest, if not for Ajay's late candidature I guess IU would've swept aside all the other contestants. I was also all in hands for IU but that Ajay is a dear old friend.. Look at the status minus Ajay! Its almost 100% IU!

[mihir1310]

someone please vote for me


ill play the role of a responsible opposition

[Ajaypp]

Originally Posted by Unconsciousfocus

I have hardly seen this guy ‘Ajaypp’ outside the South Indian section

- Although Scorpio has put up an admirable defense already on my behalf, let me clarify that I am quite active on all Indian SSC forums as well as the international forums. I believe in posting constructively when I have something solid in hand such as pix or fresh info to put up rather than to slap a comment here and there. Not that I believe that focusing on subjects where one can contribute the most is at fault, but I have worked and lived across India, and I love to catch up on all the places. Cheers!

[Madurai]

May I know how the candidates list was finalized?

[mihir1310]

Originally Posted by Madurai

May I know how the candidates list was finalized?

Anyone interested was asked to apply . those who did were on the list

[zenith_suv]

Originally Posted by Unconsciousfocus

The poll doesn’t make much sense. People tend to vote for the one who is ‘one of them’. I have hardly seen this guy ‘Ajaypp’ outside the South Indian section nor his voters 25Dude25, Ajaypp, ajithv, chandrurajan, choryyan,nishanthnair, powercore, Rajesh SM, rajkrish,ramkumar, robin_a_p, SajithVijayan, sathyalal,scorpiogenius, shafi, shelly, Sidewinder, sss_tvm,Subin, Sujith, Unnikrishnan, Viveks

apart from scorpio genius and occasionally Ajay , that is a list of a whole lot of people whom I never knew existed in SSC india , guess I should become more pan-india in my browsing approach.

On the poll topic , it's a close one between Ajay and IU but IU's led from the start , if previous polls are anything to go by then roughly 85-95 members activly vote. SO still some time left in this I reckon.

[natarajan1986]

vote for todscreen(we can have lots of fun as he may open many chaibars )

[Madurai]

Originally Posted by mihir1310

Anyone interested was asked to apply . those who did were on the list

Thanks for the clarification.

[Fusionist]

Originally Posted by Unconsciousfocus

The poll doesn’t make much sense. People tend to vote for the one who is ‘one of them’. I have hardly seen this guy ‘Ajaypp’ outside the South Indian section nor his voters 25Dude25, Ajaypp, ajithv, chandrurajan, choryyan,nishanthnair, powercore, Rajesh SM, rajkrish,ramkumar, robin_a_p, SajithVijayan, sathyalal,scorpiogenius, shafi, shelly, Sidewinder, sss_tvm,Subin, Sujith, Unnikrishnan, Viveks

To be fair to Ajay, that means YOU dont visit the Kerala & Trivandrum forum atall !

But yes, I too find is this poll is very polarised because of the nominations. Since many Trivandrum forumers are ganging up and voting for Ajay, the rest of India has ganged up ( unofficially ofcourse ) and are promoting IU as many are not familiar with Ajay. So in ways IU is also a beneficiary along with Ajay.

If not for this I would believe there would have been a fairer distribution of votes with all the candidates getting some support. For example some of the candidates with very few votes are also equally capable ( or equally incapable ) as Ajay or IU.

Having said that it was a bold initiative by the Mods to opt for a democratic poll for Mod selection, which is a rarity and not mandatory in SSC. But personally I am not sure of its effectiveness, maybe I am wrong. Hopefully this will be learning lessons for all next time, be it the way nominations for Mods were selected, decision to go for an open poll, or be it the way we tend to gang up and vote or not vote. We are all growing up.. the hard way I think

As for the would-be-Mod, what I ask is, who ever is selected as the Mod as a consequence of this, please take up the courage to shed partisanship and become a valuable and amicable addition to the staff list, as once you are in job there is a lot of hard work to be done not only in getting the bricks and shoes thrown in from the local forumers but also negotiating and doing a tight rope walk with the international Mods and foreign opinions. So you will need all the luck, so good luck to the candidates.

And no before you ask, 'Fusi, how can you give a godamn lecture from your ivory tower' can I say am not above it all, am still in the loop.. but hey someone had to shout out the 'undercurrent', so why not me

[Andrew_za]

If it helps, I also voted
Good Luck guys!
Dont forget to come visit South Africa for the 2010 FIFA world Cup!

[India101]

Originally Posted by mihir1310

someone please vote for me

Nothing you do will get them to vote . All the votes (except a few) ate gong to Ajaypp & IU.

[Fusionist]

Originally Posted by India101

Nothing you do will get them to vote . All the votes (except a few) ate gong to Ajaypp & IU.

don't worry, it is you guys with the single votes that are the true followers of ancient Indian wisdom...

"Those who, relying upon themselves only, not looking for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who will reach the top-most height" - Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha

( nicked it from the signature of a fellow forumer to whom original credit belongs lol )

[Jodhpur2]

I see people advocating for todermal banna and not voting..

Todermal banna FTW!

[India101]

Fusi vote for me!

[India101]

Some people who don't have any posts have voted in this poll.