The 'Shroom talk:Issue 111/Poll Chairperson election



Election Process
This page is where members of the community may make nominations and vote for candidates to oversee the Poll Committee for the next year. The rules for the election process may be viewed on the election rules article.

Tucayo
HI there! It's your friendly Statistics Manager, Tucayo, and I'm here to launch my campaign for Poll Chairperson for the 2016-2017 cycle. These are my credentials:
 * Former Poll Vice-Chairperson.
 * Current SysOp of the Super Mario Wiki.
 * Current Statistics Manager of The 'Shroom.
 * Former Director, Sub-Director, and Fun Stuff Director of The 'Shroom.

I have ample managing experience in other areas of the wiki and I also have experience as part of the Poll Committee itself. I would like to put this experience to use as Poll Chairperson, and I fully commit myself to serving the whole term. The Poll Committee runs very smoothly and I have to commend all of its members for it; it's admittedly not easy to improve something that runs so well but here are the main points of my campaign:
 * Every single Poll Committee has aimed to have guest-submitted polls but so far that idea hasn't worked at all. The first thing I notice is that I can't seem to find the form that was used to submit poll ideas, so I will aim to have it readily available for users. A link on Polls for sure, and maybe even a small link below the poll on the Main Page box.
 * It's been often noted that the chosen polls have options that represent very specific opinions and end up with users voting for the "I don't know/I don't care/None of the above" option. You want your options to cover all possible opinions users would have and not just five specific opinions. I am not a full-fledged expert in polling but I do have some preparation in marketing, market studies, and qualitative analysis, which I will put into use by carefully reviewing the options for each poll when they are proposed and I will suggest changes to the original author so that the poll can be more widely-appealing.
 * Something that is working wonderfully this year is the collaboration with the Awards Committee, so I promise to keep that collaboration going. I will talk with whomever is AC Director at that point and we will work together; I will be completely open to collaborating with the AC in the way they see better.
 * I will also maintain the rotation for the Poll Committee Discussion on Pipe Plaza. I am not entirely sure of the inside mechanics right now but if I am elected, I will make this an opt-out option for Poll Committee members who may not be interested in writing the section. This way, we will only have those who actually want to write and it won't be an additional burden on someone who doesn't want to write it.
 * Lastly, should I be elected, I will make an open call to become a member of the Poll Committee. Anyone who wishes to apply may do so. The number of PC members will remain at nine, however.

I look forward to hearing from you; your comments on my campaign, your suggestions, your questions, etc. I am more than willing to incorporate further ideas. And, if what I talked about in this campaign appeals to you, I invite you to vote for me for Poll Chairperson. Thanks.

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