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bookshop has given us a breakdown of the candidates positions/nonpositions on fandom here: Here.

wistfuljane has a very organized list of resources and commentary here.

Looking for more info? Check out

fandom_votes (

svmadelyn explains the concept here). Also check out the candidates' platforms.

Who did I vote for?

legomymalfoy. Specifically she is old school Star Wars and has been in HP slash fandom for years. She is also an LJ Support Team member and states explicitly "I want to start by saying that I am running to essentially be an advisor. I am not running to push a personal agenda of mine. I am not running to push fandom's agenda. I am not running to push any agenda." Here is her Platform.

Public endorsements for legomymalfoy:

synecdochic backs

legomymalfoy: Synecdochic's statement here.

synecdochic used to work for LJ. She has taken an intelligent middle ground on fandom unhappiness with Six Apart, and understands the qualifications needed for this role.

synecdochic also has known

legomymalfoy for many years.

legomymalfoy has volunteered her time for LJ for the last five years.

seperis has also backed

legomymalfoy based on her platform. Her comments here.

bookshop has backed

legomymalfoy here. She points out that she's been a Fiction Alley mod (that's not an easy job) and having known her for years, describes her as "extremely, extremely fair and objective."

penknife knows and backs

legomymalfoy "who I know to be sensible and sane" and her f-list vouches for

rm. She explains that you don't want to vote for the same person for first, second, and third choice: "If your first-choice candidate is eliminated for having the lowest number of first-place votes at any point in the runoff process, your second and third choice votes will only count if they are for other people who have not yet been eliminated."

wikdsushi backs

legomymalfoy, followed by

vichan and

rm, and urges us not to split the fandom vote. "With

legomymalfoy we've got a damned good chance of getting someone with a pro-fandom stance on the LJ Advisory Board as long as we heed the fable of Mrs. McNally's Fourth Grade Class."

cesperanza backs

legomymalfoy,

rm, and

vichan as "solid fandom candidates" here.

midnitemaraud_r backs

legomymalfoy with

rm as her second choice. She didn't back

squeaky19 because she feels his ownership of InsaneJournal is a conflict of interest. Here.

frek backs

legomymalfoy here, and says that

jameth is "particularly anti-fandom. Not someone we need representing us."

entrenous88 backs

legomymalfoy "hands down -- fan-friendly, has specific ideas about improvements and demonstrates commitment to representing the users' concerns."

ifreet backs

legomymalfoy "based on the reasons presented by Bethbethbeth here, Cesperanza hier, Bookshop koko, Synecdochic aqui and Malnpudl ici."

darththalia has posted in support of

legomymalfoy and against

jameth "I'd like to ignore the whole thing, but I'd really prefer not to see an asshat elected."

jinxed_wood says she doesn't really care about the election but has voted for

legomymalfoy and against

jameth, saying "I'm not going to vote for someone who goes out of their way to say they don't, and won't, represent my interests."

furiosity endorses

legomymalfoy, stating that she "can't see anyone more qualified than Jen to occupy an Advisory Board position. She's been involved in many aspects of LJ for many years, and that doesn't just include being a content contributor or paid user -- she's served both as a support volunteer and a member of the Abuse Prevention team." Her second and third choices are

vichan and

rm respectively.

nicocoer backs

legomymalfoy,

rm, and

vichan, in that order. She also has a series of election links.

violet_quill backs

legomymalfoy: "I highly support her in this matter, because A) she's actually qualified, and B) she has fandom interests in mind." She supports

vichan as a good second choice.

sage_theory backs

legomymalfoy because she is the one who can, if we pile all the votes there, defeat

jameth. And that yes,

jameth's people have been putting flashing icons in journals of those who have epilepsy, knowing they have epilepsy.

jamethiel_bane backs

legomymalfoy, followed by

rm here.

malnpudl backs

legomymalfoy here, based on her support from former LJ employee,

synecdochic, a fandom stalwart.

kerrikins has posted in favor of

legomymalfoy here.

frogspace (please correct me if I get it wrong, my German is shaky at best) tells us that

legomymalfoy has the best chance. In comments she wipes tears of laughter out of her eyes at claims that

jameth is objective. Wenn Fandom wählt.

lian_li feels that

legomymalfoy has the best chance to win, and that even non-fans should vote against a known troll. Here. She directs people to

fandom_votes.

meresy backs

legomymalfoy first and

rm second, as opposed to

jameth. "Fangirls seem to agree he's sketch."

anitabuchan backs

legomymalfoy who "has been an active member of fandom for years and was quite generally convincing that she'd be a good candidate."

caras_galadhon backs

legomymalfoy,

rm and

vichan, and has withdrawn her support for

randomposting. She says that if

jameth wins "if you thought the Board was a joke before (like, say, when LJ ignored it right out of the gate), then this will seal its fate. Given that Lawrence Lessig, author of Free Culture is already on the Board, it strikes me as pretty damn insulting to let a guy who thinks it's funny to campaign with icons that could trigger epileptic seizures sit on the same Board as someone deeply involved in the Creative Commons movement."

karinberry has taken the time to read all the candidate platforms. She says that the point is to pick the candidate best for the job and not just the candidate best for fandom. "I urge you all, again, to read through what the candidates have to say. I changed my mind as I went through the platform posts, and ultimately settled on my original first choice with different second and third choices." She selects

legomymalfoy for 1st,

rm for 2nd, and

vichan. She has come out against

jameth: "He's done nothing but actively speak out against the other candidates, which is exactly what I hate about Some Presidential Candidates Who Shall Remain Un-named."

sorion backs

legomymalfoy,

rm, and

squeaky19 here.

runpunkrun backs

legomymalfoy for 1st,

rm for 2nd, and

lordandrei for 3rd, here.

nnaylime backs

legomymalfoy and says, "Having worked with her on the LJ Abuse team, I can tell you that I personally know her to be a very conscientious, level-headed person, who really cares about LJ and the users."

Public endorsements of RM:

telesilla strongly endorses

rm as both a fan and a professional writer who asks pointed questions and doesn't back down. She gives

legomalfoy as her second choice as someone who is determined to make sure fandom has a voice. She singles out

jameth as a known troll.

brownstudy backs

rm who "is, to me, the best candidate, hands down. She's participated in tons of LJ fiascoes with grace, and I can vouch for her being super nice and patient firsthand." She also recommends that people not vote for either

jameth or

cambler. "The former is a wankstorm who's only running for lulz (seriously -- he's one of the main people over at ED), and the latter is pitching a (women think) sexist campaign to a primarily female userbase. Dumb, much?"

earlwyn announces to "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" that her candidate of choice is

rm but the choice of fandom so far is

legomymalfoy.

rusty_halo backs

rm who made some of the most calm and articulate arguments against strikethrough while

legomymalfoy supported LiveJournal.

spare_change strongly endorses

rm as someone "who puts free speech issues foremost" and "because she is the only candidate who is a member of OTW." She expresses firm reservations about

legomymalfoy candidacy here.

Public endorsements for Squeaky:

ptyx voted for

squeaky19 for 1st,

rm for 2nd, and

legomymalfoy for 3rd. Here.

titti backs

squeaky19, whom she feels is the best person to act as a watchdog since he has a vested financial interest: here

General statements of support for a fandom candidate:

copracat does not pick a specific candidate, but suggests

rm,

legomymalfoy, and

vichan as fandom-supportive candidates here.

scribblinlenore comments and directs everyone to

fandom_votes.

sasha_davidovna has a series of links on the election here.

ubixtiz says "For the record, rm and legomymalfoy seem to be into fandom and communication, and squeaky19 has an interest in transparency."

dragonfly_lily supports

legomymalfoy and

vichan here.

marainsanity pimps

fandom_votes here.

boniblithe expresses hope we can make something useful out of the mess of last year and encourages people to check out

fandom_votes: here.

tkp says we want someone in fandom to win, "and for someone in fandom to win, fandom as a unit will probably have to vote for the same person, or we'll be all splintered. In general, I'm uncomfortable voting under a "ticket". But it might be the only way to get someone in fandom in, and someone in fandom is better than no one in fandom."

semby reiterates

tkp's post.

shirasade says she's not sure the board members will be able to truly make a difference, "but it's better than giving up, that's for sure!"

cathalin makes a rare non-fic related post to say, "I'm probably pretty middle-of-the-road when it comes to opinions about LJ. I have enough experience in the world to know some of the business and legal constraints that a business like LJ has to deal with. On the other hand, I also firmly believe that LJ should be a place where creative types have as much freedom as possible. It's pretty clear to me that having people on the Board with experience in fandom would be a good idea!"

xanphibian says if you vote for

legomymalfoy,

rm, or

squeaky19 she "will write at least 200 words of comment porn for you. I'm keeping it small because I hope there will be a lot of takers."

Public statements against jameth's anti-fandom stance:

bethbethbeth tracks the progress of the race here, with more details about

jameth's anti-fandom stance.

rydra_wong has comments here about

jameth.

calligrafiti expresses disdain for

jameth and recommends a fandom candidate.

cirisse says Join the evol fangirl conspiracy. "Do you really want a troll representing you?"

channonyarrow knows someone who's worked with

jameth in RL, who "does not have complimentary things to say about his skills with dealing with people."

Who am I voting against?

jameth. He's had an ongoing negative campaign against other candidates, especially

legomymalfoy, and has this gem of an egotistical post about the elections, or rather, himself. He's also a member in

rape_an_ljer. What's that? ETA: Ah, hell. His supporters are deliberately putting "seizure moment" flashing Jameth icons in an epileptic's journal, where she says that she has epilepsy. At least one epileptic's been affected, she's had the visual effects (she's turned off graphics for now), and they've triggered migraines (which is neurologically similar).

jameth has shown up in comments to banter with them and told

rydra_wong it's her problem.

ETA:

jameth has 1725 votes.

legomymalfoy has 1553 votes. No one else is even in the ball park. And now... Jameth has 1877 votes and Legomymalfoy has 2124.

Your choice. Someone in fandom with a reasonable attitude about not pushing any particular agenda. Or someone who draws stick figures about how the smart money is on him.