Captaincy election: See new post for how to apply for TE 2024
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:06 am
Hi all,
At noon today (30-Oct-23), voting will open for the position of 2024 Team England captain. The poll will be open for one week.
In order to cast your vote, you must PM Mike Davies / Sann0638 via 'Private messages' in the top ribbon of this forum. Please title your PM 'TE vote' or similar and complete the following sample text as the body of your message: My NAF name is [insert NAF name] and I vote for [insert either KFoged or PeteW, or state 'neither'].
To be eligible to vote, you must be an English NAF member and have played a NAF tournament in the 12 months prior to voting.
Some quick guidance / FAQs below, but otherwise, happy voting! The winner will be announced below as soon after noon as life allows on 06-Nov-23.
Phil.
Q: Why include 'neither' as an option?
A: Historically, we have found that some voters want to show that they are engaged with the process but they have no preferred candidate. That's OK.
Q: I'm having trouble logging into TFF to send a message. What can I do?
A: Contact Lunchmoney on the NAF Discord (or poke me to do it for you). In the event you're still struggling by midweek, we'll sort out an alternative means of counting your vote.
Q: Why run the voting this way? Seems laborious?
A: There are probably better technological methods available to run elections like these, but for now this is what we have. We want voting to be anonymous, we want to ensure only eligible people are voting and we want to dissuade manipulation of a simple forum poll. It is also useful for the returning officer to have no vested interest in who wins.
Q: Are you strict about only the above text being permissible?
A: If it's obvious what you're trying to communicate, we'll accept your vote. No vote will be discounted because, for example, you included a rogue capital letter.
Q: Are you strict about when votes arrive?
A: I'm sure we won't be so pedantic as to throw out votes that arrive at 11:59 am this morning, but we'll be strict about the deadline of noon on 06-Nov-23. Your vote will not be counted, but you will be charged, as Ant and Dec will doubtlessly want me to remind you.
At noon today (30-Oct-23), voting will open for the position of 2024 Team England captain. The poll will be open for one week.
In order to cast your vote, you must PM Mike Davies / Sann0638 via 'Private messages' in the top ribbon of this forum. Please title your PM 'TE vote' or similar and complete the following sample text as the body of your message: My NAF name is [insert NAF name] and I vote for [insert either KFoged or PeteW, or state 'neither'].
To be eligible to vote, you must be an English NAF member and have played a NAF tournament in the 12 months prior to voting.
Some quick guidance / FAQs below, but otherwise, happy voting! The winner will be announced below as soon after noon as life allows on 06-Nov-23.
Phil.
Q: Why include 'neither' as an option?
A: Historically, we have found that some voters want to show that they are engaged with the process but they have no preferred candidate. That's OK.
Q: I'm having trouble logging into TFF to send a message. What can I do?
A: Contact Lunchmoney on the NAF Discord (or poke me to do it for you). In the event you're still struggling by midweek, we'll sort out an alternative means of counting your vote.
Q: Why run the voting this way? Seems laborious?
A: There are probably better technological methods available to run elections like these, but for now this is what we have. We want voting to be anonymous, we want to ensure only eligible people are voting and we want to dissuade manipulation of a simple forum poll. It is also useful for the returning officer to have no vested interest in who wins.
Q: Are you strict about only the above text being permissible?
A: If it's obvious what you're trying to communicate, we'll accept your vote. No vote will be discounted because, for example, you included a rogue capital letter.
Q: Are you strict about when votes arrive?
A: I'm sure we won't be so pedantic as to throw out votes that arrive at 11:59 am this morning, but we'll be strict about the deadline of noon on 06-Nov-23. Your vote will not be counted, but you will be charged, as Ant and Dec will doubtlessly want me to remind you.