[fvc-wat-disc] Cross culture debates

[CROSS CULTURES]

on the contrary Peter ... I need to hear the feedback, but I also am 
entitled to respond, correct?

and I was the moderator ..

Gehan

On 01/10/2019 2:00 p.m., Peter KH wrote:
> I think this is a lesson for me about writing e-mail. It was 
> definitely not my intention to insinuate that the debate organised by 
> Cross Cultures wasn't great. It was! I recognize that organising a 
> debate is a lot of work. I am deeply grateful to Cross Cultures for 
> organising the debates.
>
> At the debate the moderator explained that they had contacted all 5 
> campaigns including the ones who didn't show up several times. I am 
> sorry for not mentioning this in my initial e-mail. Only 3 candidates 
> showing up for the debate this last Sunday wasn't due to lack of 
> effort on the part of Cross Cultures.
>
> I did appreciate that the moderator at the debate did intervene 
> several times when the candidates started to ramble. Personally I 
> would have been more strict. I respect the fact that Cross Cultures 
> has a difference of opinion.
>
> Thank you for responding with the list of the candidates who have 
> confirmed so far for the other debates. I hope that all of the 
> candidates attend the upcoming debates. Thank you for mentioning the 
> debates in Cambridge and Waterloo. I was unaware of those.
>
> Thank you again for organising the debates. I will be more careful in 
> writing emails in the future.
>
> - Peter
>
>
> Sent from ProtonMail mobile
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Oct 1, 2019, 12:59 PM, CROSS CULTURES < crosscultures at bellnet.ca> 
> wrote:
>
>
>     Hi Peter,
>
>     thank you for attending last Sunday's debate .. I stated clearly
>     that I was not going to allow party plugs, the purpose of my style
>     of 'democracy in action" is to explore the PERSONALITY and SKILLS
>     and EXPERIENCE of the candidates .. topics need not be hashed at
>     my gatherings ..
>
>     *topics and issues will be handled BY THE RIGHT PERSON
>     representing us ....  as they arise during the four years .. not
>     in the two hours, and it will be our responsibility to DEMAND that
>     they be addressed
>     *
>
>     I also promote mutual respect, if someone is making a valid point
>     .. I am NOT going to cut them off just to keep time .. you had
>     plenty of time to have your say ... if you had wished to ..
>
>     and to answer your other question ..  same parties have responded
>     for the next two gatherings with added P P C member confirming so
>     far ... I will also be having similar for Waterloo and Cambridge
>
>     thank you
>
>     Gehan
>
>     On 01/10/2019 12:09 p.m., Peter KH via fvc-wat-disc wrote:
>>     I attended the debate hosted by "Cross Cultures" last Sunday.
>>
>>     - Only 3 candidates attended the debate. Does someone know
>>     whether all of the candidates confirmed for the other 2 debates
>>     in Kitchener South Hespeler and Kitchener Conestoga?
>>
>>     - I think that an improvement to the debates is limiting the
>>     amount of time each candidate has to answer (e.g. 2 minutes) and
>>     having a time keeper who agressively cuts off candidates who go
>>     over their alotted time (in case the candidate decides to answer
>>     a question by pivoting to restating their platform). This would
>>     make time for more people to ask questions. I attended a
>>     political convention this summer which had aggressive time
>>     keeping. I think that it worked really well
>>
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>     --
>     Gehan D. Sabry
>     Editor / Publisher
>     Cross Cultures magazine (since 1991)
>     POB 20002 Kitchener ON N2P 2B4
>     519 893 4259
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>
-- 
Gehan D. Sabry
Editor / Publisher
Cross Cultures magazine (since 1991)
POB 20002 Kitchener ON N2P 2B4
519 893 4259
email: crosscultures at bellnet.ca
www.crosscultures.ca

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