== Esperanza == 

 Hello, Essjay! Congrats on your recent appointment as head of Esperanza! I hope you don't mind if I share some of my opinions regarding the organization with you, since Redwolf24 is busy. Esperanza is quickly losing steam and its initial momentum. Since its inception, nothing has really been done, and people will start (if they aren't already) becoming more apathetic and unaware of the organization. Nothing has been accomplished, except that we have disgruntled JCarriker and conducted a long series of polls. Now that the polls have finally closed and you have been appointed, I urge you to take action to save the leaking - if not already sinking- ship immediately. My first suggestion: push the elections to as early as possible so that we can "officially" begin- Redwolf24 bumped it back from October 10 to October 31, saying that someone needed to run the election. By bumping it back, Esperanza is doomed to another month of no action. The sooner the elections, the better. I've been doing some research on proposed voting methods for the Signpost's series on the ArbCom vote, and I would recommend a one-person, four-vote method, because of the four-open places. Of course, one person can not vote for a single person more than once; each member of Esperanza can vote for up to four distinct members running. In addition, I would recommend having the vote last one week - say, from October 10 to October 17. If you need someone to run the election, I'd be happy to do it, though I'd prefer if someone else "runs" it, because if I ran it, in order to be impartial, I would have to remove my name from the list of candidates. 

 My second suggestion: once the elections have concluded, that Esperanza begins something. I had an idea a month or two ago that I think would be perfect for Esperanza: . Let me know what you think! 

 Third suggestion: use  to alert every member of Esperanza about the project and elections, not just those who have placed themselves on the spam list. Because none of this is going on in the main page, which most members have watchlisted, it is only fair that everyone be notified this one time or their right (nay, responsibility) to vote and participate. The bot is up and running, and it would take minimal time to input the cron and member list in. The bot can also be used to spam those on the spam list in the future. 

 Many thanks for listening to me. I apologize if I sound frustrated, but I'm just disgruntled at how such a wonderful idea is started to deteriorate. With your help, I hope, we can turn around the situation. Thanks, and specto luci!  | |  |  WS