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Why the hell have you added Jan Rivers back in?

@koraunuipakeha.bsky.social

Basically we have an incentive to rank the least worst option. Much debate over who is the least worst among Rivers/Brown/Heather. Happy to hear counter reckons! bsky.app/profile/jpda...

Jason Danner@jpdanner.com

I have ranked Rivers at 7. This has caused something of a kerfuffle as I previously had her unranked. However... With the STV voting system if there is a lesser evil, it is best to rank it. I feel Rivers would be less effective than Brown or Heather. #InternetNZ #INZReckons

Koraunui Pakeha

Thanks, I saw that later in the thread. They’re pretty cozy with FSA

Yeah agree. And folks have been making some good arguments around how Rivers might actually be worse than Brown/Heather

Nigel Robertson

@easegill.bsky.social

Really appreciate your work on this Jason

Who needs sleep, right?

Sacha

@sachadylan.bsky.social

How do we get enough coherence so the block voters from the FSU don't win both slots?

Good question. Hopefully the FSU will exhaust a good chunk of their support electing 1 board member. So we'd like to have a consistent top few slots to try and block them from the second. More important is to rank as many candidates as you can stomach to ensure your vote doesn't become exhausted.

Sacha

@sachadylan.bsky.social

Thank you Jason

Slight update: bsky.app/profile/jpda...

Jason Danner@jpdanner.com

Now that we are in #InternetNZ board elections period I have a minor update: My updated #INZReckons - preferred rankings as of 28/07/2026: 1 Bianca Grizhar 2 Daniel Spector 3 Nabil Sabio Azadi 4 Annette Culpan 5 Keoni Mahelona 6 David Chisholm No Jan Rivers No Douglas Brown No Jillaine Heather

There are some significant movements in rank, what's happened? Well... I've been looking at their engagement, the posted candidate statements, talking to people that know some of the candidates, and talking to some of the candidates themselves. #InternetNZ #INZReckons

Mahelona has dropped significantly. This is due to multiple conversations I've had with folks who know him professionally as well as a very light candidate statement and not much general engagement. bsky.app/profile/jpda... I haven't spoken with Keoni himself. #InternetNZ #INZReckons

Jason Danner@jpdanner.com

I haven't been able to connect with Keoni himself. There are acquaintances who like him but I've spoken to folks who have worked more closely with him & they're less positive. He's clearly very smart, the issue seems to be one of consistent follow-through. He'll be moving down my list considerably

Spector has moved up. I had a good conversation with him that, if anything, increased my confidence that he would be a strong and effective voice if reelected. #InternetNZ #INZReckons

Azadi has moved up from 5 to 3. His excellent response in Nethub (INZ's Slack) as well as his candidate statement were a big contributor. I also had a conversation with him and he understands the situation he would be stepping into and I think could navigate it. #InternetNZ #INZReckons

Jason Kemp

@dialogcrm.bsky.social