Oregon Country Fair
Board of Directors Election 10/15/11

This is my attempt to summarize the candidate positions after watching the candidates answer the nine questions below in the videos at the OCF forum site.   ~John Govsky

  Barter Fair Capital Projects/
Woman's Urinals
Amplified
Sound
Fair
Growth
Role of
the Board
Smoking
Policy
Upland
Kitchen or Community Center…
…What Becomes of
Main Camp
Younger Generation
Issues
Saman
Harnsongkram
No position Supports women's urinals; need more women's bathrooms Ban all electronic music; set times for acoustic; drum tower should stop at 1 or 2 Need to slow growth down; move parking farther out & shuttle To represent members Supports smoking areas Fund community ctr. if we have enough money; use it year-round Camping or new loop Set up area and stage for young people
Paxton
Hoag

(incumbent)
Move it farther out Need more women's urinals at 6-packs Research sound corriders to develop policy Develop new areas, campgrounds, & parking Legal entity to deal with state; hiring & firing; be involved with committees; set direction Need better signage and public education; move areas off the path Get kitchen upland & out of the wetlands ASAP, or build both together; subsidize community ctr. if necessary Booths & fair functions; elders living room Need to get more young people into coor. positions
Deane
Morrow

(incumbent)
Move it farther out Supports women's urinals Keep it out of the 8 Grow the 8, put in more booths; move parking farther out & shuttle To set policy; to hire, fire, & direct staff Need more places, better marked Need it as a community ctr., not just a kitchen Elders area Make it more attractive for elders to give up their booths
Joseph
Newton
Keep it as is We need to hear from women on this Need flexible policy Fair family should pay more To oversee important issues; board was correct to oversee path planning Make designated areas more attractive Should become a community ctr.; find donors to fund it Public area, registration, archeology Use Culture Jam as a model
Jon
Pincus

(incumbent)
Move it farther out Supports women's urinals Use technology for sound attenuation We need tp acquire more property To be a conduit for member concerns; to be stewards Need better placement of smoking areas off the path Expand community ctr. to year-round program; need program planning Assembly area, or area for elders; have a planning process Open up opportunities for young people to participate
Lawrence
Taylor

(incumbent)
Move it farther out Supports women's urinals Keep it live; no prerecorded music Liberate more land To set policy & deal with important stuff; to preserve the fair Need better signage Should reflect our values; decouple kitchen and community ctr. Use it to make it a good first impression Our tolerance ethic endangers our survival as a culture; some recorded music is offensive
Bear
Wilner-Nugent
End it Supports women's urinals; need better follow-through on capital projects Need flexible policy Need to approve path expansion now; move parking farther out & shuttle Financial and operational oversight; uphold values; champion big projects; identify new funding Need better signage and public education Want community ctr. up and running in 4 years Use for small vendors without camping Need to work with entertainment coors. to get acts that appeal to young; saying no to DJing is ageism

Candidates not present at the forum: Lucy Kingsley, Michael Richard, Ellen Singer, and David Walker.


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