Crush to join Chamber of Commerce and Holyoke Taxpayers Association's Mayoral Debate Committee?

[Peter (VanDog)]

Today is July 28th, the last day for most candidates to file their papers. Now the Holyoke political season will start heating up.

The Chamber of Commerce and the Holyoke Taxpayers Association are planning a Mayoral and City Councilor Debate after the primary.

The last debate in 2005 suffered technical problems. The audio totally failed, and residents watching from home heard nothing but silence. No recording of the event was made.

I think Crush could be a great help in this department. We have people with Audio / Video expertise to do this right. Getting this event out to residents of Holyoke would be a great service to the city.

I would like to find other people interested in this short term project.

[Peter (VanDog)]

I just renamed the group because the it was way tooooo long......

Crush Joins the 2009 Candidates Forum Committee

[Peter (VanDog)]

I started a group: Crush Joins Chamber of Commerce and Taxpayers Association's 2009 Candidates Forum Committee. Check it out for updates.

[Peter (VanDog)]

I spoke with Doris Ransford yesterday at a Grow Holyoke event. She invited me to a meeting this afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce for their Debate Committee. In the short conversation I had with her yesterday she seemed enthusiastic about getting some help from Crush with video stuff.

[daphne board]

Hey Peter--
Sounds good. The orig post just made it seem like Crush would be the geeky AV squad, and although that is all geek-chic, it is great to know that the Taxpayers and Chamber will be taking the Crush community's questions into account when phrasing questions for the candidates.

[Peter (VanDog)]

This year's primary election will be held Sept. 22. The general election will be held on Nov. 3.

We have the excellent information gathered from the community conversation event to add to the debate questions. It was the primary purpose of the community conversation to gather those questions in an as impartial way as possible.

I would guess that the Chamber of Commerce and Holyoke Taxpayers Association debate committee set the time, and dates.

[Mike McCarthy]

Who decides Dates and Times? Are they established?

[daphne board]

When is the primary? I can't remember from last time what month it was held in...
Yes, I think Crush could definitely help alleviate technical problems, but I would also like to have Crush have input in the question-making process if we are to help them.