No schadenfreude.

The following comment was drafted while waiting for the election results, regardless of whether or not the SGC won a seat (it didn't*):

Congratulations to the SGC on its 2011 election campaign. It was better (more effective per rand spent) than the 2006 EcoPeace campaign, perhaps because no "consultants" were engaged. SGC's campaign seemed more membership-driven, less "leadership"-driven. Criticisms: it started late - the equivalent of the candidate who only knocks on the voters' doors just before election time; and, the fatal paranoia ("gotta make this Facebook group exclusive or those old ghosts from EcoPeace will get in").

Like many others, I would like to be able to assist and even join the SGC, if it showed itself capable of following the principles of its election platform, of collectively restraining individual ambitions and weaknesses of members, and of course if its constituent organisations had democratic constitutions and procedures.

So, SGC members, if you'd like our help, get your house in order.


* It got about 1000 votes; about 5000 were required to get a Proportional Representation seat.