I created a poll like this on Facebook, but it got deleted after it descended into a bit of a hate fest. So I would like to plead here, don’t bitch about the candidates if you feel like commenting on your choices.
You can find their propaganda/truth at the link below.
Who would you vote for as President?
(Not who would you not vote for as President , or none of them)
I have no idea who any of them are. Go players?
Their personal details are in their CV, the links are in the docx, page 2. Of course they are go players… You probably don’t care who will be elected since you are not from an EGF country.
Yeah. Does it affect that much even within the EGF? I’d be no more familiar with AGA candidates than EGF ones
I am not sure why that happened. I do not follow the EGF scene and I’ve never heard of any of them, so I guess all those people know a lot of things about the candidates that I do not.
Therefore based on their resumes and brochures alone, I’d say that Damir Medak seems like a more compeling candidate based on their achievements so far. Establishing a national Go association and taking them to PandaNet league B so fast, is not an easy feat. If he can replicate that feat on a larger scale, then that would be great.
The other two candidates sound good, but do not seem to have the same practical accomplishments, as far as I can tell.
Just my two cents. It is not like my country has voting rights in EGF…
The average go player doesn’t have voting rights, and won’t be affected by the election. What can be achieved in a country depends a lot on support from local authorities which can sponsor teachers and competitions, but not so much on EGF governance. On the other hand, presidents of go federations, EGF board members, commission members and organizers of European championships may care more about who will be the next president.
It sounds oh so logical, but is that really so? Might not a top sporter from another discipline have the same top sport mentality, but is able to have a fresh look on the business? There are quite some national sports associations who don’t have a president coming from their own sport (or even a president with no (top) sport experience at all.)
Maybe the ability to lead an international sports organisation is more important than being a good player.
Just my 1 cent 
Cool, two dan players (3 & 4 dan) and one 2k player.
Based on his rank I sympathise with the underdog (Damir Medak).
Being a top player in the sport requires totally different skills compared to being a “top administrator” or “top CEO” of that same sport, so this makes sense.
However, it is a good thing to have at least some knowledge of the product/sector that you have been called to lead. There are examples from the (video) gaming industry where “top CEOs” from other sectors moved to lead a gaming company and totally failed to understand the intricacies of the product and the market, because they were never interested in it themselves.
So, a “top administrator” along with a modicum of knowledge and, hopefully, passion, for the product is probably an ideal combination.
Yep, a best of both worlds solution works best.
Thanks for adding a new word to my vocabulaire (at first I thought it was a typo).
a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable.
I know who all 3 of them are, and Manja personally.
The EGF president is a position like so many others: not really thanked by anyone, unpaid, and in need of some improvement (as is often the case with volunteers). So whoever gets elected I wish them the best of luck.