Thanks Brenden (Brenden had asked me if I had written to the list - 
whether I accept the nomination as a candidate for the ExCom resident in 
the Asia region).

Here is my response:


Yes I accept the nomination.

And I am of course also prepared to say more how I would see the 
challenges we face, once the organizers of the election make some 
suggestion about a common framework for such statements.

I live in Cambodia, where the society is struggling since years how to 
prepare elections in a way which leads to comparable pieces of 
information from the people who have been nominated to stand for 
election. A number of people whom I respect much think that a 
pre-formatted list of questions to answer publicly is useful to achieve 
an informed electorate.


Norbert Klein
Open Institute
Phnom Penh
Cambodia