Herewith some thoughts on the 2010 Arbitration Committee Elections. Initially, this will be a collection of links to the questions I've asked of candidates, which I've divided into two groups: (a) former and current arbitrators; (b) all the other candidates (with no previous arbitration track record). I've done this because I'm coming to end of a two-year term on the committee, and my perspective is that of someone who knows what the job has entailed for the past two years, as well as having worked on the Arbitration Committee at some point with all of those in group (a). Next to each candidate name are links to the question(s) I asked them, along with (at some point) my thoughts on their candidacy.
I was initially uncertain of the propriety of commenting in this way during the elections (or even posing questions) given that I will still be a sitting arbitrator up until the end of December. I would say that it is not advisable for those who will be staying on the committee into the following year to take part in election discussions, questioning and commentary, in the way I have, but I do think that those who terms are about to expire shouldn't feel so constrained. The only other former or soon-to-be-former arbitrator who has commented in such fashion is Wizardman, who wrote a guide giving his views on the candidates in this election.
Please direct any comments to the talk page (including the candidates, who are more than welcome to comment on what I've said).