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sarahlooo 
When the next question was directed at her again, Ivy dismissed the sudden rush of nerves and played it cool by smiling. No one would have been able to tell. Ivy walked up to center stage with a slightly amused smile on her face. "Well... I now worry about the... lack of observation that this committee has," Ivy said and laughed lightly, as if she was trying to be nice, glancing at the man who asked her this question. "I actually left my job at Athens Wizarding Institute before the school year began so I could focus all my attention on running for the Board and my private business. So, impromptu meetings will not be a problem for me. I will be available and will attend all of them on time." Being a private business owner had its perks. Ivy gave the crowd another nod and smile and returned to her seat.
His attention was back on Ivy he had caught a few things before he'd spoken and one of them was her response to her last question. How interesting. "Ms Knox, are you telling us that you left your job because of the fact that you 'might' become one of the board of governors. With no definite on the fact but left your job anyway?" How interesting! What if she didn't get on the board? Seems to Gav that the woman was definitely jumping the gun just a bit there thinking she was already going to be on the board!
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Erik Vinteren He had already answered this question, hadn't he? Erik didn't like having to repeat himself. He also didn't like the cold way this Mr. Charles was addressing everyone. There can only be so many ice kings and queens in one room at a time before one becomes frostbitten.
Erik approached centre stage once more and amplified his voice with the sonorous charm, as usual. "I vent to school in Norway, that is no secret," Erik began, "however I think it is very clear by now vhy I vould like to have an impact on Hogwarts. As I said earlier, I haff studied alongside of and vorked closely vith Hogwarts graduates and even vith former staff members. I now reside and vork in Scotland, not too far from the school itself. I'm a concerned member of the community, to put it simply. Vhy shouldn't I vant a say in how the school is run?" He had just as much a right as anyone else!
The blue eyed man paused to allow those words to sink in. "My motivation for running for vhe board is purely intrinsic. As a concerned member of vhe community and a businessman who has in vhe past hired Hogwarts graduates, I vould like to help the most well-known school of magic in the vorld also become the best school of magic in the vorld. I feel I haff a number of things to offer to you," he made eye contact with some in the audience, "the people whose family members attend vhis noble institution, and to your children, if you elect me to vhe Board. If you do not, vell, at least I tried to help. It is better to try and fail vhan to haff never tried at all."
He looked back at Mr. Charles as if to ask whether his very serious, and very emphatic, answer was sufficient, then half-turned back to the crowd. "And for vhe record, vhere vere no openings on vhe school boards in Norway." He winked, hoping they would see it as a charming way to handle such a specific question, and then confidently headed back to his seat.
Woah, really? His attention was drawn quickly to Erik when he spoke not long after Gavin had. There were no openings in the Norway school boards? Was that the very reason that Erik was here just because there were no openings there? If that was the case then what would happen if one opened there, would he return there?
"Mr. Vinteren, are we to assume that if there were a position open at one of the school boards in Norway you would not be here today vying for a spot on Hogwart's Board of Governors? You stated that there are no openings on the school boards in Norway. What if one were to open up, would you drop your position on the Hogwarts board so that you may run for a position closer to home then?"