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<p class="gmail-p1">Thank you Jeremy and the SC group for your intentions to co-opting me onto the SC. I really appreciate it and I wait for all elected members to give their view. It will be ok either way ;)<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2">Best,<br></p>
<p class="gmail-p2">Antonella<br></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 September 2017 at 02:49, Michael J. Oghia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.oghia@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.oghia@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I support you Renata, and thank you for being part of this.<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-8050806859080907142gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Best,</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com" target="_blank">raquino@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello<br>
<br>
Thank you Imram and Dave<br>
I guess, seeing we are six and four are on the same page, we can<br>
consider that integrating Antonella into the SC group w/ voting rights<br>
is a go :) Unless there are objections.<br>
<br>
I guess now our challenge is talking about our next steps.<br>
And as we had fewer candidates than SC slots, I'm guessing other<br>
volunteers who want to collaborate may be joining in for projects or<br>
tasks.<br>
There's a lot that can be done and not too many of us.<br>
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Best,<br>
<br>
Renata<br>
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On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 5:26 AM, <<a href="mailto:imran@igfpak.org" target="_blank">imran@igfpak.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear Jeremy and All,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your efforts and support for conducting the Best Bits Steering<br>
> Committee Election perfectly.<br>
><br>
> Congratulation to the elected members of the "Best Bits Steering Committee".<br>
><br>
> Although voting turnout is very low, which is around 12% out of 26% who (at<br>
> least) tried to use their ballot, but only 47% out of them could<br>
> successfully cast their e-vote. So, one of the agenda item could be<br>
> encouraging our members to participate in the BestBits activities, whereas<br>
> election is also an important activity.<br>
><br>
> I also agree on the suggestion to co-opt Antonella onto the steering<br>
> committee. I hope her participation would be helpful for us.<br>
><br>
>> Congratulations to the new elected Best Bits committee members!<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
>> I would also like offer my services to the new committee to assist them<br>
>> with<br>
>> administrative duties, such as maintenance of the website and mailing<br>
>> list, if required.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks for your offer, yes we need your support, please keep performing<br>
> administrative role of the website as well as mailing list. I am also<br>
> available to assist you if and when required.<br>
><br>
> Thanking you and Best Regards<br>
><br>
><br>
> Imran Ahmed Shah<br>
><br>
> Founder, President & Executive Member of<br>
> Linguistic Internet Council,<br>
> Urdu Internet Society<br>
> Internet Governance Forum of Pakistan<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Quoting Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>>:<br>
><br>
>> The results of the Best Bits steering committee election are in.<br>
>><br>
>> Ballots were sent to the 519 members of this list who have been members<br>
>> for two months prior to the election, although some of these bounced.<br>
>> 134 of these members clicked on the invitation email, but only 63 of<br>
>> them followed through and completed the voting forum by clicking the<br>
>> submit button on the page. (The former figure might not be completely<br>
>> accurate, because some corporate email systems will automatically click<br>
>> on links in email, to check whether they are phishing or as part of a<br>
>> malware scan. But we can be pretty confident about the latter figure.)<br>
>><br>
>> Although we had more available positions on the steering committee than<br>
>> nominees, because of the availability of "no candidate" as an option, I<br>
>> have applied the criterion that in order to be elected to the steering<br>
>> committee you must have had more people voting for you than voting for<br>
>> "no candidate". With 63 votes cast, this means that the threshold for<br>
>> election was 32 votes. In other words, if 31 people didn't want you on<br>
>> the committee but 32 people did, you would be elected.<br>
>><br>
>> Of the 63 votes, 15 did not want a steering committee to be elected at<br>
>> all; in other words they voted "no candidate" for every position. Of<br>
>> the remaining 48:<br>
>><br>
>> * 3 voted for the election of a only single member<br>
>> * 4 voted for the election of only two members<br>
>> * 4 voted for the election of only three members<br>
>> * 12 voted for the election of only four members<br>
>> * 7 voted for the election of only five members<br>
>> * 18 voted for the election of all six members<br>
>><br>
>> The precise number of votes received for each candidate was as follows:<br>
>><br>
>> * Nighat Dad: 38 votes<br>
>> * Poncelet Ileleji: 38 votes<br>
>> * Renata Ribeiro: 37 votes<br>
>> * Dave Burstein: 37 votes<br>
>> * Imran Ahmed Shah: 33 votes<br>
>> * Antonella Perini: 31 votes<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> This means that only one candidate received less than 32 votes, but only<br>
>> a single vote less, which is virtually a rounding error! So I feel bad<br>
>> for Antonella Perini and I would like to point out to the new steering<br>
>> committee that if they would like to co-opt her onto the committee as an<br>
>> honorary non-voting member, past precedent would allow them to do this.<br>
>> Also, this would ensure that the steering committee has a 50/50% equal<br>
>> gender balance, as well as giving effect to the most popular choice that<br>
>> there should be a steering committee of six. Nevertheless, I leave this<br>
>> for the new committee to decide.<br>
>><br>
>> Congratulations to the new elected Best Bits committee members! I would<br>
>> also like offer my services to the new committee to assist them with<br>
>> administrative duties, such as maintenance of the website and mailing<br>
>> list, if required.<br>
>><br>
>> If anyone would like to review the raw data from the polling software in<br>
>> order to verify the results as I have presented them, please let me know<br>
>> and I will send it to you as a spreadsheet.<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Jeremy Malcolm<br>
>> Senior Global Policy Analyst<br>
>> Electronic Frontier Foundation<br>
>> <a href="https://eff.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://eff.org</a><br>
>> <a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank">jmalcolm@eff.org</a><br>
>><br>
>> Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161<br>
>><br>
>> :: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::<br>
>><br>
>> Public key: <a href="https://www.eff.org/files/2016/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/files/2016<wbr>/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt</a><br>
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