[governance] Co-ordinator elections

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Hi Ian,

what's wrongt with a bit of campaigning? It would be good to gain some 
insight into the motives and aims of the candidates. But we, the voters, 
shouldn't forget that we need coordinators and we should not discourage 
them from volunteering for this time consuming job!

jeanette

Ian Peter wrote:
> Yes, as Meryem suggests, a great way to find out about the candidates is to
> visit the Archives and have a look at their postings. That is a good
> assessment tool and I recommend it.
> 
> I've thought about Ralf's posting all day. Last year Parminder specifically
> stated that he thought it would be best to avoid campaigning and even
> statements - it was strictly biographical information only - this year I
> thought, and Parminder agreed, that adding statements to the biographical
> information might be useful.
> 
> I am concerned that we don’t get into campaigning and particularly
> candidates trying to outstage each other. I think that would be
> counter-productive. But I'm also reluctant to say people should not provide
> information that members are seeking.
> 
> So I don't know. As I suggest above, a person's previous postings will tell
> you more about them than statements anyway, but I do not feel to either
> encourage or outlaw them.
> 
> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Meryem Marzouki [mailto:marzouki at ras.eu.org]
>> Sent: 12 December 2008 19:51
>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>> Subject: Re: [governance] Co-ordinator elections - Asif Kabani short bio
>> and
>>
>> Fully agree.
>> And let me add that it would be useful that the three candidates give
>> us some hints about their involvement so far in _CS_ activities in
>> WSIS and IGF related context, if this doesn't appear from the bio
>> they sent. Among the three candidates, one has been participating for
>> years, the other has shown up recently, and the third has sent, well,
>> 4 (four) messages since this caucus has started to discuss on its
>> mailing list (April 2004)... if I dare to call a "message" a "thanks"
>> or "congratulations" word.
>> Sorry to be blunt, but the coordinator position is important for the
>> caucus.
>>
>> Best,
>> Meryem
>>
>> Le 12 déc. 08 à 02:11, Ralf Bendrath a écrit :
>>
>>> I would like to hear from all candidates a bit more about what they
>>> think
>>> they can contribute to the IGC, and how they would do it.
>>>
>>> Generic CVs don't say very much about that, sorry.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Ralf
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