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<font face="Verdana">Could this be done smoothly? OR if there is
consensus, can we agree to validate only the co-coordinator
election vote at this time, and then hold the charter vote after
that process is complete?</font><br>
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On 9/29/2010 6:54 AM, Adam Peake wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:p06240848c8c8d0d1fe05@%5B192.168.1.160%5D"
type="cite">Perhaps it will be possible to split the voters by the
qualifications Parminder mentions?
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That is, after the vote is complete, anyone who did not vote in
the last election has their vote on the charter amendment voided.
And their vote on the coordinator positions would remain. That
would leave the correct voter pool, right?
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Jeremy could a process like this be completed automatically?
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Adam
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At 4:43 PM +0530 9/29/10, parminder wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Dear All
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This is to draw your attention to an important matter.
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The voting eligibility for charter amendment and for any other
voting, including for electing a coordinator is very different.
While for the latter, anyone who has been on the list for two
months and affirms membership through declaring commitment to
the charter can vote, for a charter amendment only those who
have voted for the last election/ voting can vote. This special
condition has been put for voting on any charter amendment to
avoid capture, since charter amendment is quite a serious
matter, since through any such amendment the very nature of and
procedures adopted by the caucus can be changed.
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When I read that voting for charter amendment and for electing a
new coordinator will take place at the same time, I brought the
above issue to the attention of the co-coordinator in-charge of
the voting/election, Jeremy, and requested that since there are
different voting eligibility conditions for the two proposed
voting, holding them together will cause confusion and should
therefore be avoided. I preferred that charter amendment be held
separately before the coordinator election, with the voter list
consisting of all those who had voted for the last election, as
is expressly required by the charter.
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Jeremy replied that he is going to overcome this problem simply
by having a single process whereby the coordinator voting
immediately precedes the charter amendment vote, and it will
'technically' be ensured that only those who vote for
coordinator election will be able to vote for the charter
amendment, which in his view would meet the special voting
eligibility requirement for a charter amendment vote.
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I responded that though technically it may meet the requirement,
which too I doubt, it does not observe the intent of the charter
in spirit, since the special condition of more strict
eligibility conditions for voting for charter amendment has been
put there with a clear purpose of avoiding capture. It is for
this reason that the charter seeks to put some clear time and
space between the participation of anyone in a vote for charter
amendment and her/ his affirmation of IGC membership through
participation in an earlier election, when, presumably, he/ she
would have no idea of a possible participation in a charter
amendment vote.
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The present process, whereby any voting can be held immediately
preceding, but as a part of the same process of, a charter
amendment vote almost looks like writing a plan on how to
subvert the charter requirement of more stringent voting
criteria for charter amendment. Even though the present exercise
may be well-intentioned, the fact that it opens up a dangerous
future possibility bother me a lot.
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I therefore consider the present voting process as not proper,
and propose a discussion on this issue.
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Parminder
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On Wednesday 29 September 2010 10:02 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">You should just have received a personal
email inviting you to cast your vote for the next
co-coordinator of the IGC. After you confirm your eligibility
and cast your vote, you will also become eligible to vote on
the recently-discussed charter amendment.
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<br>
If you did not receive your personal invitation email, please
first check your junk email folder, and if you still do not
have it, let me know.
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The draft form of the coordinator ballot and charter poll has
been approved by Ginger also, but I will take primary
responsibility for any disputes that people may wish to raise
about the process adopted.
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The 2009 appeals team (Jeanette Hofmann, Adam Peake, Carlos
Alfonso, Ken Lohento and Fouad Bajwa), who have not yet been
replaced for 2010, are (I hope) also available to hear any
disagreements.
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Following the informal procedure adopted in previous years
(the charter is, surprisingly, silent), the election ballot
and charter poll will be open for 10 days from now, which ends
on 9 September 2010, "rounded up" until midnight that night.
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The last subscriber who is eligible to affirm IGC membership
is Alan Greenberg, who subscribed on 23 July 2010. The first
subscriber who missed out on that opportunity is Giorgio
Simeoli who subscribed on 10 August. One
subscriber, <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:emisa+ig@gmail.com"><mailto:emisa+ig@gmail.com></a><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:emisa+ig@gmail.com">emisa+ig@gmail.com</a>
has an email address that is not technically capable of
receiving a personalised invitation
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