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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><big>Dear All<br>
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This is to draw your attention to an important matter.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
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I therefore consider the present voting process as not proper, and
propose a discussion on this issue. <br>
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On Wednesday 29 September 2010 10:02 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:43485E51-5501-42DE-9E8F-5AB5E203C7A2@ciroap.org"
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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<div>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.<br>
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<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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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