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<font face="Verdana">Parminder: </font><b><font face="DejaVu Serif">Shahzad,
It is not such a 'very difficult position', though I think
there is a feeling been built that it is and that has prevented
some
people from contesting for it. </font></b><br>
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Shazad and all,<br>
I would like to reinforce Parminder's point here. Two years ago, I
was very reluctant to run for co-coordinator. Parminder and Ian
assured me that it was a 'doable' task and were very supportive
when I asked for more information. I found that the
overlapping/laddered 2-year</font> term allows an excellent
'breaking in' period, and that the IGC members are far more flexible
and supportive than we have the image of being.<br>
<br>
I thought that as IGC co-coordinator I would be 'giving'... instead
I found that I learned and received far more than I gave, and that
the position was a valuable opportunity more than a difficult task.
When I thanked everyone on the list at the end of my term, I was not
being politically correct. I indeed found it to be an enriching and
valuable experience. <br>
<br>
Shahzad, I think you were being appreciative of IGC co-coordinators
in general, but it is good clarify this point, and to encourage more
people who, as Parminder notes<font face="DejaVu Serif">, may be
discouraged from running because of this perception.</font><br>
<br>
Best wishes to all,<br>
Ginger<br>
<br>
On 10/11/2010 11:42 AM, parminder wrote:
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<font face="DejaVu Serif">Congrats to Izumi. And thanks to Rafik
and
Marilia for volunteering to participate in this democratic
exercise.<br>
<br>
Shahzad, It is not such a 'very difficult position', though I
think
there is a feeling been built that it is and that has prevented
some
people from contesting for it. <br>
<br>
If one is interested in the political route to social change
(and I
think that is one of the, if not the, most important route to
real
structural change) , this is about the easiest training one can
get for
it :)<br>
<br>
Parminder <br>
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On Monday 11 October 2010 09:20 PM, Shahzad Ahmad wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Congratulation
Izumi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Heartfelt
thanks to other candidates, who agreed to be nominated
for this very difficult position. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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wishes and regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<b>Subject:</b> [governance] IGC coordinator election
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am pleased to announce the results of
the 2010
IGF
coordinator elections. All candidates polled respectably,
indicating
that
they were all well-qualified nominees for the post.
However, we have a
clear winner. Congratulations and welcome to my new
colleague, Izumi
Aizu.<br>
<br>
There were 107 attempts to vote, of which 103 were valid
responses.
The
invalid responses were two respondents who commenced the
survey but did
not
answer compulsory questions (one "Are you a member of the
IGC" and
the other, having answered that "Yes", not answering "Have
you
already voted"), another respondent who abandoned the survey
before
voting
for a coordinator and tried again later successfully, and
one who
attempted to
vote for coordinator twice.<br>
<br>
Of the 103 valid responses, 101 were from self-identified
IGC members,
95 of
whom claimed not to have voted already. Four of these
remaining
qualified
voters did not choose to vote for a coordinator. Of the
remaining 91
votes cast, Izumi received 52. Thanks also to Rafik who
received 13
votes
and Marilia who received 26.<br>
<br>
The public statistics for the poll, and a spreadsheet with
the results
of the
election are both available at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/38">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/38</a>.
A
photo of the new coordinators is available at <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/17">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/17</a>.<br>
<br>
I will write separately about the charter vote and the
nominations
committee.<br>
<br>
Here are some questions you may have about the results
(though I can't
really
call them "frequently asked"):<br>
<br>
Q: Why do the public statistics show 100 (not 103)
responses?<br>
<br>
A: Because by design of the software, these statistics
exclude
"incomplete" responses. Of the four respondents who did not
choose a coordinator, one just skipped that question,
whereas the
others quit
the survey in progress. The former's response is included
in the
public statistics,
and the others are not.<br>
<br>
Q. Why do the public statistics show 98 (not 101) voters
asserting
membership
of the IGC?<br>
<br>
A. See the answer to the previous question.<br>
<br>
Q: Why do the public statistics show 92 (not 95) persons
claiming not
to have
already voted?<br>
<br>
A: See the answer to the previous question.<br>
<br>
Q. Why do there appear to be some votes missing from the CSV
file
(based on the
consecutive numbering)?<br>
<br>
A. The missing ones at the beginning where from testing by
me and
Ginger.
There are a small number of missing votes where I deleted
them because
the person mistakenly claimed to have voted already (see
below).<br>
<br>
Q. Why do three people appear to have voted twice?<br>
<br>
A. One of these people mistakenly answered that he had voted
already.
I
told him to vote again using the token sent to his other
email address.
Another gave up before getting to the coordinator vote,
then started
again; her first response was treated as invalid. The third
does
appear
to be a double vote; in this case, the first response has
been treated
as
invalid and the second, more complete response taken as
definitive. It
is
not counted in the public statistics, but is retained in the
spreadsheet of
results.<br>
<br>
Q. Why did some people say that they had already voted, when
they
hadn't?<br>
<br>
A. I don't know, maybe they didn't read the question
carefully enough?
Anyone who contacted me to ask for the opportunity to
re-cast their
vote,
was able to do so. A few, unfortunately, didn't contact me,
and missed
out on the opportunity to vote...<br>
<br>
Q. How did one person vote anonymously?<br>
<br>
A. It was not really anonymous, they just didn't provide
their name.
Their email address is news [at] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://chania.di.uoa.gr">chania.di.uoa.gr</a>.
Anyway, theirs was one of the invalid responses that was
not counted,
as
they did not answer a compulsory question.<br>
<br>
Q. What is the difference between "No", "None" and
"N/A"?<br>
<br>
A. "No" means you were asked a Yes/No question and chose the
latter.
"None", for the coordinator vote, means you were qualified
to
vote and chose to support none of the candidates. "N/A"
means
either you were not qualified to vote, or you didn't answer
that
question.<o:p></o:p></p>
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