<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>But, there's no way of determining if those 127 people are able to 'pay attention' at this time, or if they are even online and available. This probably needs a charter amendment ;-) to say 2/3 of the active voters. Is anyone complaining about the result - clearly in favour? It's imperfect, as is democracy, but I think the amendments were accepted. I think forward movement is more important than a repeat process. <br><br>Tracey Naughton</div><div><br>On 17 Feb 2013, at 11:34 AM, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro <<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>As per the last elections, we have 127 members who participated in the coordinator elections and as per the Charter, they are deemed as members and eligible to vote. Two thirds of 127 would be around 84. </div><div><br></div><div>The votes in favor do not meet this requirement under the Charter.</div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Feb 17, 2013, at 7:18 AM, "Ian Peter" <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div>How many votes short are we of a positive result?</div>
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<div>That would determine perhaps the best way to go.</div>
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<div>In this case I dont think there is any great risk in re-opening the vote to
get extra responses. The results in each ballot are clearly in favour of the
reforms, the will of the caucus seems clear, it’s just a technicality that we
have not had enough responses. (I would feel differently if on any of the
ballots the no votes were roughly equivalent to the yes votes)</div>
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<div>So I would suggest re-opening the ballot to allow those who havent voted to
do so – accompanied by encouragement and reminders. </div>
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<div>Ian</div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com">Salanieta T.
Tamanikaiwaimaro</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 16, 2013 10:17 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="ian.peter@ianpeter.com" href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">Ian Peter</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment
Poll</div></div></div>
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Ian and All,<br><br>You are correct. I apologize to the IGC for the oversight,
the mistake is mine. <br><br>As such, we currently have two options and they
are:-<br><br><b>Option 1</b><br>Accept from the votes that all the proposals
have failed based on the results of the votes.<br><br><b>Option 2</b><br>Re-run
the votes<br><br><br>If we take Option 2, we run the risk of setting a precedent
for extending voting periods for other things that require voting including
coordinator elections. Should we consider the current votes invalid and cast
fresh votes or extend the votes.<br><br>In any event, the current revisions to
the Charter that are on the website will be reversed to reflect what it
originally was.<br><br>For the sake of completeness, the record of the votes is
as follows:<br><br>76 responses were submitted, though some respondents did not
answer all questions, as none of them were compulsory.<br><br>On proposal 1, 70
voted in favour, 4 against, and 2 did not vote.<br>On proposal 2, 62 voted in
favour, 5 against, and 9 did not vote.<br>On proposal 3, 71 voted in favour, 2
against, and 3 did not vote.<br>On proposal 4, 65 voted in favour, 3 against,
and 8 did not vote.<br><br>Thank you and Kind Regards,<br>Sala<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Ian Peter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Sala, are you sure?</div>
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<div>The charter amendment process states that it is 2/3 of membership
required for charter amendments, not 2/3 of those who bothered to vote. My
understanding is that none of the votes result in charter amendments, because
none of them had over 2/3 of members supporting. The relevant charter quote is
below.</div>
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<p><b style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><font face="Arial"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" color="#3d3d3d">Amendments to the
Charter</font></font></b></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" color="#3d3d3d">This charter
can be amended at any time as proposed by no fewer than ten (10) members and
as approved by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the IGC. The
membership requirements for amending the charter are based on the most
currently available voters list. In amending the charter, everyone who voted
in the previous election will be deemed a member for amending the
charter.</font></font></p>
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<p><font color="#3d3d3d" face="Arial">(perhaps it should be different but it isn’t
on my reading)</font></p>
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<p><font color="#3d3d3d" face="Arial">Ian Peter </font></p>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">Salanieta T.
Tamanikaiwaimaro</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 16, 2013 8:11 AM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment
Poll</div></div></div>
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<div class="h5">Dear All,<br><br>Greetings! This is a brief update on the
results of the IGC Charter Amendment Poll. Here are the results:<br><br>76
responses were submitted, though some respondents did not answer all
questions, as none of them were compulsory.<br><br>On proposal 1, 70 voted in
favour, 4 against, and 2 did not vote.<br>On proposal 2, 62 voted in favour, 5
against, and 9 did not vote.<br>On proposal 3, 71 voted in favour, 2 against,
and 3 did not vote.<br>On proposal 4, 65 voted in favour, 3 against, and 8 did
not vote.<br><br>This means that all proposals pass with greater than 80%
approval, which is excess of the 2/3 requirement. The text of the
amendments is found at <a href="http://igcaucus.org/formally-proposed-charter-amendments" target="_blank">http://igcaucus.org/formally-proposed-charter-amendments</a> and
the charter as amended is at <a href="http://igcaucus.org/charter" target="_blank">http://igcaucus.org/charter</a> and <a href="http://igcaucus.org/nomcom-process" target="_blank">http://igcaucus.org/nomcom-process</a>.<br><br>I would also like
to acknowledge and thank you all for your contributions, elaborate discussion
and for taking the time to vote. Thank you to all those who proposed the
amendments and initiated the process and to all those who took part. Special
thanks also to Norbert for conducting the Poll and to Jeremy for helping out.
<br><br>With Kind Regards,<br>Sala (on behalf of the
Coordinators)<br><br><br>-- <br><br>
<div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div>
<div>P.O. Box 17862</div>
<div>Suva</div>
<div>Fiji</div>
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