+1 Ian proposal <br><br>On Monday, December 2, 2013, Kivuva wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ian had a good proposal, to extend the call by one week, say upto 8th<br>
December, then use the results of the elections where number one will<br>
serve two terms, and number two one term to preserve the odd/even year<br>
rotation and continuity of coordinators. Probably Salanieta and<br>
Norbert can clarify, and if possible issue a fresh call for<br>
nominations.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
On 01/12/2013, Fouad Bajwa <<a>fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Shouldn't there be a call for two coordinator positions now? If that is the<br>
> case can we have another announcement put out? I think we should have the<br>
> date for nominations extended for another week. People might want to<br>
> consider on the present circumstances.<br>
><br>
> Best Regards<br>
> Fouad Bajwa<br>
><br>
> Sent from my mobile device<br>
><br>
> On Nov 30, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Norbert Bollow <<a>nb@bollow.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Dear all<br>
>><br>
>> In response to my recent posting in which I mentioned a Dec 1<br>
>> deadline in relation to the coordinator elections, I've been asked<br>
>> off-list whether that had been formally announced.<br>
>><br>
>> Since it's a general rule of thumb that when one person explicitly<br>
>> asks, probably several others were wondering the same thing, here's<br>
>> a copy pf the posting in question...<br>
>><br>
>> Greetings,<br>
>> Norbert<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --snip-----------------------------------------------------------------<br>
>><br>
>> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 01:23:30 +1300<br>
>> Message-ID:<br>
>> <<a>CAJwbTiAuS0GZ1AVx2pBNyU3M9-x7KXNPTL49Ja6PK9eQaFjnpg@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
>> From: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro"<br>
>> <<a>salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> To: "<a>governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>" <<a>governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>><br>
>> Subject: [governance] Calls for Nominations for IGC Coordinator<br>
>> [2014-2016]<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Dear Colleagues,<br>
>><br>
>> Further to the *June 6, 2013* notice for calls for coordinator, we are<br>
>> happy to announce that we will close the calls for nominations on<br>
>> December 1, 2013.<br>
>><br>
>> For several years now each time there has been a coordinator elections,<br>
>> there has often been dissatisfaction with the candidates or selection of<br>
>> candidates. We would like to change the pattern this year and this was<br>
>> why we gave the community ample opportunity to start thinking about<br>
>> candidates. This year, we started making early calls to start thinking<br>
>> about nominating someone or standing for the elections for the<br>
>> 2014-2016 term.<br>
>><br>
>> We would like to invite you to consider standing by either nominating<br>
>> yourself or if you think someone would be great for the task, please<br>
>> liaise with them and nominate them on the list.<br>
>><br>
>> *The call for nominations on December, 1, 2013 *to allow for elections.<br>
>> having served in this position for what will soon be two years, I<br>
>> thought I should add some reflections that may help those who are<br>
>> thinking of standing or to encourage people to stand.<br>
>><br>
>> *Reflections *<br>
>> The responsibilities of a co-coordinator is to assist in the<br>
>> facilitation of discussions, encouraging diverse views to be heard, and<br>
>> encouraging members to initiate initiatives within the ambit of the<br>
>> Charter and providing a platform for advocacy. The role and<br>
>> responsibilities will be an opportunity to manage diverse and sometimes<br>
>> antagonistic views. It requires strength, courage and emotional<br>
>> intelligence to manage the responsibilities. For me personally, it has<br>
>> been an incredible opportunity learning about dealing with diverse<br>
>> voices and I can say that I have learnt the discipline of restraint<br>
>> where at times I have had to hold back my view because facilitators<br>
>> have to have some form of neutrality and act in the best interests of<br>
>> the IGC community.<br>
>><br>
>> Whoever gets elected, you can rest assured that you can count on the<br>
>> assistance of former coordinators when from time to time things needs<br>
>> to be clarified or you would like to draw from the counsel of the<br>
>> majority before deliberating on decisions. It is also an exciting time<br>
>> for Internet Governance.--<br>
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