<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d">This noble job had been superlatively done. The enthusiasm and commitment displayed by everyone toward the expected new IGC is exemplary and worth upholding, indeed.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d">My two thumps are up.</div><div><img src="cid:ii_k0xy2f280" alt="Thumbs up 1.jpg" width="165" height="129"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">Chris Prince Udochukwu </span><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><font size="4" color="#0b5394">Njọkụ</font></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">, Ph.D.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">Computer Communications Centre</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">@DrCPUNjoku</span></div><div><p><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:small"><font style="font-size:8.66667px"> </font></span><span style="background-color:blue;color:white"><font size="4">We mustn't remain with old ways of doing things,</font></span></font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:blue;color:white"><font size="4">especially if they're not yielding optimum results.</font></span></font><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 2:27 PM Judith Hellerstein <<a href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com">judith@jhellerstein.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Ian and Tapani</p>
<p>Thanks so much for all your hard work and for your detailed
explanations and voting information. I found this email very
helpful and explanatory. Congrats to the newly appointed leaders
Bruna and Sheetal. Thanks to Imran for his participation ad
efforts in this election. Looking forward to your leadership</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Judith<br>
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<div class="gmail-m_-3416108562470420509moz-cite-prefix">On 9/24/2019 8:42 AM, Ian Peter wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">We are pleased to announce the
results
of the IGC Coordinator Elections, which closed on September
23.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">The final votes were</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Bruna Martins dos Santos – 89
votes</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Sheetal Kumar – 79 votes</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Imran Ahmed Shah – 51 votes</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">We therefore declare Bruna Martins
dos
Santos elected for a two year term, and Sheetal Kumar for a
one year
term. Congratulations to all the candidates and thanks for
offering
their services. Terms of office start now.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">As a result of the elections, 148
people have declared themselves to be members of the Civil
Society
Internet Governance Caucus: this includes 12 who chose to vote
“None of the
Above”. The list of members is now available at <a href="https://igcaucus.org/igc-members-september-2019/" target="_blank">https://igcaucus.org/igc-members-september-2019/</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Further details on the election
process
appear below.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">ELECTION PROCESS</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">This election had to deal with the
unusual circumstance of electing two Coordinators, because of
delays
in holding previous elections. The results get IGC back on
track
where elections become an annual event to elect one
Cordinator, who
will work with the ongoing Cordinator who has not completed
their
term.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">A total of 663 invitations to vote
were
sent: this was the total of email addresses which had been on
the IGC
mailing list for more than 2 months. Of this total, 148 voted:
this
was in line with or above expectations, as many people on the
list do
not identify as civil society members but have an interest in
internet governance and like to follow activities here (and
others
choose to have more than one email address on list). By
comparison,
the number of voters in the last election where there was more
than
one candidate and a vote took place was only 99.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">LimeSurvey software was used and
adopted for election purposes. We wish to acknowledge the help
of a
small group of testers who helped us to refine the software –
Norbert Bollow, Farzaneh Badii, Deirdre Williams, Peter
Akinremi
Taiwo, Arsene Tungali, and Chris Prince <tt class="gmail-m_-3416108562470420509western"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">Udochukwu
Njọkụ.</font></tt></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Invitations to vote were sent on
September 11. A follow up email to those who had not yet voted
was
sent on September 18. Other reminders were posted on the IGC
Caucus
mailing list. Voting closed on September 23.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">The mailing process resulted in 14
bounced emails, including 7 auto responses indicating that the
mailing address was no longer in use: these will be referred
to the
incoming coordinators to refine the list.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">One person accidentally voted
twice
using separate emails. One of these votes was eliminated.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">The software required people to
confirm
their eligibility to vote by answering four basic questions:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">a. that they identify as a member
of
civil society</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">b. that they have been subscribed
to
IGC mailing list for more than 2 months</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">c. that they accept the IGC
Charter</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">d. that they have not already
voted in
this election (perhaps utilising another email address)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">In addition to the 148 people who
completed the voting process, an additional 39 people who had
commenced the process determined not to continue before
reaching the
voting page.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">The system was not preferential.
All
votes for all candidates were of equal value.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">All in all, we believe the process
went
smoothly, drew a good level of participation, and helped
strengthen
IGC. This would not have happened without the strong
groundswell of
involvement from many people, reflected in the level of
participation
in voting and the overall interest in seeing this occur in a
timely
fashion. It also could not have happened without the strong
preliminary work of the Tech Team, led by Imran Ahmed Shah,
which
restored the website of IGC, creating the basic infrastructure
that
allowed us to develop a voting system and conduct this
exercise. They
also deserve your thanks.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">As determined in discussions
including
with the previous Coordinator, voting totals for each
candidate have
been released, as well as names of all those who voted and
therefore
are now members of IGC. In line with general privacy and GDPR
provisions, other details of voters (email addresses etc) will
not be
released, not will details of who voted for which candidates.
The
detailed voting slips will be kept for a period of three
months, or
longer if necessary to resolve any appeals, and will then be
erased.
The core of the voting software will be retained for possible
future
use.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Ian Peter and Tapani Tarvainen</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Returning Officers</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><br>
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