[governance] Upcoming Coordinator vote

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I am about to initiate the coordinator vote.

There were some bugs in the eVote software that have now been fixed  
due to the very kind efforts of Marilyn Davis, the author of eVote  
but not a member of our list.  Unfortunately because so much effort  
went into chasing down the bug (which eliminated the vote of one  
person from the record the last time) and because I have been  
stretched to my limit between IGF, IETF and other obligations, we  
will need to continue using the plain text email method of voting as  
was used in the carter vote.  I, and others, will continue work on  
the web interface and hopefully will have something more to offer  
before the next time the IGC votes.  I know, I have said this before,  
but the effort does continue.

After following the conversation on line about a one ballot process  
or a two ballot process, I decided to hold one ballot that will  
determine both the 2 year term and the one year term.  I also talked  
to some election mavens and got a recommendation I will be following:

Each voter (Governance list participants as of 24 September 2006)  
will be given 3 votes to distribute between the two candidates. A  
minimum of 0 votes and a maximum of 2 votes can be assigned to any  
one candidate.  This allows for people to give 2 votes to the person  
they prefer for the 2 year term and 1 vote for the person they prefer  
for the 1 year term.

There is, however, no requirement that a voter use all their votes.

The two year term will be assigned to the person with the most votes  
while the other person will be assigned the one year term.

I will be sending the explicit voting directions out on the voters'  
list and will follow up on this list after that with explicit  
instructions as I did in the charter vote.

The vote is scheduled to last for 10 days: starting today 9 November  
2006 and ending 19 November ends (any time zones - i.e. when).

The charter prescribes that all votes are open unless closed by the  
coordinator.  As this is a vote for individuals and not on a  
statement or a platform, I have decided, as interim coordinator, to  
make it a closed vote.

Note: the charter does not have a required quorum for votes.  I hope,  
however, that we can meet the same voting threshold as the charter  
and intend to encourage the list to meet that level.  While  
desirable, however, it is not required.

thanks
a.



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