[governance] The vote for coordinators and call for nominations

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

In thinking about the upcoming vote:

Per the charter, we now need to elect two coordinators:

- 1 for 1 year
- 1 for 2 years

There are several ways one could go about it:

A. elect both in one vote.  I.e., give everyone two votes and deem  
that the person with the most votes is elected for 2 years and the  
one with the second most votes is elected for 1 year.

B. hold two separate votes, one for the 1 year term and one for the 2  
year term.
    B1. hold these votes simultaneously
    B2. hold these votes sequentially

A is easier, but B gives us a better chance at achieving a balance.
A and B1 are quicker, but B2 gives the greatest choice.

There are probably other possibilities as well but i would like to  
keep this vote relativly simple.

I am tending toward option B2, though I would like the advice of the  
participants.

Regardless of which option we take, I am putting out a two week call  
for nominees as of today and ending on 28 October. I am proposing  
using a single set of nominees, whichever of the options we use.

Nominees should provide me with
  - contact points
  - country of residence
  - gender
  - and with a brief statement/bio

That I will post on www.igcaucus.org by the time all the nominations  
are in.

In order to make sure I don't miss a nomination, please put  
(Nomination) in the subject.

Concerning the voter's list, it will be based on the Governance list  
membership I pulled down on 21 September.  I am hoping that some of  
the improvements in the voting system, including the web front end,  
will be available by the time we vote.  Email voting will still be  
available for those who have become comfortable with it.

Note, I am planning as a secret ballot.  Though we don't have an  
appeals team in place yet, i will  consider this as 'appealed' and  
will make in an open vote if there is an overwhelming opinion in  
favor of making the election open.

thanks
a.


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