[governance] Announcing the results of the 2012 IGC coordinator elections

[Fatima Cambronero]

Congratulations Sala!

And thanks to Jeremy.

Best,

Fatima


2011/10/21 "Julián Casasbuenas G." <julian at colnodo.apc.org>

> **
>
> Congratulations Sara,
>
> Julián
>
> El 20/10/11 06:18, Jeremy Malcolm escribió:
>
> Here is my report of the 2012 coordinator elections, as outgoing
> coordinator and returning officer.
>
>  99 valid votes were cast.  Of these 14 (13.33%) were for Songitu Ekpe, 26
> (24.76%) for Asif Kabani, 8 (7.62%) for Imran Ahmed Shah, and 51 (48.57%)
> for Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro.  I declare Sala as the next coordinator of
> the IGC.  Congratulations!  Many thanks also to the three runners-up, who
> are encouraged to re-apply next year.
>
>  6 people began completing the ballot, but indicated that they had already
> voted in the election or did not respond to that question, so they were not
> given the opportunity to vote and did not do so.
>
>  In addition, there were 13 informal votes, from those who verified their
> eligibility to vote and were given the opportunity to do so, did not avail
> of that opportunity.  This probably reflects the preference expressed by a
> couple of people to me off-list for there to be a "none of the above"
> option.  The charter is silent about this, but because it defines membership
> for the purposes of charter amendment as only including those who voted in
> the last election, I did not feel that a "none of the above" option was
> unambiguously constitutional.  I was probably also influenced in this by my
> experience of other electoral systems, which do not allow for a "none of the
> above" option.
>
>  In future if we want to allow people to vote for "none of the above", in
> my view we should include this in the charter explicitly.  I will put this
> on the table during the charter review process that I have volunteered to
> coordinate now that I have ended my term.  My personal opinion is that such
> an amendment would be a bad idea, because it lessens the responsibility on
> all of us during the pre-election period to ensure that there is a slate of
> candidates at least one of whom everyone would be happy with.  (To avoid
> misunderstanding, I am not imputing to those who voted informally this year
> that they were unhappy with all of the candidates who stood.)  But what do
> you think?
>
>  The list of voting members will be updated on our website soon, probably
> within the next 48 hours.  Izumi and I will also be briefing Sala on her new
> role.
>
>  --
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