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

Fri Oct 21 15:46:38 EDT 2011

Thanks Rivaldo :)

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 6:02 AM, Rivaldo Kpadonou <
rivaldo.kpadonou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congratulations Sala!
> Best
> Rivaldo
>
> 2011/10/21, Fatima Cambronero <fatimacambronero at gmail.com>:
> > 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.
> >>
> >>  --
> >>
> >> *Dr Jeremy Malcolm
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> >>
> >> Julian Casasbuenas G.
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