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

Sat Oct 22 01:02:18 EDT 2011

Dear All,

Whilst I have thanked each of you individually, I would also like to thank
you again for your encouragement and support. We live in a time which is
like no other as recorded in human history as the nature of crises around
the world escalates. The recent flooding in Bangkok, the reported leak of
the nuclear power plant in Karachi, the earthquake in the Northern part of
New Zealand, the intense drought in Tuvalu, economic meltdown in Europe,
food, water and energy crisis, climate change issues are some of the
problems that the world has to face.

Interwoven in this mix is the role that the internet plays in all of our
ordinary day to day lives and the "governance challenges" that surround what
is the most exciting invention since the printing press. I am in the process
of having Jeremy and Izumi brief me and its is a transitionary phase as I
find my footing and adapt into this new role of serving you alongside Izumi.
I will no doubt be drawing from all the past co-coordinators at some point.

The greatest strength is in the dynamic of Team and we all are a Team and
diverse perspectives on an issue is a strength but finding our way to
navigate through the challenges corporately will need all of our input and
collective engagement. I am excited about the rich resources and expertise
in all of you and look forward to working closely with you all to fulfill
our mandate. We are in challenging times but we are a people who have the
passion and belief that we can make a difference and together have the
courage and strength to navigate through the challenges.

As such, I would like to again thank Jeremy for his extraordinary work and
 commitment. I would also like to acknowledge the work of all past
co-coordinators on this list who have also helped to pave the way and make
our work as new co-coordinators an easier one.

Again thank you* **vinaka vakalevu (my language), *谢谢, Спасибо, muchas
gracias, ありがとうございます<http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks3_jp.mp3>
 , 감사합니다, أفضل جواب, Dankie,  Mauliate, धन्यवाद,
Hvala<http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks_bo.mp3>
, благодаря ви много<http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanksvm_bg.mp3>
, ᏩᏙ, Tusind Tak, Duizendmaal Dank,
Tänan<http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks_et.mp3>
 Tänan teid <http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks2_et.mp3> Tänan
teid väga <http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanksvm_et.mp3>,
Kiitoksia
oikein paljon <http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/finnish/thanks2_fi.mp3>,
Merci
beaucoup <http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/french/thanks_fr.mp3>, Danke
schön <http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanksvm_de.mp3>,Merci
vilmal, Ευχαριστώ πολύ<http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/greek/thanksvm_el.mp3>
, ຂອບໃຈຫລາຍໆ, Grazzi ħafna, Obrigada, Fa'afetai, Хвала
лепо<http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/serbian/thanksvm_sr.mp3>
, Asante sana, நன்றி, ధన్యవాదములు,
Ngiyabonga<http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/zulu/thanks1_zulu.mp3>
*(Source: *http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/thankyou.htm )

P.S If I have misspelt your language, apologies blame it on the website I
got it from but it conveys my gratitude.

My very best regards to you all,
Sala
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Paul Wilson <pwilson at apnic.net> wrote:

> Big congratulations to you Sala.
>
> As Jeremy can attest, you have more work ahead of you now!
>
> Paul
>
> Sent from Maildroid on Android
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Cc: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>
> Sent: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [governance] Announcing the results of the 2012 IGC
> coordinator elections
>
> Congratulations, Sala! I am happy that we will have such an active woman as
> a co-coordinator!
>
> Jeremy, I would like to thank you very much for your dedication to IGC. You
> managed to strike a delicate balance between the "neutrality" position
> required to foster convergences and to achieve commons understandings, while
> also advancing your person contributions to the discussions, as an IGC
> member. This is something that should inspire all future IGC coordinators.
>
> Also, you left us with a rich legacy: a very useful online platform that we
> can use as focal point for IGC external communication as well as for our
> internal memory. It is up to us to take more advantage from it and use it
> wisely.
>
> Thanks you!
> Marília
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
>
>> Congrats to Sala!
>>
>> fraternal regards
>>
>> --c.a.
>>
>> On 10/20/2011 09:18 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>> > 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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