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

Sat Oct 22 03:39:18 EDT 2011

Thank you Asif I look forward to working with you.

Kind Regards,
Sala

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Asif Kabani <kabani at isd-rc.org> wrote:

> Dear Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro
> Greetings,
>
> Many congratulations to Sala for the new responsibility, I can also
> volunteer for Charter review.
>
> Thank you Jeremy for all your hard work over last two years. We appreciate
> your efforts
>
> With all the best Wishes
>
>
> Asif Kabani
> Email: kabani.asif at gmail.com
>
> On 20 October 2011 16:18, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> 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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>
> --
> Asif Kabani
> Email: kabani.asif at gmail.com
>
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