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

Carlos A. Afonso ca at cafonso.ca
Sat Oct 22 08:57:36 EDT 2011 

You missed "Obrigado"! (*)

:)

abraço fraterno

--c.a.

(*) "Thank you" in Portuguese and root of "arigato" in Japanese.

On 10/22/2011 03:02 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
> 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
>>
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>>
>>
>> -----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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