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

Sat Oct 22 12:43:49 EDT 2011

Congratulation Sala for this new responsibility. And a round of applause to
Jeremy for his wonderful and active term as Co-coordinator!

With best regards,

Hempal Shrestha

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >> 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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