[governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment Poll

Sat Feb 16 06:17:13 EST 2013

Dear Ian and All,

You are correct. I apologize to the IGC for the oversight, the mistake is
mine.

As such, we currently have two options and they are:-

*Option 1*
Accept from the votes that all the proposals have failed based on the
results of the votes.

*Option 2*
Re-run the votes

If we take Option 2, we run the risk of setting a precedent for extending
voting periods for other things that require voting including coordinator
elections. Should we consider the current votes invalid and cast fresh
votes or extend the votes.

In any event, the current revisions to the Charter that are on the website
will be reversed to reflect what it originally was.

For the sake of completeness, the record of the votes is as follows:

76 responses were submitted, though some respondents did not answer all
questions, as none of them were compulsory.

On proposal 1, 70 voted in favour, 4 against, and 2 did not vote.
On proposal 2, 62 voted in favour, 5 against, and 9 did not vote.
On proposal 3, 71 voted in favour, 2 against, and 3 did not vote.
On proposal 4, 65 voted in favour, 3 against, and 8 did not vote.

Thank you and Kind Regards,
Sala

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

>   Sala, are you sure?
>
> The charter amendment process states that it is 2/3 of membership required
> for charter amendments, not 2/3 of those who bothered to vote. My
> understanding is that none of the votes result in charter amendments,
> because none of them had over 2/3 of members supporting. The relevant
> charter quote is below.
>
>
> *Amendments to the Charter*
>
> This charter can be amended at any time as proposed by no fewer than ten
> (10) members and as approved by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of the
> members of the IGC. The membership requirements for amending the charter
> are based on the most currently available voters list. In amending the
> charter, everyone who voted in the previous election will be deemed a
> member for amending the charter.
>
>
>
> (perhaps it should be different but it isn’t on my reading)
>
>
>
> Ian Peter
>
>
>
>  *From:* Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro<salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 16, 2013 8:11 AM
> *To:* governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> *Subject:* [governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment Poll
>
> Dear All,
>
> Greetings! This is a brief update on the results of the IGC Charter
> Amendment Poll. Here are the results:
>
> 76 responses were submitted, though some respondents did not answer all
> questions, as none of them were compulsory.
>
> On proposal 1, 70 voted in favour, 4 against, and 2 did not vote.
> On proposal 2, 62 voted in favour, 5 against, and 9 did not vote.
> On proposal 3, 71 voted in favour, 2 against, and 3 did not vote.
> On proposal 4, 65 voted in favour, 3 against, and 8 did not vote.
>
> This means that all proposals pass with greater than 80% approval, which
> is excess of the 2/3 requirement.  The text of the amendments is found at
> http://igcaucus.org/formally-proposed-charter-amendments and the charter
> as amended is at http://igcaucus.org/charter and
> http://igcaucus.org/nomcom-process.
>
> I would also like to acknowledge and thank you all for your contributions,
> elaborate discussion and for taking the time to vote. Thank you to all
> those who proposed the amendments and initiated the process and to all
> those who took part. Special thanks also to Norbert for conducting the Poll
> and to Jeremy for helping out.
>
> With Kind Regards,
> Sala (on behalf of the Coordinators)
>
>
> --
>
> Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
> P.O. Box 17862
> Suva
> Fiji
>
> Twitter: @SalanietaT
> Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
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>
>
>
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