[governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment Poll

Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
Sat Feb 16 19:34:29 EST 2013 

As per the last elections, we have 127 members who participated in the coordinator elections and as per the Charter, they are deemed as members and eligible to vote. Two thirds of 127 would be around 84. 

The votes in favor do not meet this requirement under the Charter.

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On Feb 17, 2013, at 7:18 AM, "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

> Hi Sala,
>  
> How many votes short are we of a positive result?
>  
> That would determine perhaps the best way to go.
>  
> In this case I dont think there is any great risk in re-opening the vote to get extra responses. The results in each ballot are clearly in favour of the reforms, the will of the caucus seems clear, it’s just a technicality that we have not had enough responses. (I would feel differently if on any of the ballots the no votes were roughly equivalent to the yes votes)
>  
> So I would suggest re-opening the ballot to allow those who havent voted to do so – accompanied by encouragement and reminders.
>  
> Ian
>  
> From: Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 10:17 PM
> To: Ian Peter
> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment Poll
>  
> 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
>> 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)
>> 
>> 
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