[governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment Poll

Suresh Ramasubramanian suresh at hserus.net
Sat Feb 16 22:14:55 EST 2013 

+1, and a list of those who haven't voted yet should receive a fresh 
link to the poll

--srs (htc one x)



On 17 February 2013 1:05:23 AM "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
> sorry if my last message wasn't clear - I am in favour of counting the
> existing votes as valid, and just looking to boost the numbers of votes
> count, rather than running the whole process again.
>
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Peake
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 6:27 AM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; Ian Peter
> Cc: Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
> Subject: Re: [governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment Poll
>
> Agree it would be helpful to know how many votes.
>
> But before re-doing the vote (how many times, until 'we' get the
> result we want?), could we have the amendments presented again.  With
> time for discussion, and then see if again there is support to hold a
> vote.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 4:18 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)
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
> >> P.O. Box 17862
> >> Suva
> >> Fiji
> >>
> >> Twitter: @SalanietaT
> >> Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
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> >> Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851
> >>
> >>
> >>
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