[governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment Poll
Izumi AIZU
iza at anr.org
Mon Feb 18 09:51:11 EST 2013
+1 for extension and reminder.
izumi
2013/2/18 shaila mistry <shailam at yahoo.com>
> +1
> Shaila
>
> ------------------------------
> * From: * Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com>;
> * To: * governance at lists.igcaucus.org <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>;
> Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>;
> * Cc: * Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>; Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>;
> * Subject: * Re: [governance] Results of IGC Charter Amendment Poll
> * Sent: * Mon, Feb 18, 2013 2:36:53 PM
>
> I agree with Ian: I support extending the voting period and reminding
> list members to vote as soon as possible.
> Thanks gp
>
> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
>
> VirginiaP at diplomacy.edu
> Diplo Foundation
> Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme
> www.diplomacy.edu/ig
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> **
>
>
> On 16 February 2013 13:35, 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<http://igcaucus.org/formally-proposed-charter-amendments>and the charter as
>>>> amended is at http://igcaucus.org/charter and
>>>> http://igcaucus.org/nomcom-**process<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
>>>>
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>>>> Tel: +679 3544828
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>>>>
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