[governance] Coordinator elections

Ian Peter ian.peter at ianpeter.com
Sat Nov 30 13:59:09 EST 2013 

Yes, that was my understanding as well. December 1 cutoff. And I think to 
date there have been four candidates? If there does need to be an extension 
in these unusual circumstances, I believe no more than a week can be 
justified. We must move on.

In the circumstances I hope we can have elections before Christmas, to allow 
two new co ordinators to take place before Christmas, and give us a fresh 
start in 2014.


The circumstances of a co ordinator resigning are unusual for us, but this 
excerpt from the charter explains the procedures.

"
If a coordinator leaves the role due to personal reasons or recall, the role 
will be refilled as quickly as possible. The role will be refilled for the 
balance of the term unless the refill occurs during the year in which the 
role was to be vacated. In this case the coordinator position will be for 
the balance of the replacement terms plus a two (2) year regular term.
For example, if the 'even year' coordinator for 2006, leaves the role during 
an odd year, 2007, the rest of the term will be filled with a replacement, 
and a new selection will be made on schedule in 2008. If on the other hand 
the coordinator leaves the role early in 2008, then the replacement would 
complete the original term and serve the 2008-2010 term."

My suggestion is that everyone gets to vote for two candidates. The person 
with most votes serves a two year term, the person with second most votes 
serves a one year term - to get us back into rotation. I think that is a 
correct reading of the situation given the year in which the resignation 
was received.

I am sure there are plenty of people who will help with the continuity 
issues arising from two new people taking on roles at the same time. Indeed 
there is nothing to stop the new co coordinators asking a few people to 
specifically help in this regard.

I admire your stance on this Norbert. A new start is definitely needed and I 
appreciate that the steps you have taken actually have created this 
opportunity, (despite the circumstances being less than ideal).


Ian Peter



-----Original Message----- 
From: Norbert Bollow
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 11:41 PM
To: IGC
Subject: [governance] Coordinator elections

Dear all

In response to my recent posting in which I mentioned a Dec 1
deadline in relation to the coordinator elections, I've been asked
off-list whether that had been formally announced.

Since it's a general rule of thumb that when one person explicitly
asks, probably several others were wondering the same thing, here's
a copy pf the posting in question...

Greetings,
Norbert


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Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 01:23:30 +1300
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From: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro"
<salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
To: "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
Subject: [governance] Calls for Nominations for IGC Coordinator
[2014-2016]


Dear Colleagues,

Further to the *June 6, 2013* notice for calls for coordinator, we are
happy to announce that we will close the calls for nominations on
December 1, 2013.

For several years now each time there has been a coordinator elections,
there has often been dissatisfaction with the candidates or selection of
candidates. We would like to change the pattern this year and this was
why we gave the community ample opportunity to start thinking about
candidates. This year, we started making early calls to start thinking
about nominating someone or standing for the elections for the
2014-2016 term.

We would like to invite you to consider standing by either nominating
yourself or if you think someone would be great for the task, please
liaise with them and nominate them on the list.

*The call for nominations on December, 1, 2013 *to allow for elections.
having served in this position for what will soon be two years, I
thought I should add some reflections that may help those who are
thinking of standing or to encourage people to stand.

*Reflections *
The responsibilities of a co-coordinator is to assist in the
facilitation of discussions, encouraging diverse views to be heard, and
encouraging members to initiate initiatives within the ambit of the
Charter and providing a platform for advocacy. The role and
responsibilities will be an opportunity to manage diverse and sometimes
antagonistic views. It requires strength, courage and emotional
intelligence to manage the responsibilities. For me personally, it has
been an incredible opportunity learning about dealing with diverse
voices and I can say that I have learnt the discipline of restraint
where at times I have had to hold back my view because facilitators
have to have some form of neutrality and act in the best interests of
the IGC community.

Whoever gets elected, you can rest assured that you can count on the
assistance of former coordinators when from time to time things needs
to be clarified or you would like to draw from the counsel of the
majority before deliberating on decisions. It is also an exciting time
for Internet Governance.

The co-coordinator will be immersed in intense preparation with the IGC
community as it prepares for things to commit to next year, generally
with the IGC, Rio Meeting and other foras.

*Current Nominations Received*

   1. Deirdre Williams
   2. x
   3. x


Kind Regards,
Sala







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