[governance] IGC ELECTION RESULTS [Welcoming the New Coordinators of the IGC]

[Anja Kovacs]

Great news! Congrats to Deirdre and Mawaki, and many thanks to all those
who worked to make this election happen.

All the best,
Anja


On 7 February 2014 03:20, Martial Bavou <bavouc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Salanieta,
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> Congrats and good luck to Deirdre and Mawaki, you have all our support and
> blessing.
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> Cheers,
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> *From:* governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:
> governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] *On Behalf Of *Salanieta T.
> Tamanikaiwaimaro
> *Sent:* mercredi 5 février 2014 05:37
> *To:* governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> *Subject:* [governance] IGC ELECTION RESULTS [Welcoming the New
> Coordinators of the IGC]
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> Calls for expressions of interest or nominations were made on the IGC
> mailing list in June, 2013.By December 31st, 2013 both positions were
> vacant. During the calls for election, we had received the following
> nominations:
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> 1) Deirdre Williams
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> 2) Imran Ahmed Shah
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> 3) Mawaki Chango
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> 4) Mwendwa Kivuva
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> Prior to holding the elections, Mwendwa Kivuva withdrew leaving only three
> remaining candidates. Prior to hosting the elections and preparing ballot
> papers, we had to verify and check our subscriber database to ensure that
> things were in order prior to sending the ballot papers. There were some
> subscribers who had moved and so had inactive email accounts. We had to
> clean these as well. We also noted that there were some who were subscribe
> to the mailing list but did not have IGC accounts by registering on the
> site. We received feedback from some of the subscribers that they did not
> get ballot papers. The estimated number of subscribers to the mailing list
> is around 600. The estimated number of account holders who are both
> subscribed to the mailing list and have IGC accounts is around 400. The
> number of people who voted was 276. During the elections, we received "Out
> of Office" responses from a few.
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> Following last year's elections and from feedback from the community, this
> year we introduced the abstention category allowing people to not select a
> candidate. To all those who exercised their right to vote or to abstain,
> thank you. Special thanks to ALL the amazing candidates who participated.
> Special thanks to Imran Ahmed Shah for his continuous commitment to make a
> difference in his community in Pakistan and also in global forums.
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>  Congratulations to Deirdre Williams who will serve the two year term
> replacing me. Congratulations to Mawaki Chango who will serve the one year
> term replacing Norbert Bollow. I am pleased to *formally hand over* and
> now declare the elections closed. To the new coordinators, I wish you
> wisdom, good energy, strength as you navigate the waters ahead.
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> The Election results can be viewed at http://igcaucus.org/co-coordinators
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> Last but not least I would like to thank Chaitanya Dhareshwar and Jeremy
> Malcolm for being *superstars* in facilitating the elections. The
> elections was carried out in accordance with the Charter.
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> Thank you all.
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> Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro
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Dr. Anja Kovacs
The Internet Democracy Project

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