[governance] Voting and term length

[Kivuva]

Mawaki, the understanding is there will not be two votes for first and
second co-co. Each individual only has one ballot. The candidate who
emerges first serves 2years, and the second 1 year.

On 26/01/2014, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure I fully understand, though, what is meant by that first first
> sentence in the quote from Ian's email:
>
> "...everyone gets to vote for two candidates..."
>
> Every individual voting member will pick 2 out of the 3 currently standing?
> That doesn't look like the way the current poll is set up, does it? Gee, I
> wish I could remember the procedure in the previous voting cycles!
>
> Mawaki
>
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>
>> I believe it was the process used when the staggered terms for
>> coordinators was first introduced.  Also pretty much common sense.  No
>> need
>> for a consensus call.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 26, 2014, at 9:54 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote:
>>
>> > The idea may not be new, but I think that IGC still hasn't formally
>> > decided on this proposal.
>> >
>> > I would suggest that Sala, as acting IGC coordinator, could post a
>> > formal consensus call with a specific deadline for any objections.
>> >
>> > I would further suggest that the end of the voting period of the
>> > ongoing election would be a reasonable deadline.
>> >
>> > Greetings,
>> > Norbert
>> >
>> >
>> > Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ah, so Ian covered it already.
>> >>
>> >> sorry.
>> >>
>> >> avri
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 26-Jan-14 02:26, Imran Ahmed Shah wrote:
>> >>> *
>> >>> *
>> >>> "....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......"
>> >
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