[governance] IGC Coordinator Election 2015

Mon Jan 12 10:50:21 EST 2015

Thanks Mawaki for the good works.
On Jan 12, 2015 3:23 PM, "Remmy Nweke" <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Mawaki, hope the incoming coordinator will not by-pass this moving
> forward.
> rgds
> Remmy
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Remmy, your point is well taken.
>> I personally agree with you. Anyone who would want to vote that way
>> should have at least nominated someone, if not themselves (and we generally
>> do share, before the closing of nomination deadline, the list of
>> nominations received to help them make such decision.)
>>
>> The current formulation is what has been requested verbatim, so let us
>> keep it as a tentative solution for now and we can open the debate as to
>> what should be the preferred formulation going forward.
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mawaki
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Mawaki
>>> I think the right thing should have been to have abstain button rather
>>> than None, which is very much discouraging for candidates and potentials
>>> candidates.
>>>
>>> It is sad that someone should be making such a request which I think is
>>> not in the best interest of any organisation, let alone a consensus-based
>>> organ like IG caucus.
>>>
>>> What happens if we have a good number of None button on record? It will
>>> send wrong signals.
>>>
>>> So, I will prefer and propose Abstain to None.
>>>
>>> I hope my point helps.
>>>
>>> Regards and keep walking.
>>> Remmy Nweke
>>> @ITRealms
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, January 12, 2015, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> On a member's request for the inclusion of the option to vote for none
>>>> of the nominees, as a pre-requisite for him to exercise his right to vote
>>>> (regardless of the actual choice he will eventually make), I have added
>>>> "None of these nominees" to the response options for the Election question
>>>> in the poll.
>>>>
>>>> I have done this so as to make sure no IGC member feels deprived of
>>>> their right to express their vote. I have resolved to make the change now
>>>> because the person claims this is at least the second election he is making
>>>> this request, keeping in mind that we don't have an efficient way to keep
>>>> track of this kind of suggestions from one election to another, which are
>>>> mostly handled by a different person each time, and that as a result the
>>>> request might fall through the cracks again at the next election.
>>>> Hopefully, we now have a template including the "none" option which will be
>>>> carried over into the next elections.
>>>>
>>>> I am letting you all know of this in the interest of transparency and
>>>> hoping that the addition of that option would not have made any material
>>>> difference for those who have already expressed their vote. If you have any
>>>> issue or concern with this please let us know, preferably to our individual
>>>> email addresses including Deirdre and myself, unless you think the whole
>>>> list needs to be aware of it.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your understanding.
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Mawaki
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> My apologies for just sending a vote reminder to a bunch of people who
>>>>> most probably didn't need one. Please discard if you have already voted or
>>>>> located your initial email invite. This was the result of mistakenly
>>>>> hitting the wrong button while I was trying to send a reminder to just one
>>>>> person.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please indulge that I repeat this. When you check your mailbox using
>>>>> your human senses and you don't find your ballot, the first thing to do is
>>>>> this:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Use your email client's search engine to look up key words related
>>>>> to this subject. For that purpose, the subject line of your email
>>>>> invitation to vote is supposed to be  "Voting link for 2015 IGC
>>>>> coordinator election"
>>>>>
>>>>> Only after you did that, making sure your spam folder is also included
>>>>> in the search, and still haven't found your ballot, then you may:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) Send me a note off list reporting this, and I will check the record
>>>>> and make sure you receive your ballot.
>>>>>
>>>>> If our record actually shows that you were sent a ballot, I will send
>>>>> you a reminder the subject line of which should read "Reminder to
>>>>> participate in survey" (in case you need to look that up too using a search
>>>>> engine.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your understanding.
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Mawaki
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For all who have reported (and maintained) that they have not
>>>>>> received their ballot so far, here is the status:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) Sonigitu Ekpe: your name is in the voting list and the system
>>>>>> reports you were sent a ballot to your Corssriver state government account.
>>>>>> I just sent you again another invite in the form of a reminder (subject
>>>>>> line: Reminder to participate in survey). Please check and carefully or let
>>>>>> us know if you no longer have access to that email account.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) Shaila Mistry: Idem, to the email you are subscribed with.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3) Chantal Lebrument: Idem, to the email you are subscribed with.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 4) Judith Hellerstein: True you were not sent a ballot, but I also
>>>>>> have hard time locating you on the membership list. I just ran your name in
>>>>>> the IGC user list page after page (it's painful not to be able to search
>>>>>> the full database of members' names at once... so please bear with me and
>>>>>> let me know your answers to the following questions.) Have you subscribed
>>>>>> to the list with this name? Have you been a member for at least 8 weeks now?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 5) Raúl Echeberría: In fact this is the one case we spotted early as
>>>>>> being subject to a glitch was. Have you, Raul, discontinued your membership
>>>>>> recently before reactivating it or have you remained a member for at least
>>>>>> the last 2 months?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would appreciate everybody check and double check thoroughly (and
>>>>>> be clear about having been a subscribed member for the last 2 months at
>>>>>> least) before sending a claim that they have not received their ballot.
>>>>>> Thank you for your understanding.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mawaki
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear IGC Fellow Members,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hope you enjoyed the holiday season. It is my pleasure to welcome
>>>>>>> you back into the new year first by wishing you all a healthy, peaceful and
>>>>>>> pleasant journey throughout 2015 filled with excitements, accomplishments,
>>>>>>> joys and empathy; secondly by inviting you to choose our next new
>>>>>>> coordinator.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The individual you will be voting for will, if he or she wins,
>>>>>>> replace me as I conclude my term, and will be in custody during 2015 and
>>>>>>> 2016. For the first year (2015) she or he will be working alongside Ms.
>>>>>>> Deirdre Williams as co-coordinator for our activities.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For this purpose, you will be receiving in the next hour or so an
>>>>>>> invitation email in your mailbox (at the email with which you are
>>>>>>> subscribed to the IGC list.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If one hour from now if you still haven't received your invitation
>>>>>>> while you think you have maintained continuous membership over the last two
>>>>>>> months (please, also check your spam folder), do let me know so that I can
>>>>>>> look into it. While I do not expect many such cases, I have noted one
>>>>>>> instance where this might likely be the case. So please even if you don't
>>>>>>> intend to cast your vote right away, I would appreciate if you can check
>>>>>>> within the next 24 hours and make sure you have received your invitation
>>>>>>> (please do NOT send me a message if you have received your invitation, only
>>>>>>> if you have not but think you should have.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good luck to our three candidates, and happy voting for us all!
>>>>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mawaki
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> =====================================
>>>>>>> Mawaki Chango, PhD
>>>>>>> Founder
>>>>>>> DIGILEXIS
>>>>>>> http://www.digilexis.com
>>>>>>> m.chango at digilexis.com | *kichango at gmail.com*
>>>>>>> Twitter: @digilexis & @prodigilexis
>>>>>>> Mob. +225 57 55 57 53 | +225 44 48 77 64
>>>>>>> Skype: digilexis
>>>>>>> =====================================
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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> REMMY NWEKE,
> Lead Strategist/Group Executive Editor,
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