[governance] Voting Process for election of co coordinators

[Chris Prince Udochukwu Njọkụ]

This is awesome, an excellent show of commitment to work and attention to
detail.

The following clause sparked a question in my mind: "they have not
previously voted in this election".  fo Shouldn't the voting software be
able to know that someone had already voted and disallow a second attempt?

On Thursday, August 29, 2019, ian.peter at ianpeter.com <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
wrote:

> This is some background on the election process for those interested:
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> At this stage we envisage nominations closing on September 5, and after
> that a short period where candidates can confirm their nominations and
> supply 300 word statements for the benefit of voters.
>
> Election software is currently being prepared and will be tested by a
> small group between now and September 10.
>
> On September 10 (approx) voting will commence, and run for approximately 2
> weeks.
>
> Each email address on the IGC mailing list for 2 months or more will
> receive an individual email when voting is ready to commence, which
> contains a link to click on to participate in voting. The link is
> registered to that email address – so is not transferable. We will follow
> up on anyone who for any reason does not receive the voting link.
>
> The voting process will firstly ask people to confirm that
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>    -
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>    they identify as civil society
>    -
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>    they subscribe to the charter of IGC
>    -
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>    they have not previously voted in this election
>    -
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>    they have been subscribed to IGC mailing list for more than 2 months
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> To proceed to voting, participants must answer positively to all these
> questions. They are not eligible to vote otherwise.
>
> For those who are eligible, they will now be directed to the voting page.
>
> The page consists of a list of each candidate, and also the option “None
> of the above” . The order of candidates will be decided by drawing names
> from a hat.
>
> A valid vote could be
>
> a. selecting one candidates
>
> b selecting two candidates
>
>    1.
>
>    selecting “None of the Above”
>
> All other combinations (more than two candidates ticked, no options
> ticked) will create invalid votes.
>
> Please note: The “none of the above” option is important: because it is
> only by participating in the election that someone can become a current
> member of IGC. So someone can become a member without expressing support
> for any particular candidate if they so wish.
>
> All of this will be clearly explained on the voting page.
>
> After you have completed your vote, you will receive a follow up email
> confirming your participation and membership of IGC.
>
> At the close of elections, the returning officers will announce results
> and overall vote totals: plus any other relevant information about informal
> votes etc. New co coordinators can then take their place for their
> respective terms..
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> Also at that time we will have a valid and up to date list of IGC members
> (for the first time in years). That will enable actions like appointing an
> Appeals Team to take place according to processes outlined in the Charter.
>
> That's it in a nutshell: everything should be straightforward when you
> receive the voting slip, but we will post follow up messages on list and
> reminders during the process. Myself and Tapani will also be available to
> deal with any queries and anomalies.
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> Ian Peter
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Chris Prince Udochukwu *Njọkụ*, Ph.D.
Computer Communications Centre
University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001
@DrCPUNjoku

 We mustn't remain with old ways of doing things,

especially if they're not yielding optimum results.
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