[governance] Voting Process for election of co coordinators

Fri Aug 30 14:24:04 EDT 2019

I understand you now, Norbert.  Ian and Tapani, as you might have noticed
with me, have made commendable provision in the direction of your last
paragraph.  IMO, that adequately answers the question of how it can be
known that someone subscribes to the charter.

@DrCPUNjoku

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

especially if they're not yielding optimum results.

On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 5:49 PM Remmy Nweke <governance at lists.riseup.net>
wrote:

> Thanks Ian and TT for accepting to coordinate the election process.
>
> Do we have a ng specific reason election has to last two weeks?
>
>  I think one week is enough for those who want to participate to do so and
> fast track the process.
>
> Regards
> Remmy Nweke
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019, 1:13 AM ian.peter at ianpeter.com <
> ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
>
>> This is some background on the election process for those interested:
>>
>> 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
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    they identify as civil society
>>    -
>>
>>    they subscribe to the charter of IGC
>>    -
>>
>>    they have not previously voted in this election
>>    -
>>
>>    they have been subscribed to IGC mailing list for more than 2 months
>>
>>
>> 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..
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Ian Peter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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