[governance] IGC Co-Coordinators Elections
Deborah Brown
deborah at apc.org
Tue Jul 23 13:28:36 EDT 2019
Agree this sounds like a sensible approach. Thanks Bruna, and others,
for suggesting this way forward.
Deborah
On 7/22/19 7:14 PM, "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" (via governance
Mailing List) wrote:
> Wonderful Bruna. Agree with elections held asap and Imran's suggestion
> that one is for 1 year and the other for 2 years to continue the usual
> rotation.
>
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, 9:32 pm ian.peter at ianpeter.com
> <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>, <ian.peter at ianpeter.com
> <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>> wrote:
>
> I thi.nk in the circumstances the two slots is a good idea - most
> votes gets 2 years, second most 1 year. (actually both a little
> less, because following elections should be around June).
>
> Ian
>
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>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Chaitanya Dhareshwar" <governance at lists.riseup.net
> <mailto:governance at lists.riseup.net>>
> To: "Imran Ahmed Shah" <ias_pk at yahoo.com <mailto:ias_pk at yahoo.com>>
> Cc: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com <mailto:bruna.mrtns at gmail.com>;
> "governance" <governance at lists.riseup.net
> <mailto:governance at lists.riseup.net>>
> Sent: 23/07/2019 3:54:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [governance] IGC Co-Coordinators Elections
>
>> My view is that if Bruna is willing, able and acceptable to a
>> reasonable majority she can be the default choice for the interim
>> 1 year.
>>
>> That way we will vote on one position only (the 2 year one) which
>> is the norm.
>>
>> Best,
>> C
>>
>> On Mon 22 Jul, 2019, 22:51 Imran Ahmed Shah, <ias_pk at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:ias_pk at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>
>> May I suggest two co-coordinators slots, for one and two
>> years, so that the term of both will not expire at same time.
>>
>> On Monday, 22 July 2019, 21:29:55 GMT+5, Bruna Martins dos
>> Santos <governance at lists.riseup.net
>> <mailto:governance at lists.riseup.net>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the replies so far, everyone!
>>
>> @Chaitanya, just to clear up, one of the co-coordinators term
>> has expired for more than one year, but mine is only expired
>> for less than two months. Nevertheless, I believe we should
>> vote for the two co-coordinators slots. I am still eligible
>> for re-election, but in case I dont run or get re-elected I
>> will most definitely help with transition and concluding our
>> processes.
>>
>> Best,
>> Bruna
>>
>> Le lun. 22 juil. 2019 à 13:21, Chaitanya Dhareshwar
>> <chaitanyabd at gmail.com <mailto:chaitanyabd at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>>
>> I agree for the 1st / 2nd week of August.
>>
>> For those who've been BestBits members for a long
>> timeframe, and due to the current circumstances, I would
>> suggest that those who'll be eligible to vote as of 31st
>> October should be permitted to cast their vote in the
>> August election.
>>
>> What's the plan to address the situation of 2
>> coordinators with a 1-year term overlap? Are we voting
>> one member (and will you continue to serve for a while,
>> to ensure smooth knowledge transfer) or are we voting 2
>> members?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> *Chaitanya Dhareshwar*
>> **
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>>
>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 8:39 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos
>> <governance at lists.riseup.net
>> <mailto:governance at lists.riseup.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear IGC Members,
>>
>> I am writing to you in order to discuss the elections
>> subject. After reading - and agreeing - to so many of
>> your comments on the list, I concur to the idea that
>> its best for us to host our elections for the
>> Co-Coordinators slots as soon as possible.
>>
>> The situation of the Co-Coordinator's term is as it
>> follows:
>>
>> /Arsène Tungali, one of our previous Co-Coordinators,
>> Arsene resigned and his term was also expired. In my
>> case, after checking the last elections announcement
>> I could verify that I do not have 6 more months of
>> term as it expired less than two monts ago (May, 2019). /
>>
>> I am happy that the discussion surrounding the
>> IGC-BestBits merger have also helped us get this list
>> back to activity and the shared interest in putting
>> everything back to work - from website and mailing
>> list archives to elections.
>>
>> On that note,*I would agree on running elections
>> right away*. And my suggestion would be to w*ait
>> until the first or second week of August* for us to
>> get some things in order to conduct this process.
>> About this, I will need some help in setting a page
>> to check-in members, a tally and ensuring that this
>> elections is GDPR compliant.
>> *
>> *
>> *If you disagree with this approach, let me know by
>> July 31st. *I understand that some of our members
>> considered the idea of hosting it in october as it
>> would allow the new members (most likely BestBits
>> members) to go through their 'period of grace' and be
>> able to vote.
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing back from you on this.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> --
>> */Bruna Martins dos Santos /*
>> IGC Co-Coordinator
>>
>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>> @boomartins
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