[governance] IGC Co-Coordinators Elections

Sat Jul 27 16:53:06 EDT 2019

Agréé with process most especially that of proceeding with by elections as
proposed for the 1; 2 years process

On Tue, 23 Jul 2019, 18:29 Deborah Brown, <deborah at apc.org> wrote:

> 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, <
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Chaitanya Dhareshwar" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>> To: "Imran Ahmed Shah" <ias_pk at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: bruna.mrtns at gmail.com; "governance" <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> 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> 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> 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> 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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>>>
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