[governance] Important Information re Upcoming Election

[Ian Peter]

one more piece of information I forgot to include:

The candidate with the most votes gets elected for a two year term, and 
the candidate with the second most votes for a one year term. This puts 
the election of co coordinators back into sync.

  In the event of a tie, the length of terms will be decided by the toss 
of a coin.

Ian

------ Original Message ------
From: "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
To: "governance" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
Sent: 9/09/2019 8:21:53 PM
Subject: [governance] Important Information re Upcoming Election

>Dear IGC List member,
>
>Within the next 48 hours you can expect to receive an email inviting 
>you to vote in the IGC Co coordinator elections for 2019. We will 
>notify you again when the messages are dispatched. If you do not 
>receive the message, you may want to check your junk email or spam 
>filters in case your software has filtered the message from this mass 
>mailing. Also – if you have been on the mailing list for less than 2 
>months, you may not receive the email.
>
>If you have more than one email address on the IGC list, you will 
>probably receive multiple messages: so if you know that is the case, 
>you might like to advise us now as to which email address you would 
>prefer.
>
>When you do receive the email, it will include a link specific to your 
>email address inviting you to vote.
>
>Voting is for people who identify as civil society and meet the basic 
>conditions to be an IGC member. So before you get to vote, you will be 
>asked some basic questions about your status. If you know you are not a 
>civil society member, or if you have received another email asking you 
>to vote, you can just ignore the email if you like. Or you can proceed 
>to the questions which will verify your entitlement to vote.
>
>If you are entitled to vote, we strongly encourage you to do so, as it 
>is only by voting that you can be a member of the IGC.
>
>When you have answered the qualifying questions, you will be taken to a 
>page which lists the three candidates, and also the additional option 
>“none of the above”. You can vote validly by selecting one candidate, 
>two candidates, or “none of the above”. (The “none of the above” option 
>exists so that, if you have no preference among the candidates, you can 
>still register a valid vote this way and thereby be registered as a 
>member of IGC).
>
>When you have done this, you will be asked to confirm your choice – and 
>that's it! Shortly after that you will receive a letter confirming that 
>you have voted: and if for any reason you made a mistake, that letter 
>contains a link where you can go back on line and change your choices 
>(only the last vote you do will count).
>
>HOW VOTING WORKS
>
>After voting has closed, the Returning Officers will verify the votes 
>received and announce the results. Please note that if you vote for two 
>candidates, this records a vote of equal value for each candidate 
>selected: this is not a preferential voting system.
>
>When you receive your voting email, we think you will find the process 
>very straight forward and easy to follow (thanks in no small part to 
>the small group of list members who assisted us with testing and 
>refining the software!) But if there are any problems – you can always 
>start again, and additionally we are here to help if you have any 
>problems.
>
>That's the basics of the process – we will let you know again when we 
>have sent the voting emails so you can check and make sure yours has 
>arrived.
>
>We look forward to your participation in this important election for 
>IGC.
>
>
>
>
>
>Ian Peter and Tapani Tarvainen
>
>Returning Officers.
>
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