[Mmwg] Results of the Election

[Jacqueline Morris]

Thanks for the confidence in having me as one of the two co-chairs.
I will liaise with Avri over the next couple of days to get going, while we
continue with the process to get a second chair.
My opinion on that process is  that given that we have already gone to a
vote on the issue, we should set up another run-off as soon as possible - in
this case just one name to be chosen.
If anyone needs more infomation on any of the names, please indicate and
we'll get a bio out.
Jacqueline

On 2/8/06, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Ok, I believe that at this point, the election of the co-chairs have
> ended.
>
> 22 out of 35 people voted.
>
> The results:
>
>
> David Allen  (8 votes) - 36% of those voting
> Robert Guerra  18.18% - (8 votes) - 36% of those voting
> Wolfgang Kleinwachter (12 votes)  55% of those voting
> Jacqueline Morris  (16 votes) 73% of those voting
>
> By the requirements in the charter it takes 2/3 (67%) vote to be
> elected.
>
> So Jacqueline is definitely elected as one of the two co-chairs.
> Congratulations and thanks.
>
> At this point, while Wolfgang has a majority vote, he does not have 67%.
>
> Aand I am not sure what to do.  Do we need to have a runoff election,
> or is there a chance we can reach consensus.  Please let the list
> know.  In the meantime, Jacqueline is a chair of the group.  And if
> she (and the groups) wants I will assist her while we are trying to
> resolve the co-chair issue.
>
> -------
>
> Obviously, this first experiment at voting leaves some learning to be
> done.  In addition to not having reached a full 2/3 on the vote for
> one of the candidates, I received some other comments.
>
> - Instead of forcing everyone to vote for 2 people perhaps it should
> have been set up for up to 2 votes.
>
> - should be using open source facilities instead of a .com commercial
> facility.  Note I could not find any open source based facility but
> would surely prefer to have used such a system.
>
> - people's passwords should have been auto-generated instead of my
> sending them out to people.  I do assure you all that I did not abuse
> my having access to all the passwords.  Also, for their to be auto-
> generation of passwords, it would have been necessary to give out
> people's email addresses, which opens up a spam risk.  This should be
> discussed further.
>
> - I should have included candidate biographic information for those
> who don't know everyone.
>
> - Nomination process should have been clearer and more formalized
>
> These comments are all valid and merit discussion, especially in
> terms of any recommendations the Wg might make that include voting
> mechanisms for any of the follow-on mechanisms.
>
> thanks to all those who voted and commented.
>
> a.
>
> ex MMWG coordinator
>
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