[Mmwg] Results of the Election

[Adam Peake (ajp at glocom.ac.jp)]

Jacqueline, congratulations (I think :-) and good luck. Thanks to you
and Avri for taking care of things.

Look forward to the run-off.

Adam



On 2/8/06, Jacqueline Morris <jam at jacquelinemorris.com> wrote:
> 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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