[Mmwg] Results of the Election

[Carlos Afonso]

We could do a quick consultation by email, and agree on our good comrade
Wolf as co-chair.

fraternal regards

--c.a.

Adam Peake (ajp at glocom.ac.jp) wrote:

>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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>>--
>>Jacqueline Morris
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