[Mmwg] Results of the Election

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Congrats, Jacqueline!


Max Senges wrote:
> Congratulations Jacqueline
>  
> Now that we have started to vote, I think we should go all the way and do
> the second round. 

Since Avri doesn't mention it: voting with this system isn't free. It 
costs close to $40 IIRC. Avri has paid for it. I don't think she should 
bear the costs for a second round.

jeanette

> 
> max
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mmwg-bounces at wsis-cs.org [mailto:mmwg-bounces at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
> Of Avri Doria
> Sent: miércoles, 08 de febrero de 2006 13:19
> To: mmwg at wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [Mmwg] Results of the Election
> 
> 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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