[Mmwg] Results of the Election

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

Count me in for $10 (to 1st or 2nd round costs.)

And if these things need money, then let's talk about how to find cash
(limited, operational costs to start, round the world travel comes
later.)

Adam


On 2/9/06, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wz-berlin.de> wrote:
> 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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