[Mmwg] Results of the Election

Wed Feb 8 16:15:30 GMT 2006

Hi,

Count me on for 10 $ like Adam.

Drinks in Malta in addition :-)

Bertrand

On 2/8/06, Adam Peake (ajp at glocom.ac.jp) <apeake at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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