Thanks for the confidence in having me as one of the two co-chairs.<br>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.<br>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.
<br>If anyone needs more infomation on any of the names, please indicate and we'll get a bio out.<br>Jacqueline<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Avri Doria</b> <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org">
avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi,<br><br>Ok, I believe that at this point, the election of the co-chairs have
<br>ended.<br><br>22 out of 35 people voted.<br><br>The results:<br><br><br>David Allen (8 votes) - 36% of those voting<br>Robert Guerra 18.18% - (8 votes) - 36% of those voting<br>Wolfgang Kleinwachter (12 votes) 55% of those voting
<br>Jacqueline Morris (16 votes) 73% of those voting<br><br>By the requirements in the charter it takes 2/3 (67%) vote to be<br>elected.<br><br>So Jacqueline is definitely elected as one of the two co-chairs.<br>Congratulations and thanks.
<br><br>At this point, while Wolfgang has a majority vote, he does not have 67%.<br><br>Aand I am not sure what to do. Do we need to have a runoff election,<br>or is there a chance we can reach consensus. Please let the list
<br>know. In the meantime, Jacqueline is a chair of the group. And if<br>she (and the groups) wants I will assist her while we are trying to<br>resolve the co-chair issue.<br><br>-------<br><br>Obviously, this first experiment at voting leaves some learning to be
<br>done. In addition to not having reached a full 2/3 on the vote for<br>one of the candidates, I received some other comments.<br><br>- Instead of forcing everyone to vote for 2 people perhaps it should<br>have been set up for up to 2 votes.
<br><br>- should be using open source facilities instead of a .com commercial<br>facility. Note I could not find any open source based facility but<br>would surely prefer to have used such a system.<br><br>- people's passwords should have been auto-generated instead of my
<br>sending them out to people. I do assure you all that I did not abuse<br>my having access to all the passwords. Also, for their to be auto-<br>generation of passwords, it would have been necessary to give out<br>people's email addresses, which opens up a spam risk. This should be
<br>discussed further.<br><br>- I should have included candidate biographic information for those<br>who don't know everyone.<br><br>- Nomination process should have been clearer and more formalized<br><br>These comments are all valid and merit discussion, especially in
<br>terms of any recommendations the Wg might make that include voting<br>mechanisms for any of the follow-on mechanisms.<br><br>thanks to all those who voted and commented.<br><br>a.<br><br>ex MMWG coordinator<br><br><br>
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