<div dir="ltr">Thanks Tapani.<div><br></div><div>In that case, and since the nomination period is open, I would like to formally nominate Tatiana Tropina to carry out another term.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Best,</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info" target="_blank">ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Michael,<br>
<br>
Yes, current councillors do need to be nominated and they must accept the<br>
nomination and write candidate statements if they are to be re-elected.<br>
<br>
Same goes for Chair in general, although in this case it's moot as I'm<br>
not in the running.<br>
<br>
Tapani<br>
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On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 08:38:28AM +0200, Michael Oghia (<a href="mailto:mike.oghia@gmail.com">mike.oghia@gmail.com</a>) wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear Tapani,<br>
><br>
> A quick procedural note: do the current councilors need to be re-nominated,<br>
> or are they already nominated as incumbents?<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> -Michael<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <<a href="mailto:ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info">ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info</a><br>
> > wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Dear all,<br>
> ><br>
> > Elections are upon us soon. Voter check-in process has already been<br>
> > started, as I hope you all have noticed, and the key dates for the<br>
> > election are as follows:<br>
> ><br>
> > July 31 nomination period begins<br>
> > Aug 13 nomination period ends<br>
> > Aug 17 voter roll finalized, check-in ends<br>
> > Aug 18 deadline for nomination acceptance<br>
> > Aug 19 deadline for candidate statements<br>
> > Aug 21 voting begins<br>
> > Sep 3 voting ends<br>
> > Sep 4 results announced<br>
> ><br>
> > My apologies for delay in sending this, as nominating period is in<br>
> > effect starting right now.<br>
> ><br>
> > Up for election are:<br>
> ><br>
> > NCSG Chair, currently Tapani Tarvainen, not eligible for re-election;<br>
> ><br>
> > 2-year Council seat, currently Marilia Maciel, eligible for one more term;<br>
> ><br>
> > 2-year Council seat, currently Stefania Milan, eligible for one more term;<br>
> ><br>
> > 2-year Council seat, held by Martin Silva Valent as temporary replacement<br>
> > for Amr Elsadr, who resigned from the council;<br>
> ><br>
> > 1-year Council seat, held by Tatiana Tropina as temporary alternate<br>
> > for Edward Morris, who also resigned from the council.<br>
> ><br>
> > The council seats will be allocated so that 2-year terms will go to<br>
> > the three with highest vote counts and the 1-year term to the fourth,<br>
> > although regional and gender balance requirements may change the<br>
> > order; I will send a separate message about those.<br>
> ><br>
> > Note that the deadline given in the check-in request message was not<br>
> > final, it's just the time after which we'll assume you didn't get it<br>
> > and send a new one, or later try to reach you with other means. (A new<br>
> > message was just sent today to those who didn't respond last week.)<br>
> > The final deadline for check-in is when we finalize the voter roll,<br>
> > August 17.<br>
> ><br>
> > For our latest new members, I'm afraid you cannot vote or nominate<br>
> > candidates as our charter limits that to those who've been active<br>
> > members for at least 30 days. A bit surprisingly though you can,<br>
> > however, run for office if someone else nominates you.<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > Tapani Tarvainen<br>
> ><br>
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</div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
Tapani Tarvainen<br>
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