[NCSG-PC] Call for nominations: PC Chair election

[Edward Morris]

Hi Rafik,

Thank you so much for stepping up. It's a thankless job but I'll thank you anyhow. :)

Full respect and support.

Ed

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> On 25 Jan 2017, at 04:50, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> I am happy to run for PC chair election if it is not late.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Rafik
> 
> 2017-01-18 7:30 GMT+09:00 Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info>:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I failed to specify timeline for the process, we discussed it in
>> our call that just ended that agreed to have one week for nominations
>> and their acceptance, and then another week for voting. So:
>> 
>> * Candidates should be nominated and  have indicated their acceptance
>>   within one week from now, by 24 January 23:59 UTC.
>> 
>> * Vice Chairs may also be nominated and if any are, they will be
>>   voted on at the same time as the Chair.
>> 
>> * Voting will take place openly on this list after that and end one
>>   week later, 31 Janyary 23:59 UTC, or when all PC members have voted.
>> 
>> * New PC Chair will take begin her or his term on 1 February.
>> 
>> Tapani
>> 
>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 12:57:13PM +0200, Tapani Tarvainen (ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info) wrote:
>> 
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > Our charter says
>> >
>> > "A Chair will be elected or replaced from among the members of the
>> > NCSG-PC by a 2/3 vote of the NCSG-PC membership on a yearly basis."
>> >
>> > "One or more Vice-Chairs may be chosen by the NCSG-PC on a
>> > yearly basis."
>> >
>> > While beginning of the term isn't explicitly stated, calendar
>> > year is a good default, and in any case the election should
>> > happen at least roughly every year. So now is a good time.
>> >
>> > There is no election procedure defined, I would assume open
>> > election on the list to be sufficient, but we can arrange
>> > a closed election if desired.
>> >
>> > All PC members (but not observers) are eligible, councillors as well
>> > as constituency representatives, with the sole exception of NCSG Chair
>> > (me), and there's no term limit so current Chair and Vice Chairs are
>> > also eligible.
>> >
>> > So, nominations please!
>> >
>> > Self-nominations are obviously also most welcome.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Tapani Tarvainen
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