[NCSG-PC] PC Chair election

[Tapani Tarvainen]

Dear all,

Counting messages it seems only six PC members voted according to my
instructions below (me, Matthew, Marilia, Stefania, Poncelet and Amr).
All supported Rafik but that's two short of the required 8 (2/3 out of 11).

I assume this is the fault of my too poor instructions - we'd have the
eight by taking Rafik's acceptance as a vote for himself and counting
Stephanie's statement "Fully endorse Rafik to chair" as a vote even
without the "+1".

Now changing election rules after results are in is in general not good.
Under the circumstances, however, I think it would be reasonable to
extend the election period, if we have full consensus about it.

So, let's give it another 48 hours, until 23:59 UTC on 2 February.

As noted though I want full consensus here: even a single objection
means I'll call for a new election.

Tapani


On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:55:03AM +0200, Tapani Tarvainen (ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info) wrote:

> Dear PC members,
> 
> Nomination period for PC Chair is over. We have one candidate, Rafik Dammak,
> who has accepted the nomination. As announced voting will take place openly
> on this list:
> 
> Reply to this message on the list with "+1" to vote for Rafik or with
> "-1" to vote against. (Additional comments are allowed, just keep
> the vote indication in the beginning.)
> 
> Voting will end on 31 January at 23:59 UTC, or when all PC members have voted,
> and if elected, Rafik will begin his term as PC Chair on 1 February.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -- 
> Tapani Tarvainen