[NCSG-PC] PC Chair election: congratulations, Rafik!

[Tapani Tarvainen]

Dear all,

With Stephanie, Ed and Ayden jumping in, I count 9 votes
in favour of Rafik, none against, nor any objections to
the 48h extension.

So Rafik has been elected: congratulations!

Tapani

On Feb 01 10:30, Tapani Tarvainen (ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info) wrote:

> 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