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

[Tapani Tarvainen]

Hi Rafik,

As far as I'm concerned you made it close enough to the deadline. :-)

Of course it's up to the PC to decide, but if someone wants to object,
I would hope they'll also come up with a counterproposal, like
nominating themselves or someone else for the job. :-)

Tapani

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 01:49:58PM +0900, 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