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

[matthew shears]

As far as I am concerned I welcome Rafik's candidacy.


On 25/01/2017 08:45, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
> 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
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