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

[Stephanie Perrin]

me too!


On 2017-01-25 04:06, matthew shears wrote:
> 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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