<div dir='auto'>Many +1's for a candidate do not show "popularity", but strong support from the community, indicating that s/he represents many voices and positions in this community. This should be well received and well interpreted by the EC. Or should the EC nominate someone who is supported by only a few people in the community? The EC should feel comfortable seeing strong support for both names.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Flávio</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Em 29 de jul de 2017 4:21 PM, Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca> escreveu:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>
    <p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I do agree with
          Dorothy that this is not a popularity contest....we have two
          great candidates, and the exec cttee will have to figure out
          what the job demands and pick the better candidate in their
          best judgement.  I recommend they ask Bill and Brenden, our
          two most recent Nomcom reps, to tell them the challenges of
          the role. It would not hurt to discuss exactly what we want
          out of Nomcom, and what kind of candidates we think we need
          for all the appointees.</font></font></p>
    <p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">cheers Stephanie<br />
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    <div>On 2017-07-29 14:21, dorothy g wrote:<br />
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      <div dir="ltr">In my view since this is a decision which will be
        taken by the Executive the +1 points are just background noise
        in the cases where specific reasons linked to the position are
        not given. This should not be a popularity contest.
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        <div>The Executive should clarify the criteria for their
          decision-making in relation to the specific demands of the
          job.</div>
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        <div>Great that we have two very strong candidates.</div>
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        <div>best</div>
        <div>D</div>
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        <div class="elided-text">On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 5:52 PM, Wisdom
          Donkor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com">wisdom.dk@gmail.com</a>></span>
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            <div dir="ltr">Hello Renata,
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              <div>Thanks for the email. I do agree with you on all
                point raised. </div>
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              <div>Few questions on my mind. </div>
              <div>Are there any voting guidelines, nomination
                guidelines, campaign guidelines etc?. if yes, i think
                all this information will have to be made available to
                all members and if no, we will have to begin to work on
                one.</div>
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              <div>Also, when does voting starts and ends and for how
                long?. I no in some instances voting is done for a
                period of one week or more.</div>
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              <div>Cheers,</div>
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                    2017 at 4:37 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com">raquino@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                      What makes me worried about some of the +1<br />
                      - people who never contribute, yet sometimes
                      oppose openly to NCUC's<br />
                      actions +1'ing candidates<br />
                      - observers on the list who are holding positions
                      in other stakeholder<br />
                      groups - again normally having opposite positions.
                      even if not voting,<br />
                      attempting to influence an election<br />
                      - a +1 w/ no justification leaves us to wonder
                      whether there's a real<br />
                      reason for support or it's "i'm friends w/ the
                      candidate"<br />
                      - new members rarely get +1s. this makes the
                      elections look like the<br />
                      dancing chairs game with always the same ppl
                      playing<br />
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                      That being said, it's a good thermometer of a
                      candidacy. Including the<br />
                      show its transparency.<br />
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                      So thanks for the candidates participation once
                      more and members<br />
                      voices in the process<br />
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                      Best,<br />
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                      Renata<br />
                    
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