[NCUC-DISCUSS] Out of contact

[Nuno Garcia]

Let me reinforce my idea of calling in the second most voted.

I just checked:
Norbert had 66 votes
Mary Wong had 65 votes.

It makes a lot of sense to call Mary Wong to fill in Asia representative
position, and in my point of view, it still preserves the democraticity and
transparency of the process.

WR

Nuno

On 27 June 2013 12:30, Nuno Garcia <ngarcia at ngarcia.net> wrote:

> Dear all, let me chip in.
>
> Last year, Konstantinos resigned and he was EC Chair. So David was
> proposed (I don't remember by whom), and we all second the proposal, so he
> eventually was nominated chair.
>
> I am in favor of keeping things simple - and at the same time, proposing a
> change in the bylaws.
>
> So, in my point of view, I propose that the second most voted member for
> Asia takes place over Norbert. If there was no other candidate, I propose
> the chair nominates someone to fill in the position, and this be voted
> among EC members.
>
> The term is very short, and if you are going to have elections again for
> this position, it will be a month before someone starts the job.
>
> Finally, I advise to change the bylaws as to allow the second most voted
> (and third and so on) to be automatically nominated in case of position
> vacancy.
>
> WR,
>
> Nuno
>
>
> On 27 June 2013 08:35, Tapani Tarvainen <ncuc at tapani.tarvainen.info>wrote:
>
>> On Jun 26 11:21, Robin Gross (robin at ipjustice.org) wrote:
>>
>> > I don't believe we should allow a seat to remain vacant. The
>> > membership very much needs "all hands on deck" in carrying out our
>> > workload and too much depends upon affirmative decisions and actions
>> > from the EC.
>>
>> Agreed. But:
>>
>> > So if a member of the EC resigns with less than 6 months remaining
>> > in his term, I'd support having the NCUC Chair make that temporary
>> > appointment after holding a consultation with the membership on the
>> > matter.
>>
>> The bylaws do not give the Chair that power. There's no way to read it
>> so that Norbert both resigned voluntarily as per VII A and at the same
>> time was "deemed to resign" as per VII C, even if it was agreed (I don't)
>> that his limited participation was equivalent to failing to vote four
>> consequtive times.
>>
>> The bylaws leave the matter open. As I see it, NCUC has only one
>> decision-making body, and that is the executive committee.
>> The bylaws do leave quite a lot of latitude for the Chair to act on
>> his own, but in this case it would mean the Chair making a decision
>> to extend his own powers, and that is very bad form, IMHO.
>>
>> Having the EC do the same, i.e., to directly complement itself,
>> would be only marginally better.
>>
>> I would suggest the closest to proper procedure here would be to have
>> the EC make a formal decision either to authorize the Chair to select
>> the new Asia representative or to organize a new election.
>> After hearing the membership, of course.
>>
>> --
>> Tapani Tarvainen
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