[NCUC-EC] Urgent: Proposed Schedule for 2015 Election Cycle

Sat Oct 24 19:39:37 CEST 2015

Hi,

On Oct 24, 2015 6:31 PM, "William Drake" <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
>> On Oct 24, 2015, at 6:21 PM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have few questions:
>>
>> - I guess only the members for at least 30 days are eligible for voting?
>
> yes, everyone who is listed on the website and in the data base as of
today
>>
>> do we have the voters list ready?
>
> Maryam will pull it from the data base...
>>
>> Ncuc didn't conduct its own check-in process yet, so is that step will
be skipped dor this time?
>
> I don’t understand the question.  We have have never done it, therefore
not doing it now is not skipping it this time per se.  With a first past
the post voting system, no percentage turnout requirement, and no
inter-constituency contention, it’s never been deemed necessary.  If a
future EC wants to do the work of implementing it anyway they certainly can.

We did check-in before, last year included. I do remember receiving
notification to check-in with the link in the email and update info. That
was prepared by Tapani last year .

>>
>> - the election schedule was not  announced (for ncsg I announced the
schedule and process 2 months before the nominations starting) and this
schedule will start directly in monday.
>
>
> It just was announced.

Well announcement and schedule should have been discussed much more earlier.

Rafik
>
> Bill
>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>> On Oct 24, 2015 4:56 PM, "William Drake" <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>>> On Oct 24, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Milan, Stefania <Stefania.Milan at EUI.eu>
wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Bill
>>>>
>>>> thanks for taking the time to provide us with an update of where do we
stand on this.
>>>> I am not in principle opposed to moving the calendar up (it is only
one week after all), but I am wondering about the following:
>>>>
>>>> - is it to smooth your transition to NomCom? to me this is  good
reason to move it up, as we want to make sure that you have the chance to
interact with the new chair and the new EC enough to enable their work
>>>
>>>
>>> Well yes I had NomCom today and the work will start soon on top of
everything else on my plate, but more importantly I think it’s better for
the incoming group as noted. Our late elections were a problem with the
NCPH meeting last year and already is with Marrakech, Glen sent a note
asking for travelers’ names in November.  And we’re talking about one week
here.
>>>
>>>> - does this conflict with approval of new members? I guess not, as we
just had a last round of admissions of new members, but just want to make
sure it does not.
>>>
>>>
>>> No relation
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i confirm i am off the EC as of end of the year, and happy to help
filling in the newcomers, together with our Chair.
>>>
>>>
>>> Good. I actually think I should get this going now if the start date
for nominations is to be Monday.  I can’t imagine the grounds for objection
so let’s just get it underway.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>> my two cents, stefania
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Da: ncuc-ec-bounces at lists.ncuc.org <ncuc-ec-bounces at lists.ncuc.org>
per conto di William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>
>>>> Inviato: venerdì 23 ottobre 2015 10.17
>>>> A: Exec. Comm
>>>> Oggetto: [NCUC-EC] Urgent: Proposed Schedule for 2015 Election Cycle
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> So now we have to do our election.  Normally we do the nominations etc
in November and the voting and results December. Last year we did this:
>>>>
>>>> November 3 - 16: Nominations submitted to ncuc-discuss
>>>> November 17 - 30: Candidates submit statements to ncuc-discuss
>>>> December 1 − 14: Election period
>>>> December 15: Results announced
>>>>
>>>> On the one hand, we might want to give people a week to recover from
Dublin and get their lives reorganized before launching the process, which
would suggest a similar schedule. But on the one hand, I’d love to move it
forward a week because I’m now split with NomCom work and it’d be otherwise
useful to get the new team in place more quickly so they can tackle
appointments and begin preparing for the NCPH meeting earlier etc.    Note
also that no matter what we do, some of the cycle will happen at the same
time as the IGF week. Can’t be helped, hopefully people will have a scrap
of bandwidth for NCUC regardless.
>>>>
>>>> So in the end, I guess I would propose we move it up a week, as
follows:
>>>>
>>>> Oct. 26 - Nov. 8:  Nominations submitted to ncuc-discuss
>>>> Nov. 9-22:   Candidates submit statements to ncuc-discuss
>>>> Nov. 23 - Dec. 6:  Election period
>>>> Dec. 7: Results announced
>>>>
>>>> The bylaws don’t require a EC vote on the election calendar, but I
hope this meets with your approval.  Please let me know if you agree or
think there’s a problem.  Absent strong objections I send out the boot up
message on Monday.
>>>>
>>>> I have not spoken to many of you about your intentions and whether you
plan to stand again or make space for new blood.  What I do know is that
>>>>
>>>> *the Europe slot is vacated by Stefi moving to Council
>>>> *Roy indicated earlier that due to challenges on the home front he
would not seek reelection to the NA slot
>>>> *Grace has served two terms as the AF rep and is eligible for one more
if she wants
>>>> *Joao has served one term as the LAC rep and is eligible for two more
if he wants
>>>> *Zuan served a half term in 2013 (replacing Norbert) and a full term
in 2015. The Bylaws say "Shall each serve no more than
three consecutive terms,” so presumably he too would be eligible for two
more if he wants.
>>>>
>>>> In any event, people need to think about what they want to do.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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