Hello, everyone:

May I suggest that we accept all six volunteers to the position, and do away with a vote? I know that I could use the help, and I also know that corralling the energies of these six individuals, all of whom who have already participated and made material contributions to the UA initiative, will be a worthwhile enterprise.

First, I don't know enough about the structure of UASG, and the role of vice-chair, to know whether it is better to have three vice-chairs or six.  I have no comment.

However, I think it is a good thing for any organisation if it can find ways to "corral the energies" of willing volunteers without requiring them to hold a formal position. Put the other way, it is a good thing if the organisation doesn't expect that only those with formal positions will do the work of the organisation. And, some responsibilities have to fall on a small number of people, they cannot be delegated without limit.

Second, if there is to be an election, there are a variety of rules for running elections. This is something I am quite interested in. For a group like this, my belief is that Preferential ballots, counted by a Single Transferable Vote method would be a good choice for electing three vice-chairs from more candidates.  (To elect only one chair, the related Preferential ballots, counted by an Instant Runoff Voting method works well.)

Are there any bylaws for the running of this group? There is a UASG charter, which says this:

The Steering Group itself will be overseen by one Chair and two to three Vice-Chairs who will be appointed to two-year terms with the possibility of one reappointment so that Chairs and Vice-Chairs will serve for a period of no less than two years and no more than four. The goal of the Steering Group is primarily to oversee and participate in the work of the UASG. The Steering Group will also lead the budget process, maintain the Charter, and coordinate the creation and dissolution of Projects.

 

If you agree with my proposal (or have a different point of view), please post back to the list. If we can hear some consensus on my proposed approach, then we’ll take the administrative steps to having 6 vice-chairs ratified.

 

Regards,

Ram

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From: Don Hollander [mailto:don.hollander@icann.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:45 PM
To: ua-discuss <UA-discuss@icann.org>
Subject: [UA-discuss] Election update...

 

A quick update on the election process:

 

There was one accepted nomination for Chair:  Ram Mohan.  So, Ram continues in the role for another two years.   Congratulations.

 

There were six accepted nominations for the three positions of Vice-Chair:

 

Vice-Chair - Edmon Chung

Vice-Chair - Ajay Data

Vice-Chair - Christian Dawson

Vice-Chair - Jothan Frakes

Vice-Chair - Rich Merdinger

Vice-Chair - Mark Svancarek

 

I am currently gathering materials from the candidates.  Should be done in the next day.

 

Then, I’ll send a link to voting to all subscribers of this UA discuss list (as of the beginning of this week)

 

Voting will be available for a week and then we should have a decision.

 

Don

 

 

Don Hollander

Universal Acceptance Steering Group

Skype: don_hollander

 

 

 

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