[Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
Hi, Nominations closed yesterday and these are the received nominations: President Brianna Laugher Vice President Liam Wyatt Vice President Gideon Digby Treasurer Brian Salter-Duke Secretary Sarah Ewart Ordinary Member John Vandenberg Ordinary Member Nathan Carter Ordinary Member Andrew Owens Candidate statements and nomination information is available at http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2008-2009_AGM. This means we will hold a ballot for the position of Vice President (1) and Ordinary Member (2). We anticipate using memberdb to allow voting prior to the AGM. Using memberdb you can change your vote during the voting period (you get an email record sent to you). This should allow more members to participate than if we require in-person attendance. The voting period will likely be from Tuesday up to the AGM. I will write to the members list to announce when voting opens. thanks, Brianna ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Nominations closed yesterday and these are the received nominations: President Brianna Laugher Vice President Liam Wyatt Vice President Gideon Digby Treasurer Brian Salter-Duke Secretary Sarah Ewart Ordinary Member John Vandenberg Ordinary Member Nathan Carter Ordinary Member Andrew Owens Candidate statements and nomination information is available at http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2008-2009_AGM. This means we will hold a ballot for the position of Vice President (1) and Ordinary Member (2). We anticipate using memberdb to allow voting prior to the AGM. Using memberdb you can change your vote during the voting period (you get an email record sent to you). This should allow more members to participate than if we require in-person attendance. The voting period will likely be from Tuesday up to the AGM. I will write to the members list to announce when voting opens. thanks, Brianna Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still be a committee member if they get enough votes to be an Ordinary Member? (Probably not for this election.) -- Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still be a committee member if they get enough votes to be an Ordinary Member? (Probably not for this election.) -- Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) I'd say that section 23(2) of the rules probably rules this out, namely A candidate may only be nominated for one office, or as an ordinary member of the committee, prior to the annual general meeting. Also, I feel it would be a bit odd now that nominations have closed to change the way the election will be conducted. Cheers, Craig --- Craig Franklin PO Box 1093 Toombul, Q, 4012 Australia http://www.halo-17.net - Australia's Favourite Source of Indie Music, Art, and Culture. ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
I can't speak for Gideon, but I would like to be considered for the ordinary member position in the event that he should get the nod. However, this was not written on my nomination submission so I wouldn't expect to be retroactively given a new nomination approval... - Liam On 1/5/09, Mark Hurd markeh...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Nominations closed yesterday and these are the received nominations: President Brianna Laugher Vice President Liam Wyatt Vice President Gideon Digby Treasurer Brian Salter-Duke Secretary Sarah Ewart Ordinary Member John Vandenberg Ordinary Member Nathan Carter Ordinary Member Andrew Owens Candidate statements and nomination information is available at http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2008-2009_AGM. This means we will hold a ballot for the position of Vice President (1) and Ordinary Member (2). We anticipate using memberdb to allow voting prior to the AGM. Using memberdb you can change your vote during the voting period (you get an email record sent to you). This should allow more members to participate than if we require in-person attendance. The voting period will likely be from Tuesday up to the AGM. I will write to the members list to announce when voting opens. thanks, Brianna Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still be a committee member if they get enough votes to be an Ordinary Member? (Probably not for this election.) -- Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- Email - liamwy...@gmail.com Phone - +61 (0)434 056 914 Skype - Wittylama Wikipedia - [[User:Witty lama]] ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
yes Craig: Sounds fair. On 1/5/09, Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net wrote: Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still be a committee member if they get enough votes to be an Ordinary Member? (Probably not for this election.) -- Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) I'd say that section 23(2) of the rules probably rules this out, namely A candidate may only be nominated for one office, or as an ordinary member of the committee, prior to the annual general meeting. Also, I feel it would be a bit odd now that nominations have closed to change the way the election will be conducted. Cheers, Craig --- Craig Franklin PO Box 1093 Toombul, Q, 4012 Australia http://www.halo-17.net - Australia's Favourite Source of Indie Music, Art, and Culture. ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- Email - liamwy...@gmail.com Phone - +61 (0)434 056 914 Skype - Wittylama Wikipedia - [[User:Witty lama]] ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
2009/1/5 Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net: Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still be a committee member if they get enough votes to be an Ordinary Member? (Probably not for this election.) -- Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) I'd say that section 23(2) of the rules probably rules this out, namely A candidate may only be nominated for one office, or as an ordinary member of the committee, prior to the annual general meeting. Also, I feel it would be a bit odd now that nominations have closed to change the way the election will be conducted. Yes. I actually found this rule rather bizarre. I thought it was normal to be able to nominate for multiple positions, in case you don't get the first one. This is something I think we should consider changing, at some point. Now that we have some experience using our Rules we know a bit better which of them need some tweaking. cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
2009/1/5 Mark Hurd markeh...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/5 Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net: Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still be a committee member if they get enough votes to be an Ordinary Member? (Probably not for this election.) -- Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) I'd say that section 23(2) of the rules probably rules this out, namely A candidate may only be nominated for one office, or as an ordinary member of the committee, prior to the annual general meeting. Also, I feel it would be a bit odd now that nominations have closed to change the way the election will be conducted. Yes. I actually found this rule rather bizarre. I thought it was normal to be able to nominate for multiple positions, in case you don't get the first one. This is something I think we should consider changing, at some point. Now that we have some experience using our Rules we know a bit better which of them need some tweaking. cheers Brianna I assume I could read all the discussions to find out for my self, but what organisation were the rules borrowed from or based on. Maybe it made more sense for them. Our Rules are largely based on the model Rules provided by Consumer Affairs Victoria as a template. We made a few tweaks, but not to this part. Brianna ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:41:48PM +1100, Brianna Laugher wrote: 2009/1/5 Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net: Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still be a committee member if they get enough votes to be an Ordinary Member? (Probably not for this election.) -- Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) I'd say that section 23(2) of the rules probably rules this out, namely A candidate may only be nominated for one office, or as an ordinary member of the committee, prior to the annual general meeting. Also, I feel it would be a bit odd now that nominations have closed to change the way the election will be conducted. Yes. I actually found this rule rather bizarre. I thought it was normal to be able to nominate for multiple positions, in case you don't get the first one. This is something I think we should consider changing, at some point. Now that we have some experience using our Rules we know a bit better which of them need some tweaking. I agree and I have made a note to consider it during the year. There will probably be a number of things we should think about improving in the rules. Brian. cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- Brian Salter-Dukeb_d...@bigpond.net.au [[User:Bduke]] mainly on en:Wikipedia. Also on fr: Wikipedia, Meta-Wiki and Wikiversity and others. Go Wikimedia Australia Inc, Go! ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
My view is the rules are clear in that you can only nominate for one position, I'd see it as being unfair on three people who have already nominated as ordinary members. If there wasnt enough nominations to fill all positions then asking the person/people who miss out if they'd like to take on another role would be acceptable. -- GN. http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
