Thank you Michael. Just as a formality, though: it would not be another term, as
Tatiana is only temporary now and that does not count as a term. The significance
is that she will be eligible for re-election after two years if she's now elected -
councillors are limited to two full terms.
Tapani
On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 08:54:32AM +0200, Michael Oghia ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
> Thanks Tapani.
>
> In that case, and since the nomination period is open, I would like to
> formally nominate Tatiana Tropina to carry out another term.
>
> Best,
> -Michael
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]
> > wrote:
>
> > Dear Michael,
> >
> > Yes, current councillors do need to be nominated and they must accept the
> > nomination and write candidate statements if they are to be re-elected.
> >
> > Same goes for Chair in general, although in this case it's moot as I'm
> > not in the running.
> >
> > Tapani
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 08:38:28AM +0200, Michael Oghia (
> > [log in to unmask]) wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear Tapani,
> > >
> > > A quick procedural note: do the current councilors need to be
> > re-nominated,
> > > or are they already nominated as incumbents?
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > -Michael
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <
> > [log in to unmask]
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > Elections are upon us soon. Voter check-in process has already been
> > > > started, as I hope you all have noticed, and the key dates for the
> > > > election are as follows:
> > > >
> > > > July 31 nomination period begins
> > > > Aug 13 nomination period ends
> > > > Aug 17 voter roll finalized, check-in ends
> > > > Aug 18 deadline for nomination acceptance
> > > > Aug 19 deadline for candidate statements
> > > > Aug 21 voting begins
> > > > Sep 3 voting ends
> > > > Sep 4 results announced
> > > >
> > > > My apologies for delay in sending this, as nominating period is in
> > > > effect starting right now.
> > > >
> > > > Up for election are:
> > > >
> > > > NCSG Chair, currently Tapani Tarvainen, not eligible for re-election;
> > > >
> > > > 2-year Council seat, currently Marilia Maciel, eligible for one more
> > term;
> > > >
> > > > 2-year Council seat, currently Stefania Milan, eligible for one more
> > term;
> > > >
> > > > 2-year Council seat, held by Martin Silva Valent as temporary
> > replacement
> > > > for Amr Elsadr, who resigned from the council;
> > > >
> > > > 1-year Council seat, held by Tatiana Tropina as temporary alternate
> > > > for Edward Morris, who also resigned from the council.
> > > >
> > > > The council seats will be allocated so that 2-year terms will go to
> > > > the three with highest vote counts and the 1-year term to the fourth,
> > > > although regional and gender balance requirements may change the
> > > > order; I will send a separate message about those.
> > > >
> > > > Note that the deadline given in the check-in request message was not
> > > > final, it's just the time after which we'll assume you didn't get it
> > > > and send a new one, or later try to reach you with other means. (A new
> > > > message was just sent today to those who didn't respond last week.)
> > > > The final deadline for check-in is when we finalize the voter roll,
> > > > August 17.
> > > >
> > > > For our latest new members, I'm afraid you cannot vote or nominate
> > > > candidates as our charter limits that to those who've been active
> > > > members for at least 30 days. A bit surprisingly though you can,
> > > > however, run for office if someone else nominates you.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Tapani Tarvainen
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > Tapani Tarvainen
> >
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Tapani Tarvainen
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