[57north-announce] Election of directors

[Calum Chisholm]

I would like to indicate my intention _not_ to stand as a candidate in the
forthcoming election. While I'm happy to have filled the post on a
temporary basis, other commitments mean that it's not something I'm in a
position to devote a significant amount of time to on a regular basis. As
they say, it's better to do something whole-assed, than two things half-
assed.

It is still my intention to play an active part in the space, though as an
ordinary member.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing board for
their hard work over the previous year, and congratulate them on putting in
place the foundations on which the new board can build.

Cheers,
Calum


On 15 September 2014 23:30, Robert McWilliam <rmcw at allmail.net> wrote:

> At the EGM on Saturday we decided to run the election of directors
> differently to the way we have done it previously in the hopes of
> opening this up to participation from folks who couldn't make it along
> to the meeting (either to stand or to vote).
>
> The procedure will be that those willing/wanting to stand as a candidate
> to be a director should indicate that by sending an email to
> 57north-announce at lists.57north.co announcing that they are standing and
> giving an explanation of why.
>
> The deadline to declare candidacy will be 0:00 Saturday 27th September.
> Assuming we get enough candidates[1], I will then create an election on
> opavote.org on Saturday and voting will open 0:00 Sunday 27th September
> remaining open for a week and closing 0:00 Sunday 5th October. We agreed
> at the EGM to use STV but didn't specify a variant, my preference would
> be for Meek but as chair of the meeting the decision falls to Carl[2].
> All times are going to be in UTC because timezones are a pain.
>
> Everyone who is a member on Saturday 27th will get a vote - there is an
> intention to finalise details of the ongoing dismemberment of those who
> are too far behind on paying so that their membership ends before then.
> You will receive an email from opavote with a link you can use to vote.
> To vote you put the candidates on the ballot in the order of your
> preference. There will be more detailed
>
> When done opavote will produce results similar to:
>
> https://london.hackspace.org.uk/organisation/elections/2013-election-results.html
>
> Then on 5th October we'll have a shiny new collection of directors.
>
> Robert
>
> [1] If we don't then the existing board will still be in office and we
> will need to have some discussions about what the space can/should be
> going forward... which I'm sure would be fun.
>
> [2] Any other details I've specified here that aren't in the minutes for
> the EGM are also subject to approval from Carl.
>
> --
> Robert McWilliam      rmcw at allmail.net    www.ormiret.com
>
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