As the organization matures, the current Steering Group believes that it's time to get formal decision making bodies in place. The first step in this process is for the membership to elect people to full terms of office in the Steering Group.
The process in brief: You become a voting member of DataPortability,org by saying that you want to be one. That's it. You just have to send an email to the address below. Then, people declare that they're willing to serve on Steering. Finally, the members vote and the people with the most votes are the new steering group.
There will be twelve seats on the new Steering Group. If twelve or fewer people nominate themselves, they become the new group by default. If more than twelve people offer to serve, an election will be held.
NOTE: We are resetting the membership rolls, so EVERYONE MUST REGISTER TO VOTE. Registering to vote in this election requires nothing more than an email to the vote list declaring that you wish to be a member. In order to post to the vote list, you must join the Google Group. ( http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-vote).
Step 1: Join the DP Vote group and send an email declaring your intention to vote to:
dataportability-vote@googlegroups.com
This email must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 18 2008.
Step 2: If you are willing to serve on the Steering Group, post a message to that same list saying so.
This email must also be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 18 2008.
Each member has one vote per open seat (12 total). You may cast as many or as few of your votes as you like. You may divide your votes any way that you see fit. Give all 12 votes to one person, one vote each to 12 people, or any combination in between.
Cast your votes in ONE email to dataportability-vote@googlegroups.com.
Votes must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 25 2008.
Please let me know if you have any questions or this process isn't clear.
> As the organization matures, the current Steering Group believes > that it's time to get formal decision making bodies in place. The > first step in this process is for the membership to elect people to > full terms of office in the Steering Group.
> The process in brief: You become a voting member of > DataPortability,org by saying that you want to be one. That's it. > You just have to send an email to the address below. Then, people > declare that they're willing to serve on Steering. Finally, the > members vote and the people with the most votes are the new steering > group.
> There will be twelve seats on the new Steering Group. If twelve or > fewer people nominate themselves, they become the new group by > default. If more than twelve people offer to serve, an election > will be held.
> NOTE: We are resetting the membership rolls, so EVERYONE MUST > REGISTER TO VOTE. Registering to vote in this election requires > nothing more than an email to the vote list declaring that you wish > to be a member. In order to post to the vote list, you must join > the Google Group. (http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability- > vote).
> Step 1: Join the DP Vote group and send an email declaring your > intention to vote to:
> dataportability-vote@googlegroups.com
> This email must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July > 18 2008.
> Step 2: If you are willing to serve on the Steering Group, post a > message to that same list saying so.
> This email must also be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, > July 18 2008.
> Each member has one vote per open seat (12 total). You may cast as > many or as few of your votes as you like. You may divide your votes > any way that you see fit. Give all 12 votes to one person, one vote > each to 12 people, or any combination in between.
> Cast your votes in ONE email to dataportability-vote@googlegroups.com.
> Votes must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 25 > 2008.
> Please let me know if you have any questions or this process isn't > clear.
Steve, one thing strikes me as strange about the vote - that you can put all 12 votes towards one candidate. When I posted my suggestion I meant that, as with most board-of-director votes, you can cast as many votes as open seats, but only one vote per candidate. So you can vote for everyone on the "slate" you would like to see elected (anywhere from 1 to 12 people).
=Drummond
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From: dataportabilityactionsteering@googlegroups.com [mailto:dataportabilityactionsteering@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steven Greenberg Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:09 PM To: dataportabilitygovernance@googlegroups.com; dataportabilityactionsteering@googlegroups.com; dataportabilityactionpolicy@googlegroups.com; dataportability-public@googlegroups.com; dataportabilityactionevangelism@googlegroups.com Subject: [DP.AG.Steering] IMPORTANT: How to vote in the upcoming election for Steering Committee
As the organization matures, the current Steering Group believes that it's time to get formal decision making bodies in place. The first step in this process is for the membership to elect people to full terms of office in the Steering Group.
The process in brief: You become a voting member of DataPortability,org by saying that you want to be one. That's it. You just have to send an email to the address below. Then, people declare that they're willing to serve on Steering. Finally, the members vote and the people with the most votes are the new steering group.
There will be twelve seats on the new Steering Group. If twelve or fewer people nominate themselves, they become the new group by default. If more than twelve people offer to serve, an election will be held.
NOTE: We are resetting the membership rolls, so EVERYONE MUST REGISTER TO VOTE. Registering to vote in this election requires nothing more than an email to the vote list declaring that you wish to be a member. In order to post to the vote list, you must join the Google Group. (http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-vote).
Step 1: Join the DP Vote group and send an email declaring your intention to vote to:
dataportability-vote@googlegroups.com
This email must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 18 2008.
Step 2: If you are willing to serve on the Steering Group, post a message to that same list saying so.
This email must also be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 18 2008.
Each member has one vote per open seat (12 total). You may cast as many or as few of your votes as you like. You may divide your votes any way that you see fit. Give all 12 votes to one person, one vote each to 12 people, or any combination in between.
Cast your votes in ONE email to dataportability-vote@googlegroups.com.
Votes must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 25 2008.
Please let me know if you have any questions or this process isn't clear.
> Maybe I missed something, but when does the vote for Steering Group start?
> On Jul 10, 2008, at 3:09 AM, Steven Greenberg wrote:
> As the organization matures, the current Steering Group believes that it's > time to get formal decision making bodies in place. The first step in this > process is for the membership to elect people to full terms of office in the > Steering Group.
> The process in brief: You become a voting member of DataPortability,org by > saying that you want to be one. That's it. You just have to send an email > to the address below. Then, people declare that they're willing to serve on > Steering. Finally, the members vote and the people with the most votes are > the new steering group.
> There will be twelve seats on the new Steering Group. If twelve or fewer > people nominate themselves, they become the new group by default. If more > than twelve people offer to serve, an election will be held.
> NOTE: We are resetting the membership rolls, so EVERYONE MUST REGISTER TO > VOTE. Registering to vote in this election requires nothing more than an > email to the vote list declaring that you wish to be a member. In order to > post to the vote list, you must join the Google Group. ( > http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-vote).
> Step 1: Join the DP Vote group and send an email declaring your intention > to vote to:
> dataportability-vote@googlegroups.com
> This email must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 18 > 2008.
> Step 2: If you are willing to serve on the Steering Group, post a message > to that same list saying so.
> This email must also be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July > 18 2008.
> Each member has one vote per open seat (12 total). You may cast as many or > as few of your votes as you like. You may divide your votes any way that > you see fit. Give all 12 votes to one person, one vote each to 12 people, > or any combination in between.
> Cast your votes in ONE email to dataportability-vote@googlegroups.com.
> Votes must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 25 2008.
> Please let me know if you have any questions or this process isn't clear.
> Steve, one thing strikes me as strange about the vote – that you can > put all 12 votes towards one candidate. When I posted my suggestion > I meant that, as with most board-of-director votes, you can cast as > many votes as open seats, but only one vote per candidate. So you > can vote for everyone on the “slate” you would like to see elected > (anywhere from 1 to 12 people).
> =Drummond
> From: dataportabilityactionsteering@googlegroups.com [mailto:dataportabilityactionsteering@googlegroups.com > ] On Behalf Of Steven Greenberg > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:09 PM > To: dataportabilitygovernance@googlegroups.com; dataportabilityactionsteering@googlegroups.com > ; dataportabilityactionpolicy@googlegroups.com; dataportability-public@googlegroups.com > ;dataportabilityactionevangelism@googlegroups.com > Subject: [DP.AG.Steering] IMPORTANT: How to vote in the upcoming > election for Steering Committee
> As the organization matures, the current Steering Group believes > that it's time to get formal decision making bodies in place. The > first step in this process is for the membership to elect people to > full terms of office in the Steering Group.
> The process in brief: You become a voting member of > DataPortability,org by saying that you want to be one. That's it. > You just have to send an email to the address below. Then, people > declare that they're willing to serve on Steering. Finally, the > members vote and the people with the most votes are the new steering > group.
> There will be twelve seats on the new Steering Group. If twelve or > fewer people nominate themselves, they become the new group by > default. If more than twelve people offer to serve, an election > will be held.
> NOTE: We are resetting the membership rolls, so EVERYONE MUST > REGISTER TO VOTE. Registering to vote in this election requires > nothing more than an email to the vote list declaring that you wish > to be a member. In order to post to the vote list, you must join > the Google Group. (http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability- > vote).
> Step 1: Join the DP Vote group and send an email declaring your > intention to vote to:
> dataportability-vote@googlegroups.com
> This email must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July > 18 2008.
> Step 2: If you are willing to serve on the Steering Group, post a > message to that same list saying so.
> This email must also be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, > July 18 2008.
> Each member has one vote per open seat (12 total). You may cast as > many or as few of your votes as you like. You may divide your votes > any way that you see fit. Give all 12 votes to one person, one vote > each to 12 people, or any combination in between.
> Cast your votes in ONE email to dataportability-vote@googlegroups.com.
> Votes must be posted no later than midnight GMT on Friday, July 25 > 2008.
> Please let me know if you have any questions or this process isn't > clear.
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:26 AM, Drummond Reed <drummond.r...@cordance.net> wrote:
> Steve, one thing strikes me as strange about the vote – that you can put > all 12 votes towards one candidate. When I posted my suggestion I meant > that, as with most board-of-director votes, you can cast as many votes as > open seats, but only one vote per candidate. So you can vote for everyone on > the "slate" you would like to see elected (anywhere from 1 to 12 people).
> =Drummond
The intent here was to ensure that a dedicated, minority constituency could have at least *some* representation by pooling their votes. This is referred to as "cumulative voting". [1]
Contrary to the conspiracy theories, I've tried to propose a system that would encourage the broadest set of opinions be represented on Steering.
Thanks Steve. I just learned that what I was talking about is called bloc <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloc_voting> voting. With Wikipedia, who needs school anymore? ;-)
=Drummond
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From: dataportabilityactionsteering@googlegroups.com [mailto:dataportabilityactionsteering@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steven Greenberg Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:43 PM To: dataportabilityactionsteering@googlegroups.com Subject: [DP.AG.Steering] Re: IMPORTANT: How to vote in the upcoming election for Steering Committee
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:26 AM, Drummond Reed <drummond.r...@cordance.net> wrote:
Steve, one thing strikes me as strange about the vote - that you can put all 12 votes towards one candidate. When I posted my suggestion I meant that, as with most board-of-director votes, you can cast as many votes as open seats, but only one vote per candidate. So you can vote for everyone on the "slate" you would like to see elected (anywhere from 1 to 12 people).
=Drummond
The intent here was to ensure that a dedicated, minority constituency could have at least *some* representation by pooling their votes. This is referred to as "cumulative voting". [1]
Contrary to the conspiracy theories, I've tried to propose a system that would encourage the broadest set of opinions be represented on Steering.
