First WE Election Updates

[nelliemuller]

Dear WikiEducators:

Here is the latest on the elections:

So far 21 people have voted. Don't wait till the last minute, cast
your vote today.

The voting will end on Friday September 12, at 5 pm Pacific Standard
time.

All WikiEducator members are invited to take part in this election
and vote for the candidate of their choice.

Check WE for further information on the first WE elections:
http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:First_Community_Council_Elections

Results will be communicated and the winner(s) announced on Tuesday,
September 30, 2008.

Please note that to ensure a fair and valid voting procedure, we will
need

* First name and last name
* WikiEducator username

Please rest assured that all votes are confidential and only the
electoral committee has access to the personal information of
candidates and only for the purpose of verifying their accounts in
order to validate their vote.

Click on the following on the following link to vote:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bzUio_2fSy1oU8BsS5DxbD5A_3d_3d

Have your say in our future, vote!

Good luck to everyone!

Nellie Deutsch

[Dennis Doe]

Hi Nellie,

I have voted voted already. Is it possible to vote more than once?

Thank you.
Dennis

[Steve Foerster]

Nellie wrote:

> Please note that to ensure a fair and valid voting procedure, we will
> need

> * First name and last name
> * WikiEducator username

> Please rest assured that all votes are confidential and only the
> electoral committee has access to the personal information of
> candidates and only for the purpose of verifying their accounts in
> order to validate their vote.

I just voted.

Was there really no MediaWiki plugin to accommodate this election? I
ask because a fair election requires a secret ballot, something that
isn't in place when an electoral committee has access to see how
everyone voted. Worse, requiring identification without any kind of
verification is an open invitation to ballot fraud. Who can say
whether the vote tagged with my name and username really comes from
me? Given that it's a third party surveying service, can we even get
IP addresses to see whether multiple votes come a single source?

I realise that at this point we should carry on, and even though I'm
raising these issues, as a candidate for this election I will accept
its results. I also don't mean to impugn the electoral committee:
they say our votes will be confidential and I believe them. However,
as we move toward community governance I thought that these issues
should be mentioned, and should I be elected I will support changing
this process for the next election cycle.

-=Steve=-


--
Stephen H. Foerster
http://hiresteve.com
http://wikieducator.org

[Patricia Schlicht]

Hi Steve,

Your comments are totally valid and your concerns appreciated. We were
thinking along the same lines and debating which way to go. Please note
as mentioned that all votes will be validated with an existing
WikiEducator user id by only the small electoral committee, hence the
request for the voter's information, to enable us to do this. Although
not ideal this is still the best way to do this under the circumstances.


Should somebody try to vote again using your user id, the system
remembers IP addresses and voters user ids, so it would enable you or
that person to vote again with the same user id, but I doubt this will
happen as WikiEducators have integrity. You could of course create a new
user id and vote again but that would be legal as long as you have a
valid WikiEducator user id, which will be checked.

Votes are only validated by a very small electoral committee, so they
will remain confidential, and no one else has access to this account
without the password.

Due to our budget restraints, this unfortunately was the best option
available to us at this time. Hope this makes sense and is acceptable.

Cheers,
Patricia

[Patricia Schlicht]

Dear Friends,

 

Kindly refer to the site for any questions you might have regarding the WE Council elections and permitted processes:

 

http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:First_Community_Council_Elections/FAQs

 

Warm regards,

Patricia

 

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From: wikied...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikied...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Doe
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:18 AM
To: wikied...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: First WE Election Updates

 

Hi Nellie,

[Leigh Blackall]

ah Steve :) thanks for the tip on how to get more votes in.. I am now browsing the user list to see who I can count on as not voting - and vote for them :) needless to say, all those votes I will make for you ;)

--
--
Leigh Blackall
+64(0)21736539
skype - leigh_blackall
SL - Leroy Goalpost
http://learnonline.wordpress.com

[nelliemuller]

Hello Everyone,
I would like to thank the candidates for encouraging WE members to
vote. The
count is now 46. However, I would like to remind the candidates that
the
election campaign is officially over. Members can view the candidates
pages<http://www.wikieducator.org/
WikiEducator:First_Community_Council_Elec...>and
decide how to vote.

Please check the FAQ
page<http://www.wikieducator.org/
WikiEducator:First_Community_Council_Elec...>for
further information on WE's first community council elections.

Thank you.
Nellie

On Sep 3, 10:18 am, "Patricia Schlicht" <PSchli...@col.org> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> Kindly refer to the site for any questions you might have regarding the
> WE Council elections and permitted processes:
>
> http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:First_Community_Council_Electio
> ns/FAQs
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Patricia
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: wikied...@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:wikied...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Doe
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:18 AM
> To: wikied...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: First WE Election Updates
>
> Hi Nellie,
>
> I have voted voted already. Is it possible to vote more than once?
>
> Thank you.
> Dennis
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 6:28 PM, nelliemuller
>

> <Nellie.Muller.Deut...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear WikiEducators:
>
> Here is the latest on the elections:
>
> So far 21 people have voted. Don't wait till the last minute, cast
> your vote today.
>
> The voting will end on Friday September 12, at 5 pm Pacific Standard
> time.
>
> All WikiEducator members are invited to take part in this election
> and vote for the candidate of their choice.
>
> Check WE for further information on the first WE elections:http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:First_Community_Council_Electio
> ns

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>
> Results will be communicated and the winner(s) announced on Tuesday,
> September 30, 2008.
>
> Please note that to ensure a fair and valid voting procedure, we will
> need
>
> * First name and last name
> * WikiEducator username
>
> Please rest assured that all votes are confidential and only the
> electoral committee has access to the personal information of
> candidates and only for the purpose of verifying their accounts in
> order to validate their vote.
>
> Click on the following on the following link to vote:
>
> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bzUio_2fSy1oU8BsS5DxbD5A_3d_3d

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