[Chapter-delegates] Letter from the ISOC Elections Committee

[Hakikur Rahman]

Congratulations to the newly elected member of the Board of trustee 
(Khaled Koubaa), and Organizational members (Philip Smith and 
Jonathan Zittrain). I hope ISOC will gain more momentum by their able 
contributions.

Best regards,
Hakik

Hakikur Rahman
Chair, ISOC BD

At 03:59 PM 5/5/2009, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:
>[Sent on behalf of the ISOC Elections Committee]
>
>Letter from the ISOC Elections Committee
>
>On behalf of the Elections Committee, we extend our appreciation and 
>thanks to all of the candidates who stood for election for the Board 
>of Trustees. ISOC is honoured to have such well-qualified candidates.
>
>In the Chapter election, we had three candidates:
>         Franck Martin,
>         Khaled Koubaa and
>         Narelle Clark
>
>63 out of the 82 chapters voted, which is 77%.
>
>Khaled Koubaa, who received the highest number of the votes, has 
>been elected for a three year term.
>
>In the Organizational Member election, we initially had five candidates:
>         David Appasamy
>         Allen Miller
>         Philip Smith
>         Jonathan Zittrain and
>         Guanghao Li
>
>Allen Miller withdrew during the election. Thus, the votes in favour 
>of Allen Miller were not counted. 54 of the 92 Organizational 
>Members, or 59%, voted. The ballot cast was weighted by the class of 
>membership.
>
>Philip Smith and Jonathan Zittrain, receiving the largest weighted 
>ballot counts, have been elected for three year terms.
>
>Using the process documented in RFC 3677, the IAB has selected Eric 
>Burger as the IETF appointee to the ISOC board.
>
>Per 
>http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/elections/2009/timetable.shtml, 
>there is a challenge period in which issues may be raised concerning 
>the election. This closes 25 May at midnight UTC, and the resulting 
>board is seated in the ISOC Board Meeting in Stockholm on 24 July.
>
>The turnout in this case has been higher in the chapter election 
>than in recent years, and stable for the organizational membership. 
>The election itself conducted with the highest of standards and the 
>elections committee is satisified with the electronic voting system 
>that was used this year.
>
>Respectfully submitted,
>
>Patrick Vande Walle, chair
>Latif Ladid
>Glenn Ricart
>
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