[Chapter-delegates] Letter from the ISOC Elections Committee

[Rosa Delgado]

> On behalf of the Geneva Chapter sincere congrats to all elected  
> candidates in particularly to Khaled who will serve the board on  
> behalf of the chapter community. Thanks to Franck for his great job  
> in serving the Board and the community at large in the last few years.
>
> Warm regards
> Rosa Delgado

> ISOC Geneva Chapter
>
On 5 May, 2009, at 16:59 , 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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