[Chapter-delegates] ISOC Board of Trustees Election Results

Fri Apr 10 23:39:38 PDT 2015

Congratulations to Walid Al-Saqaf  and  Alice Munyua ! Thanks to Gihan and
team for conduct the elections .

Regards  -  Jahangir Hossain
                  ISOC Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>
wrote:

> Congratulations to Walid and thank you to all the candidates. Recognition
> goes to Gihan Dias for an effective NomCom process.
>
> Wishing Walid well in working on the BoT to ensure that the Internet is
> for Everyone!
>
> Gunela Astbrink
> Internet Society of Australia
>
>
>
> Walid AL-SAQAF wrote on 10/04/15 20:25 :
>
>  Dear all,
>>
>> While waiting for the confirmed results, I join you all in thanking
>> Gihan and the ISOC election committee, whose work was phenomenal.
>>
>> I also take a moment to thank my fellow candidates Johan Helsingius,
>> Rafael Ibarra, and Youn Jung Park, who are all excellent candidates
>> that are worthy of winning. I was honored and privileged to have been
>> in this election.
>>
>> Let's continue to work together to make the Internet stronger and
>> ensure that becomes accessible to everyone across the globe.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Walid Al-Saqaf
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 12:20 PM, YJ Park <yjpark21 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Gihan and all,
>>>
>>> Appreciating Gihan's hard work as chair of election committee for 2015, I
>>> like to congratulate Walid on joining the BoT this year! I enjoyed being
>>> a
>>> candidate together with Walid this round who seems to be very eager to
>>> contribute his time and energy to the challenging BoT work. I have strong
>>> belief in his competences in his role as BoT.
>>>
>>> Taking advantage of this opportunity, I also want to express my respect
>>> for
>>> other candidates, Rafael and Johan, who were willing to volunteer their
>>> time
>>> and energy for ISOC. Hope we can have more chances to see such
>>> commitments
>>> from more chapters down the road.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> YJ
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Gihan Dias <gihan at uom.lk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Chapter Delegates,
>>>>
>>>> On behalf of the Internet Society’s Elections Committee, I wish to
>>>> extend
>>>> our appreciation and thanks to all of the nominees and candidates for
>>>> the
>>>> Board of Trustees Election 2015. We are honoured that such
>>>> well-qualified
>>>> individuals offered to serve on the Internet Society Board.
>>>>
>>>> The election concluded on 6th April and the results have been certified
>>>> by
>>>> the Elections Committee.
>>>>
>>>> CHAPTERS
>>>>
>>>> In the chapters election we had four candidates for the open Trustee
>>>> seat.
>>>> Walid Al-Saqaf received 34 votes out of the 88 votes cast Each of the
>>>> other
>>>> candidates (and abstentions) received less than this number of votes. A
>>>> list
>>>> of all Chapters eligible to vote in the election, indicating which
>>>> Chapters
>>>> exercised their voting privilege, is available here.
>>>>
>>>> ORGANISATIONS
>>>>
>>>> In the Organisation membership election there were three candidates for
>>>> one Trustee seat. Alice Munyua received 92 weighted votes out of 232
>>>> weighted votes cast. Each of the other candidates (and abstentions)
>>>> received
>>>> less than this number of votes. In this election, the vote of each
>>>> organisational member has a weight of between 1 and 6 based on the
>>>> membership category.
>>>>
>>>> It may be of further interest that in the 2015 Election, 88 out of 105
>>>> Chapters (84%), and 74 out of 119 Organisation Members (62%) voted.
>>>>
>>>> We now move into the challenge period. Challenges can be lodged between
>>>> now and 21:00 UTC on 17th April 2015, by email to the President of the
>>>> Internet Society, Kathy Brown <brown at isoc.org> with a recital of the
>>>> reasons
>>>> for the challenge. The President, after consultation with the Chairs of
>>>> the
>>>> Nominations and Elections Committees and the members of the Board of
>>>> Trustees, shall advise the author of the challenge of the Board's
>>>> decision
>>>> within 4 days following the end of the challenge period.
>>>>
>>>> The Challenge Response Period ends on Tuesday, 21 April 2015, the date
>>>> on
>>>> which the results will be finalized and officially announced.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gihan Dias
>>>>
>>>> Chairman, Elections Committee
>>>>
>>>>
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