[Chapter-delegates] ISOC Portugal elections

[Christine Saegesser]

Dear José, 

Congratulations to you and the new team! We look forward to our continued collaboration. 

Thanks also for sharing your lessons learnt. 

The election process should indeed be guided by each Chapter’s local bylaws. 

All, if you’re unsure about how to start such a process, please do reach out to your Regional Community Engagement Managers, we can share sample election process outlines & timelines that have worked for the elections of other Chapters in the past and that could be adapted to your specific contexts. We can also help set up online elections if this is helpful, just let us know. 

Best regards, 

Christine 

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Internet Society (ISOC)
Christine Saegesser Baethge
Director Chapters and Individual Members
Website: www.InternetSociety.org
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> On 27. Mar 2019, at 15:54, José Legatheaux Martins <jose.legatheaux at fct.unl.pt> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> The general assembly of ISOC Portugal took place on February 25th. The following board members were elected:
> 
> José Legatheaux, president
> Henrique Domingos, treasurer
> Rogério Reis, secretary
> 
> It was also decided that a member can only be elected twice for periods of 2 years, instead of twice for periods of 3 years, as it was before.
> 
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> 
> This election followed a complicated process that lasted about 2 months. The elected officials were the only candidates that ran for office at the end of the process. At the beginning, two candidate lists showed up. 
> 
> If possible, we will try to share lessons with the chapters community on the following issues:
> - Can a chapter live without a specific elections regulation?
> - What are the obligations and rights of the members of the chapter when the chapter membership does not even require the payment of annual fees?
> - to be a member, to be able to vote, and to be elected, a member just has to join the chapter, as if he or she was subscribing to a mailing list, some days before the election takes place?
> 
> You only have to know the answer to these questions when something nasty arises. I recommend you to have clear and realistic answers to them before that moment :-)
> 
> Best,
> José
> 
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> Jose Legatheaux Martins
> Departamento de Informática da FCT/UNL
> President of ISOC Portugal
> https://legatheaux.eu
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