[Chapter-delegates] 2024 ISOC Board of Trustees Elections Results

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

Dear Victor,

thanks for your explanation. With abstentions the vote number makes sense.
And thanks for explaining the language in the Procedures for Trustees.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 08/04/2024 20:56, Victor Kuarsingh wrote:
> Olivier,
>
> The language in the Procedures for Trustees, Publication of the 
> Result, says:
>
>
> *"Publication of the Result*
>
> *Only the vote counts of the elected candidate Trustee and the total 
> vote count are to be published, while all candidates and the Board of 
> Trustees will be provided with the full list of candidates and the 
> number of votes that each received."*
>
> Basically, only the vote count of those elected and the total vote 
> count get released broadly (full details are distributed to the 
> candidates and board).  I can confirm that there were abstentions.
>
> regards,
>
>
> Victor K
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 2:00 PM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     Dear Victor,
>
>     congratulations to Maureen Hilyard on her appointment!
>     However, please see below:
>
>     On 08/04/2024 18:19, Victor Kuarsingh via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>>
>>     In the Chapters election, there were two (2) candidates for one
>>     (1) seat. Having received the most votes, Maureen Hilyard has
>>     been elected to a 3-year term as a trustee.
>>
>>     Voter turn-out in the Chapters election was 83.19%. Of the 113
>>     eligible chapters, 94 voted. In accordance with theProcedures for
>>     Selecting Trustees
>>     <https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/governance-policies/procedures-selecting-trustees/>,
>>     Publication of the Result, Maureen Hilyard received 44 votes.
>>
>
>     Thank you for publishing the results, but I'm afraid they don't
>     really make much sense.
>
>     With 94 voting chapters and 44 votes going to Maureen Hilyard,
>     that would mean 50 votes did not go to Maureen Hilyard, so does
>     that mean that 7 votes or more were abstentions or invalid ballots?
>
>     Usually vote results are given more clearly (and transparently) as:
>
>     Candidate A: Nr. Votes - %
>     Candidate B: Nr. Votes - %
>     Abstentions: Nr. Votes - %
>     N/A: Nr. Votes - % (if possible)
>
>     Kindest regards,
>
>     Olivier
>
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