Re: [npoc-voice] NPOC Elections

[Poncelet Ileleji <pileleji@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Alain,

Good day, am also Co Chair Africa for the  membership commitee just said I
should mention it, as my role within the membership commitee is to promote
and get more African NGO's involved in NPOC

Thanks

Poncelet

On 20 February 2013 13:45, Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Thanks Cintra,
>
> Who composes the Membership Committee of NPOC - if I recall it is only
> Klaus. We may need to beef up the numbers?
>
> The proposed schedule is fine with me. Let's see what others think,
> cheers,  Alain
>
>
> On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, Cintra Sooknanan wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Please see below the rules and proposed time frame for NPOC elections,
>> with specific questions. As stated on the call we are currently a bit off
>> schedule compared to last year.
>>
>> Thank you for your review.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Cintra Sooknanan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013 - NPOC Elections
>>  The following are the next steps for the call of Executive Committee
>> elections:
>>
>> 1. The Communications Committee to send out the Notice of Election and
>> Request for Nominations on the NPOC website for at least sixty (60) days
>> prior to an upcoming election. The notice shall include the opening date of
>> the official vote.(Section 8 Elections, NPOC Petition and Charter).The
>> previous Executive Committee elections closed on 20 March 2012 so we are a
>> little behind schedule.
>>
>> 2. All candidates for elected office must meet the qualifications of the
>> office position they seek as defined in Section 2.2, NPOC Petition and
>> Charter. Also Candidates must request formal nomination from the Membership
>> Committee by submitting a completed Request for Nomination form. I am not
>> sure if the Request for Nomination Form already exists, can staff confirm?
>>
>> 3. The Membership Committee shall review the completed Request for
>> Nomination forms and notify candidates of formal acceptance no less than
>> thirty (30) calendar days in advance of the official vote. No position
>> shall have more than four (4) candidates.  In the event more than four (4)
>> individuals request nomination the EC shall review and vote on the final
>> four (4) candidates. Additionally the Membership Committee must determine
>> the active voting status of Members; and upon receipt from the EC of a
>> notice of an upcoming election, confirm the identity and status of
>> Constituency Members eligible to vote and run for office at least forty
>> (40) days prior to the beginning of such election (Section 4 NPOC Petition
>> and Charter).
>>
>> 4. Once the candidates have been formally accepted, the voting process
>> detailed in Section 9.0 of the NPOC Petition and Charter will commence (10%
>> of membership being at least 10 members to be quorate and 51% of the vote
>> to indicate a win).
>> Are their any guidelines for the length of the election? should it be one
>> week be sufficient for voting?
>>
>> Given the current time frame, I propose the
>>
>>    - notification be sent out on Friday 22 February,
>>    - candidates will submit the completed Request for Nomination Form by
>>    Friday 8 March (14 days after notification sent),
>>    - with the Membership Committee vetting the list of members who can
>>    vote and eligibility of candidates with written notifications of 
>> membership
>>    status by Thursday 14 March (20 days after notification sent).
>>    - Membership Committee to send and formal acceptance of candidates by
>>    Sunday 24 March (30 days after notification sent)
>>    - Elections held on Wednesday 24 April to Thursday 9 May 2013.
>>    (election period of 2 weeks- 1 week may be sufficient, election start 61
>>    days after notification sent)
>>    - Election results announced on Friday 10 May 2013.
>>
>>
>
> --
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