Hello, Thanks for that Sam.As a member who actually votes on things when I can and participates as much as is possible remotely I think it would have great value to be able to participate in the decision making process at meetings.
I realise it's probably not feasible to establish a working system in time for APNIC 28 in Beijing, but for future meetings I think it would be good if APNIC could look into this.
Regards, Gerard On 7/08/2009 2:59 p.m., Sam Dickinson wrote:
Hi Gerard Right now, the APNIC Secretariat is not against remote voting as a possibility, but is concerned that we currently have no way to guarantee that remote voting doesn't end up being skewed by multiple votes from a few people. Because of this, we'd like to suggest that remote voting not be allowed at this meeting, but that we could find ways to allow it in future if that was something wanted by the community. Regards Sam On 6/8/09 10:44 AM, Philip Smith wrote:Hi Gerard, So far it has been simply a show of hands by those in the room at the time of the Chair or Co-Chair election. Usually first agenda item. philip -- Gerard Creamer said the following on 6/8/09 08:57 :Hi, Will it be proxies or online voting for those not in Beijing? Gerard On 3/08/2009 6:43 p.m., Sam Dickinson wrote:Dear colleagues The two-year term of one of the two Co-chairs, Jian Zhang, ends inAugust. Therefore, APNIC is seeking a volunteer to serve as Co-chair ofthe Policy SIG. The Co-chair is a voluntary position whose responsibilities include: - Assisting with chairing the Policy SIG session - Working with the Chair and other Co-chair to develop the agenda - Posting proposals and information about the Policy SIG to the Policy SIG mailing list - Working with the Chair and other Co-chair to encourage andfacilitate discussion on the mailing list and at the APNIC meetingFor more information about the role, please see the SIG guidelines at: http://www.apnic.net/sigs/sig-guidelines.pdf If you are interested in this position, please send an expression of interest, including a short biography in an email to <sig at apnic dot net> and CC <sig-policy-chair at apnic dot net>. If you have someone to recommend, please write to us as above. The nomination deadline is Tuesday, 25 August 2009. If there are any volunteers, elections to select the new Co-chair will be held in the Policy SIG meeting at APNIC 28 in Beijing, China, 25 - 28 August 2009. Candidates need to be present at the meeting to be eligible. All SIG Chairs and Co-chairs undertake this work on a voluntary basis.The APNIC Secretariat speaks on behalf of the community in saying we arevery appreciative of the work done by the Chairs and Co-chairs.
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