2. SIG Chair's term of serviceI would like to propose revising SIG Chair's term of service as follows.- Elections occur yearly. Chair elections and Co-Chair elections occur in alternate years (same as current SIG guideline)- If Chair election and Co-Chair election are happen in same year, Co-Chair's (or Co-Chairs') term of service should be one yearas Chair's and Co-Chairs' term of service are staggered- If current Chair/Co-Chair resigned or was removed, the succesor's term should be remaining term of current Chair/Co-Chair
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SIG Chair's term of serviceI would like to propose aligning Chair' term with Co-Chair's term, whichmeans that Chair and all Co-Chair will serve for same two years.To keep this alighment, I would like to propose limiting the successor'sterm to remaining term of current Chair/Co-Chair if currentChair/Co-Chair resigned or was removed.If ALL current Chair/Co-Chair resigne or are removed at the same timeand the another successor who don't know or share the background andsituations of this forum become New Chair/Co-Chair, who do care for them?At the point of the stable/continuous forum management,I think that there is no need to revise the part of this guideline.Regards,HirokiSubject: [sig-policy] Proposal to revise SIG guidelinesFrom: Adam Gosling <adam at apnic dot net>Date: Mon Sep 05 2016 19:08:46 GMT+0900Dear SIG members* sig-policy: APNIC SIG on resource management policy *A proposal to modify the APNIC SIG Guidelines relating to the electionof SIG Chairs and Co-Chairs has been submitted for consideration atAPNIC 42 im Colombo, Sri Lanka.If agreed. these changes will affect all APNIC SIGs from APNIC 43 in HoChi Minh City, Vietnam.Discussion and call for consensus will take place in the Policy SIG.If successful in the Policy SIG, a consensus call will be made at theAPNIC Member Meeting. There will be no final Comment Period.To ensure those not travelling to APNIC 42 are able to participate inthe discussion, you are invited to comment on the Policy SIG MailingList before the conference.More background to this proposal is available at:RegardsAdam------------------------------------------------------- Revising eligible voters of Chair election and Chair's term------------------------------------------------------- Proposer: Masato Yamanishi1. Problem statement--------------------1. Eligible voters in SIG Chair electionIn current SIG guidelines, we have no rule or guideline about eligiblevoters in SIG Chair election and we have two issues by the lack of suchrule.Firstly, we need to have clear guideline whether remote participantshave voting rights for SIG Chair election since current practice isdifferent in each election.Secondary, it can be used by fraud, like hijacking the position of Chairagaist the Community by inviting many persons who never attend thecommunity discussion.2. SIG Chair's term of serviceWhile SIG guidelines says "Elections occur yearly. Chair elections andCo-Chair elections occur in alternate years.", both elections were heldat same meeting in many cases, in particular when a current Co-Chairstand for the position of Chair. With this current practice having bothelections at same meeting, we are not seeing any significant issues forlong time.In addition, there is no alternative condition for the successor's termif current Chair/Co-Chair resigned or was removed though suchalternative condition is necessary to maintain staggered term asrequested by SIG guideline. (a.k.a. the successor's term of service issame as remaining term of resigned or removed Chair)2. Objective of policy change-----------------------------The objective is preventing confusions related to remote participant aswell as mitigating possible frauds in SIG Chair election by settingclear rule for eligible voters.In addition, we can also expect aligning SIG guideline with currentpractice as well as resolving unclearness of the successor's term whencurrent Chair/Co-Chair resigned or was removed by revising SIG Chair'sterm of service.3. Situation in other regions-----------------------------Please refer following page made by Adam GoslingComparison of RIR SIG/WG Chair Election Processes4. Proposed policy solution---------------------------1. Eligible voters in SIG Chair electionI would like to propose limiting eligible voters of SIG Chair electionto registered participants of APNIC Conference where the election isheld.In this context, registered participants include remote participants whoregister to Confer, or its successor in future.2. SIG Chair's term of serviceI would like to propose aligning Chair' term with Co-Chair's term, whichmeans that Chair and all Co-Chair will serve for same two years.To keep this alighment, I would like to propose limiting the successor'sterm to remaining term of current Chair/Co-Chair if currentChair/Co-Chair resigned or was removed.5. Advantages / Disadvantages-----------------------------Advantages:By setting clear rule for eligible voters,- we can avoid confusion whether remote participant cast vote for SIGChair election or not- we can mitigate frauds in SIG Chair electionBy revising SIG Chair's term of service- we can resolve a conflict between SIG guideline and current practice- we can resolve unclearness of the successor's term when currentChair/Co-Chair resigned or was removedDisadvantages:APNIC staff may need to spend some additional time to confirm whethereach voter is registered participants.There is no disadvantage by revising SIG Chair's term of service.6. Impact on resource holders-----------------------------No direct impact7. References-------------Chair Election Procedure Review by Adam GoslingComparison of RIR SIG/WG Chair Election ProcessesAPNIC SIG Guidelines_______________________________________________ sig-policy mailing list