[Board] Current election cycle discussion

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks everyone:

   - Maria Brovelli: A
   - Vasile Craciunescu: n/a
   - Jody Garnett: A
   - Anita Graser: -
   - Helena Mitasova: A
   - Venkatesh Raghavan: A
   - Sanghee Shin: A
   - Michael Smith: B publicly, C privately, A agree
   - Angelos Tzotsos: consider meeting with 24th hours or C

I also note that Maxi has made a request for the board take responsibility
and not accept Jeff's withdrawal as a candidate. Venka your email to
discuss indicated support for this idea, can you elaborate on your thinking?

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Jody Garnett

On 21 October 2017 at 10:38, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Early I spoke up when I was concerned our delay on recognizing new members
> would disrupt the ongoing election. This was explicitly the responsibility
> of the board and I was careful to ask the CRO and follow their lead.
>
> I would like to ask the board if we should extend any kind of support to
> our CRO this week. This election has had hit a number of bumps on the road
> and I feel bad that so much is being asked if our CRO.
>
> A) Do nothing, understanding that our CRO is handling things well and has
> our trust (this is of course assumed)
>
> B) Explicitly state to reaffirm for our members that the CRO is doing a
> difficult job and has our trust.
>
> C) Ask if the CRO wishes any assistance, even if our capacity is reduced.
>
> This is not that fun a discussion, and only half our board is
> realistically available.  We have also accepted the CRO’s comittment and
> balance our respect for their integrity and our concern for this election
> placing more responsibility and attention on their role then usual.
>
> I thought it would be better to start this email thread here, rather than
> subject the CRO and board members to another round of questions on discuss.
> I suspect some of the questions arise from a misunderstanding of the
> influence that board has, especially in the case of elections which very
> carefully a hands off affair.
> --
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
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