<div dir="ltr">Thanks Venka, that agrees with my own understanding and thoughts.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 October 2017 at 20:27, Venkatesh Raghavan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp" target="_blank">raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<pre>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
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It is not for the board to accept or not accept.<br>
It is for the CRO to accept or not accept, I think.<br>
The CRO can, perhaps announce that candidates<br>
are not allowed to withdraw mid-way of the election<br>
process.<br>
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Board can take responsibility to request the CRO to<br>
make an announcement that candidates cannot withdraw <br>
mid-way of election.<br>
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How to handle matter related to Jeff's can be taken up by the<br>
new board after the election process in over.<br>
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Venka<br>
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On 21 October 2017 at 10:38, Jody Garnett <a class="m_5344296289102523188moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank"><jody.garnett@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre>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.
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