Hi Nick, Nick Ashton-Hart wrote Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:29:
Can someone please tell me why we are having a vote when there is only one candidate for elections? This doesn't make sense to me. I hope you'll all understand this isn't meant to be critical, but I have little admin support for the next several weeks and I really have to prioritise what I spend time on. It is hard to for me to understand how an election with only one candidate for each position is even possible - the outcome is predetermined. That's like a communist-era election in the Soviet union with only one candidate, surely?
Let me try. I think no one wants to complicate your life or to bother you with too much bureaucracy. And I understand your reasoning. BUT even if the outcome may be predetermined -- like a communist-era election ;-), the difference is: If half of the board says „No, we don’t want this guy!“ then we have to look for another volunteer/candidate because it wouldn’t make sense to me taking over a chair position without having the confidence and approval of at least a majority of my board colleagues. And I can imagine that Jeanette may see it for her vice position in a similar way?! Please be asured that we don’t want to play on formalism but fatalism (because their is no alternative) would be a poor precondition for a chairs’ legitimacy. If you don’t have the time to create an online voting tool then simply define a voting period (one week?) when board members can express their opinions or even abstentions on the candidates. Once they are approved it’s done – otherwise we have to look for other and more acceptable solutions. As I agree to Wolfgang’s and Jeanette’s argument that the Lisbon meeting was a pre-EURALO issue, I will follow your hint and fill-in/ submit a demand for an official F2F meeting in combination with the Outreach-meeting in October in Warsaw ( - and hope it may find a favourable consideration by you). Best, Wolf
On 10 Jul 2007, at 22:27, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
Nick Ashton-Hart schrieb:
I am not sure what if anything there is to be voted on to be honest. If there is only one candidate for Chair, is the question to be asked in the election "Do you support Wolf Ludwig to be the Chair of EURALO?"
Yes. And also: do you support Jeanette Hofmann to be vice-chair.
jeanette
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