[seedig] Launching a new election process: Call for volunteers for the Election Committee

[Narine Khachatryan]

Dear community and dear Sorina,

Thank you very much for announcing about the next stage of SEEDIG. Thank
you, dear Katarina, for volunteering.

As all of us will be facing a new and a very important phase, perhaps the
most important - elections, members of the community are willing to get
some understanding of the current situation at SEEDIG.

Until now, no-one from the current Executive Committee members announced,
commented, or even tried to comment the letter of the former ExecComm
member Dusan Caf. People are in confusion and the future of SEEDIG seems
vague to many at this very moment.

Passing without any explanation to the next stage may not leave a very good
impression on the supporting organisations, and maybe considered as
negligence of duties of the current Executive Committee, its inaction at
this very important moment, and what is most important, the lack of respect
towards the Community's interests.

Some community members have noticed, for instance, that the SEEDIG web site
was down for a weekend. Yet,  no comment, or explanation followed: whether
it was an attack, change of the hosting server, or maybe any other reason.

We should thank its administrator Mr. Dusan Stojicevic for securing its
operations urgently since yesterday. But only technical operation of the
SEEDIG platform is not enough for making informed choices while nominating
candidates, or volunteering for the election committee.

Therefore, some reactions to the questions raised in the Letter are needed
from those, who are responsible for the current process, as already
requested by Valentina Pellizer, Yuri Kargapolov, Nenad Marincovic, Desara
Dushi and others.
With best wishes to everyone on this Christmas season,

Narine Khachatryan

On Mon, 23 Dec 2019, 16:51 Sorina Teleanu, <sorina.teleanu at seedig.net>
wrote:

> Dear SEEDIG community,
>
> We are hereby *launching a new partial election process for three (3)
> seats on the SEEDIG Executive Committee (EC)*. This is a consequence of
> (1) the previous partial election process for two seats not being
> concluded; and (2) the resignation of an EC member.
>
> In line with the Terms of Reference for the SEEDIG EC
> <https://seedig.net/terms-of-reference-tor/>, the initiation of the
> election process consists in announcing the election calendar and launching
> a call for volunteers to serve on the Election Committee.
>
> *1. Election calendar*
>
> As per Art.6.2. of the ToR, please find here the calendar for the overall
> election process <https://seedig.net/partial-elections/#timeline>. *Due
> to the winter holidays being celebrated on different dates throughout the
> region, the EC has decided to launch the process now, but allow a longer
> time for the submission of nominations.*
>
> *2. Call for volunteers to serve of the Election Committee*
>
> As per Art.6 Section B of the ToR, the election process is to be managed
> by a three-member Election Committee. The main tasks of the Committee are outlined
> here <https://seedig.net/partial-elections/#committee>.
>
> SEEDIG community members willing to volunteer for the Election Committee
> are invited *to express their interest via this mailing list, by Friday,
> 27 December, 10.00 am CET*. A simple expression of interest is enough, no
> elaborated motivation letters are required.
>
> Kindly note that the seats on this Committee are to be filled in on a
> first come first served basis. Those who plan to run for elections are
> disqualified from volunteering or appointment on the Election Committee.
> The Committee may also include observers from among SEEDIG supporting
> organisations (as per Art. 6.8).
>
> With this, the election process is officially open.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sorina
>
> (on behalf of the Executive Committee
> <https://seedig.net/executive-committee/>)
>
>
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