Preliminary Results of 2019 Elections for next TDF Board of Directors

Dear members,

This is the announcement of the preliminary results of the voting for the next Board of Directors.
First of all: many thanks to all people who ran for elections!
The number of members who voted is 140, so 64 members did not.
In fact the total amount of eligible voters was 204, therefore 68.6% have voted.

I’d also like to say thanks to all the voters.
Elections are the most significant moment for a member, what let them differ from anyone else in our community.

With the preliminary results, elected as member of the Board of Directors are the candidates, in this preference order:

  1. Michael Meeks

  2. Thorsten Behrens

  3. Franklin Weng

  4. Daniel Armando Rodriguez

  5. Cor Nouws

  6. Lothar Becker

  7. Jan Holešovský

  8. Emiliano Vavassori

  9. Nicolas Christener

  10. Paolo Vecchi

These results were calculated using the same tooling and rules as usual:
OpenSTV (http://www.OpenSTV.org/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_single_transferable_votes#Meek).

The above preliminary results are in conflict with § 8 IV of our statutes (https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf), as three candidates - Michael Meeks, Cor Nouws and Jan Holešovský - have the same affiliation. The membership committee will discuss with the elected candidates the options to resolve this conflict, which will likely affect the final results. We will update the members and the general public on this soon.

Before these results can be final, we have the challenging phase from 2019-12-14, 00:00 CET/UTC+1 (beginning of 14 - tomorrow) until 2019-12-19, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of day 19).
As member you are invited to check your votes as explained after the voting, and with the anonymous token given at that time. It’s only you who have that token. The results, for all members who voted to verify, are here https://elections.documentfoundation.org/votes.php?election_id=12

In case you think there is any irregularity or if there are other questions, please contact the Membership Committee as soon as possible, and anyway no later than 2019-12-19, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of 19), through elections@documentfoundation.org

For reference, details of the whole election process are in the first announcement, to be found here:
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04342.html

As Chairman of the Membership Committee, as soon as this conflict will be resolved, I will ask all elected candidates to officially accept their election.

I’ll send a link to download my output from STV algorithm computation, together with an infographic I’ve made to ease its understanding.
I hope to have done a useful job, stay tuned.

Congratulations to the newly announced Board!

And thank you to Gabriele for efficient operation, as usual, thus far.

Sam.

On 13 December 2019 15:54:04 EET, Gabriele Ponzo gabriele.ponzo@documentfoundation.org wrote:

Dear members,

This is the announcement of the preliminary results of the voting for the next Board of Directors.
First of all: many thanks to all people who ran for elections!
The number of members who voted is 140, so 64 members did not.
In fact the total amount of eligible voters was 204, therefore 68.6% have voted.

I’d also like to say thanks to all the voters.
Elections are the most significant moment for a member, what let them differ from anyone else in our community.

With the preliminary results, elected as member of the Board of Directors are the candidates, in this preference order:

  1. Michael Meeks

  2. Thorsten Behrens

  3. Franklin Weng

  4. Daniel Armando Rodriguez

  5. Cor Nouws

  6. Lothar Becker

  7. Jan Holešovský

  8. Emiliano Vavassori

  9. Nicolas Christener

  10. Paolo Vecchi

These results were calculated using the same tooling and rules as usual:
OpenSTV (http://www.OpenSTV.org/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_single_transferable_votes#Meek).

The above preliminary results are in conflict with § 8 IV of our statutes (https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf), as three candidates - Michael Meeks, Cor Nouws and Jan Holešovský - have the same affiliation. The membership committee will discuss with the elected candidates the options to resolve this conflict, which will likely affect the final results. We will update the members and the general public on this soon.

Before these results can be final, we have the challenging phase from 2019-12-14, 00:00 CET/UTC+1 (beginning of 14 - tomorrow) until 2019-12-19, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of day 19).
As member you are invited to check your votes as explained after the voting, and with the anonymous token given at that time. It’s only you who have that token. The results, for all members who voted to verify, are here https://elections.documentfoundation.org/votes.php?election_id=12

In case you think there is any irregularity or if there are other questions, please contact the Membership Committee as soon as possible, and anyway no later than 2019-12-19, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of 19), through elections@documentfoundation.org

For reference, details of the whole election process are in the first announcement, to be found here:
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04342.html

As Chairman of the Membership Committee, as soon as this conflict will be resolved, I will ask all elected candidates to officially accept their election.

I’ll send a link to download my output from STV algorithm computation, together with an infographic I’ve made to ease its understanding.
I hope to have done a useful job, stay tuned.

Thats pretty fair, Sam, thanks for your standing for the board election,
too.

And certainly Gabriele and his team for the operations, as you mentioned.

Cu

Lothar