[sakai-pmc] VOTE: PMC chair/vice-chair tenure and election bylaws changes

[Sam Ottenhoff]

Do you believe all proposals should accommodate our member vacation
schedules?  If you vacation in July and August, and I vacation in June, and
our friends in the southern hemisphere vacation during December and
January, you believe our bylaws should reflect these preferred vacation
months?


On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 4:30 AM, Jean-Francois Leveque <
jean-francois.leveque at upmc.fr> wrote:

> -1 because nothing prevents voting in July or August which would be a
> problem for me.
>
> J-F
>
> On 08/01/2014 17:51, Anthony Whyte wrote:
> > On 19 December 2013 Sam Ottenhoff proposed that we revise the PMC
> > chair's term of election. A number of amendments regarding the position
> > of vice-chair were offered by other PMC members and the proposal below
> > incorporates the suggested changes to the original proposal.
> >
> > *Overview*
> > The six month rotating chair rule inherited from TCC practice specifies
> > too short a time period between elections to ensure effective continuity
> > in office for members elected to serve a committee now responsible for
> > oversight of the Sakai project within a broader Apereo community. The
> > rule results in the PMC chair and vice-chair rotating too often and
> > results in too much time spent on elections. The frequency of rotations
> > between chairs also complicates communications between the PMC and other
> > bodies (Foundation director, conference planning, licensing, etc) and
> > contributes to a perception of instability within the committee.
> >
> > *Proposal *
> > The PMC will extend the term of office to one year for both the chair
> > and vice-chair per Apache PMC protocol and eliminate the practice of
> > automatic succession of the vice-chair to the chair upon completion of
> > the chair's term in office.
> >
> > Specifically, the following sections of the bylaws will be amended as
> > follows:
> >
> > Section 1.2 PMC chair
> >
> > Strike the following language:
> >
> > /Rotating position. Elected by simple majority vote of membership unless
> > replaced by vice-chair according to order of succession described below.
> > Term: 6 months/
> >
> > Replace with:
> >
> > /Elected by a simple majority vote of the membership. The chair shall
> > hold office for a period of one year or until his or her successor is
> > elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or
> > removal. If the chair resigns or is removed the vice-chair will succeed
> > to the chair and serve out the remainder of the former chair's term. If
> > an election results in a tie between candidates for the position of
> > chair, successive run-off elections will be held until a candidate is
> > elected by a simple majority vote of the membership./
> >
> > Section 1.3 PMC vice chair
> >
> > Strike the following language:
> >
> > /Rotating position. Elected by a simple majority vote of membership
> > every 6 months. Succeeds current PMC chair when the chair's term expires.
> > Term: 6 months/
> >
> > Replace with:
> >
> > /Elected by a simple majority vote of the membership. The vice chair
> > shall hold office for a period of one year or until his or her successor
> > is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or
> > removal. If the vice-chair resigns, is removed or replaces a chair who
> > has resigned or been removed a special election will be held to elect a
> > vice chair to serve out the remainder of the term. If an election
> > results in a tie between candidates for the position of vice chair,
> > successive run-off elections will be held until a candidate is elected
> > by a simple majority vote of the the membership./
> >
> > Section 3.0 Elections
> >
> > Strike the following language:
> >
> > /The method for breaking a tie is still subject to debate. Suggestions
> > include:/
> >
> >     * /In a future PMC election if there is a tie, a run off election
> >       will be held among the tied candidates following the same election
> >       procedures. /
> >     * /If members are still tied after the election, a virtual coin toss
> >       will be held when only two tied candidates are left./
> >     * /The coin toss method may change, but currently it will be via
> >       http://cointossr.com/ between the chair and vice chair. The
> >       candidate who is represented by heads and tails is arranged prior
> >       to the toss when the chair sends the link to the vice chair./
> >
> >
> > In addition, the existing 6 month tenures of the current chair and
> > vice-chair's tenure will be extended until 30 June 2014 in order to both
> > simplify the transition to a new election model and establish a July to
> > June period of tenure for both positions.
> >
> > *Polls open*
> >
> > Voting is now open and will conclude no later than Monday, 13 January
> > 2014, 11:59:59 UTC
> >
> > As earlier noted, both the current chair and vice-chair will recuse
> > themselves from this vote.
> >
> >
> > anthony whyte | its and mlibrary | university of michigan |
> > arwhyte at umich.edu <mailto:arwhyte at umich.edu> | 517-980-0228
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