[Serusers] Technical board: Secret vs. public voting, suggested amendment to the rules

Several people have on the lists and privately indicated their concern about public voting and the risk that people may feel uncomfortable. I have had several discussions privately on the issue and suggest the following amendment to the rules for election of the technical board (http://www.iptel.org/technicalboard/rules): ------------------- - The parenthesis "(by posting to one of the lists)" is removed from item 6. New items: 9. Before nomination starts, a person and email address should be identified publicly as the coordinator of the election process. 10. Nominations are suggested either publicly on one of the lists identified in item 6 or privately to the coordinator. Each nominee must accept the nomination in order to be electable. 11. Voting is done according to item 8 either by posting who are voted for on one of the lists identified in item 6 or privately to the coordinator. 12. Nominations and votes shall be anonymously posted to an iptel.org webpage and kept updated regularly by the coordinator. The coordinator shall keep all posts and private emails with votes as an assurance that the result can be verified by a third party. 13. Voting shall be open for seven days. ------------------- I'm sorry this becomes elaborate, but I believe that by being very explicit and detailed on the technical board, we may avoid trouble later. Unless there are change suggestions, comments, or objections within the end of the nomination (end of day Monday), I will amend the technical board rules and proceed to the voting step. g-)