[fvc-wat-disc] Annual General Meeting: Wed, 21 June 2017

Jay Judkowitz judkowitz at gmail.com
Wed Jun 28 16:30:59 EDT 2017 

OK, I'll be that guy...

How did you decide which 7 of 9 we're Sharon's extra ballots?

In reality would you have counted all 9 2nd place votes and multiplied the
totally by .78?

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

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> Hi everyone: Kevin Smith hasn't yet released the minutes of this
> year's AGM, but I do want to announce that Cathy Scott has been newly
> elected to the Fair Vote Waterloo Executive as a Member-At-Large.
>
> I want to thank Shannon Adshade, one of the founders of Fair Vote
> Waterloo, who has served on the Executive every year since we started
> in 2006! This year other commitments are keeping Shannon busy, so
> we're finally letting him off the hook.
>
> There were five Executive positions to be filled, and six nominees.
> This is the first time since 2006 that we had to have an election for
> the executive, so we held an election using Single Transferable Vote.
> Members at the AGM placed nominees' names on the ballot in order of
> preference, from 1 to 6. There were 12 ballots cast, but as returning
> Co-chair I withheld my ballot, to be used in case of a tie. David
> Dolson and I were the "returning officers" to count the ballots.
>
> How many votes would it take to elect a nominee? We calculated the
> "Droop Quota" -- the number of ballots cast divided by the
> number-of-positions-plus-one, rounded down to an integer, plus one[*].
>
>
>   Droop Quota = int(ballots / (positions+1)) +1
>
>               = int(11 / (5+1)) +1
>               = int(11 / 6) +1
>               = int(1.8) +1
>               = 2
>
> We placed the ballots in piles based on the first choice of each
> ballot. Cathy Scott received two ballots, Sharon Sommerville received
> nine, so both get a position on the board. The seven surplus ballots
> for Sharon were then re-distributed based on the second choice on each
> ballot:
>
> Kevin Smith: 2
> Mo Markham: 2
> Donald Fraser: 2
> Shannon Adshade: 1
>
> So, our 2017-2018 Executive is elected! Sharon will resume the
> position of Co-Chair, and Kevin Smith resumes the position of
> Secretary, both two-year terms. Aden Seaman continues his second year
> as Treasurer, and I'm in the second year as Co-chair, with Mo, Donald,
> and Cathy serving one-year terms as Members-At-Large.
>
> Thanks to all who came out, and for the opportunity to "eat our own
> dogfood" -- a computer industry term for actually using the things we
> build, or in our case, using the principles we advocate.
>
> - --Bob.
>
>
> [*] Droop Quota: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droop_quota
>
>
> On 2017-06-18 11:09 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> > Hi everyone: Just a quick reminder of our AGM this Wednesday.
> >
> > I'm making the reservation at ERK Monday evening. The Egg Roll
> > King Restaurant is a small place; if you're coming please let us
> > know by registering at http://fairvotewrc.ca/?p=3834 (but nobody
> > will be turned away at the door!)
> >
> > So far there has been one advance nomination for the Executive;
> > please let me know if you'd like to nominate someone (or
> > yourself). Nominations will also take place at the meeting itself.
> > You can also let me know if you want to appoint a proxy for your
> > vote.
> >
> > * Nominated: Shannon Adshade
> >
> >
> > See you Wednesday!
> >
> > --Bob Jonkman Co-Chair, Fair Vote Waterloo
> >
> >
> > On 2017-06-08 11:16 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> >> Hi everyone: Summer approaches, and it's time for the Annual
> >> General Meeting of the Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter.
> >> Everyone is welcome to attend, and paid-up members can vote and
> >> run for a position on the Executive Board.
> >
> >
> >> *What*: Fair Vote Waterloo Annual General Meeting *When*:
> >> Wednesday, 21 June 2017 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm (6:00pm dinner)
> >> *Where*: Egg Roll King Restaurant *Location*: 85 Courtland
> >> Avenue East, Kitchener, Ontario *Map*:
> >> https://osm.org/go/ZXnwS2Cx--?m=
> >
> >> == Agenda ==
> >
> >> 1) Review and acceptance of minutes from 2016 AGM
> >
> >> 2) Report from the Co-Chair and Chapter Co-ordinator, Sharon
> >> Sommerville
> >
> >> 3) Treasurer's Report
> >
> >> 4) Old business * Outreach program * Letter Writing Team
> >
> >> 4) Election of Fair Vote Waterloo Executive Board * All paid-up
> >> members of Fair Vote Canada are eligible to stand for
> >> nomination; only paid-up members can vote. Memberships can be
> >> paid at the meeting ($25/year, $10 for first year)
> >
> >> * Proxy votes and self-nominations are allowed. You can nominate
> >>  yourself even if you can't come to the meeting. E-mail me if
> >> you can't come, but want to run.
> >
> >> * Three to Five members to be elected; they will choose amongst
> >> themselves which positions to fill: ** Co-Chair (2 year term) **
> >> Secretary (2 year term) ** 1 - 3 Members at Large (1 year term)
> >> ** The second Co-Chair (Bob Jonkman) and Treasurer (Aden Seaman)
> >> will complete the second year of their two-year term.  5) New
> >> Business * Summer Festivals - volunteers needed!
> >
> >> 6) Announcements
> >
> >> 7) Adjournment
> >
> >> 8) Discussion
> >
> >
> >> == Registration ==
> >
> >> Registration is optional, but will help with the reservation at
> >> the restaurant.
> >
> >> Register at:
> >
> >> http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/event/fair-vote-waterloo-
> annual-general-meeting-for-2017/#registration
> >
> >>  The AGM will start at 7:00pm, but please join us for dinner at
> >> 6:00pm -- ERK has a small kitchen, and good food takes time to
> >> prepare.
> >
> >
> >> --Bob Jonkman  <bjonkman at sobac.com> Co-Chair, Fair Vote Waterloo
> >
> >
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