Subj : 2023 FTSC Standing Member Election - Preliminary Results
To   : Nigel Reed
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Mon Mar 20 2023 02:51 am

Hello Nigel!

20 Mar 23 00:46, you wrote to me:

 NR> Maybe, in future, the person who has accepted a nomination should not
 NR> also be the person running the election. I'm not questioning Andrew's
 NR> integrity, but it does seem rather strange that no region voted no
 NR> where everyone else got at least 4 no votes. Only 2 of the other 5
 NR> candidates received a clear majority. It seems to be a conflict of
 NR> interest, imho.

FTA-1001 specifies that the FTSC Administrator is responsible for coordinating 
all membership nominations and voting.  All ballots are submitted in the 
FTSC_PUBLIC echo, so that any/all interested parties can track the results 
themselves, if they so desire.

As an RC, I could have voted in the election myself.  I chose not to do so, 
for 2 reasons:

1.  My request to the sysops of my Region for input on the candidates did not 
receive any response.
2.  To avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest, especially since in 
some cases 1 vote could affect the results for a candidate.  It should also be 
noted that in the entire time I have been an RC, I have abstained from voting 
for myself.

Any questions regarding the voters' reasoning for their choices should be 
addressed with those voters via NetMail.

I am certainly willing to entertain constructive suggestions on how to improve 
the process.

Andrew

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