[AFS3-std] 2014 Elections Process and Call for Nominations

[Jeffrey Hutzelman]

On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 12:19 -0400, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-08-06 at 16:13 -0400, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:
> 
> > Consistent with the constraints described in section 2.2.2, this
> > election will proceed along the following timeline:
> > 
> > Jul  1  Eligibility Cutoff (see below)
> > Aug  6  Call for nominations
> > Aug 25  Nominations close - 23:59 UTC
> > Sep  1  Call for votes
> > Sep 15  Voting closes     - 23:59 UTC
> > Sep 22  Results announced
> > Oct  1  New chair takes office
> 
> > As shown in the above timeline, nominations are open for a period of 19
> > days from today, ending at 23:59 UTC on August 25, 2014.  Nominations
> > received after that time will not be considered.
> 
> Per the above timeline, nominations closed yesterday evening.
> 
> Nominations were received for Mike Meffie, Andrew Deason, Simon
> Wilkinson, and Ben Kaduk.  The nominations of Mike Meffie and Simon
> Wilkinson were seconded; the others were not.  Andrew Deason declined
> his nomination.
> 
> That leaves Mike Meffie and Simon Wilkinson as candidates.  Mike has
> accepted his nomination, but Simon has as yet not said anything.
> Therefore, my next step will be to contact Simon and find out whether he
> is willing to act as chair.


I suppose I should report the outcome of this.  I contacted Simon
privately, and he declined.  This leaves us with Mike Meffie as the only
candidate.  Therefore, no election is required, and Mike will continue
as chair for an additional two-year term.

-- Jeff