Inaugural/ElectionReport/20051214

From AnnodexFoundation

Email report on Election sent by Jan Schmidt on 15th Dec 2005

Hi everyone,

The election of the inaugural committee was held on IRC a few hours ago,
with me as the returning officer. This is the committee that will serve
the Foundation until elections in June 2006, and a fine one it is.

The new committee members (and their associated places of employment) are:

Chair - Jeff Waugh (Canonical Ltd, Australia)
Vice Chair - Conrad Parker (CSIRO, Australia)
Treasurer - James Purser (WIN Television, Australia)
Secretary - Silvia Pfeiffer (CSIRO, Australia)
Ordinary Committee Members -
  Andre Pang (Rising Sun Pictures, Australia)
  Zentaro Kavanagh (Illiminable Software Inc., Australia)
  Mike Smith (Fluendo S.L., Spain)

Congratulations to the new committee members!

For the record, the election went like this:

For the position of Chair,
Jeff Waugh - nom: Andre Pang, 2nd: Silvia Pfeiffer. Accepted nomination, 8 votes
Silvia Pfeiffer - nom: Jean-Marc Valin, 2nd: Conrad Parker. Accepted nomination. 1 votes

For the position of Vice Chair:
Conrad Parker - nom: Zen Kavanagh, 2nd: Jeff Waugh. Accepted nomination, 7 votes
Silvia Pfeiffer - nom: Ryan Verner, 2nd: Jean-Marc Valin. Accepted nomination. 5 votes

For the position of Treasurer:
Andre Pang - nom: Silvia Pfeiffer, 2nd: Zentaro Kavanagh. Declined nomination
Zentaro Kavanagh - nom: Silvia Pfeiffer, 2nd: James Purser. Accepted nomination. 3 votes
James Purser - nom: Andre Pang, 2nd: Jeff Waugh. Accepted nomination. 8 votes
Mike Smith - nom: Silvia Pfeiffer, 2nd: Zentaro Kavanagh. Accepted nomination. 1 votes

For the position of Secretary:
Silvia Pfeiffer - nom: Jeff Waugh, 2nd: James Purser. Accepted nomination. Elected unopposed

For the 3 positions of Ordinary Committee member:
Andre Pang - nom: Zentaro Kavanagh, 2nd: Jeff Waugh. Accepted nomination. 7 votes
Ryan Verner - nom: Silvia Pfeiffer, 2nd: Jan Schmidt. Accepted nomination. 3 votes
Zentaro Kavanagh - nom: Ryan Verner, 2nd: Jean-Marc Valin. Accepted nomination. 11 votes
Jean-Marc Valin - nom: Zentaro Kavanagh, 2nd: Mike Smith. Accepted nomination. 4 votes
Mike Smith - nom: Zentaro Kavanagh, 2nd: Jean-Marc Valin. Accepted nomination. 8 votes
Andrea Pederson - nom: Silvia Pfeiffer, 2nd: Conrad Parker. Accepted nomination (via Silvia). 6 votes
Chris Lindenmueller - nom: Silvia Pfeiffer, 2nd: Zentaro Kavanagh. Accepted nomination. 3 votes
Pia Waugh - nom: Silvia Pfeiffer, 2nd: Jean-Marc Valin. Declined nomination

Cheers,
Jan