Guest Editorial

By David Morferrage
dated 11-14-00 19:46

The ZC Election Coordinator has submitted the following election outline for publication:

Draft 4, 13NOV Version C- RC's vote based on region input. (notes, timetable to be adjusted later- mostly out of nomination time)

ZONE 1 COORDINATOR ELECTION - 2000

The Z1C has announced an election, for a new Z1C. Per Policy4, the ZC is elected by the RC's under them. It is the choice of the RC's to do this by the following method per P4 section 6.2.

A Z1 Sysop is defined as any Sysop who is nodelisted in Z1 and physically located within the normal geographical boundries of zone 1.

The nodelist used will be the nodelist.### version. Reasonable exceptions will be made during the nomination phase by the election coordinator if a node, net or region is accidently dropped from this version and this is validated by the RC or NC of the affected node. The term 'nodelisted' means listed in this version of the nodelist.

Nominations

Nominating time table: NOV 17-25, 2000 All dates start at 00:00 and end at 11:59 EST

Any nodelisted Z1 Sysop of Fidonet may nominate themselves or another nodelisted Sysop of of Z1 Fidonet for the position of Z1C. The nomination must be made in the Z1_Election echo and should be addressed to the Election Coordinator.

The nomination must include the name of the nominee and their Fidonet node number.

Once a nomination has been received by the election coordinator, the name will be added to the list of nominees. The nomination must then be accepted by the nominee and seconded by a Z1 Sysop in the echo to become a fully eligible candidate.

Discussion Period NOV 26- DEC 02, 2000 All dates start at 00:00 and end at 11:59 EST

Following the nomination period, a period shall be allowed for each candidate to campaign for the position. During this period, questioning of the candidates is encouraged.

Regional Feedback Period DEC 03-16, 2000 All dates start at 00:00 and end at 11:59 EST

Following the campaign period, the above period shall be allowed for each region to conduct selection proceedings in accordance with regional policy and such methods as are determined as appropriate based on regional policy or the desires of the Sysops within that region. All voting or other feedback including what is desired if there is a run-off election and the primary candidate your region selected is eliminated, must be concluded no later than 16 DEC. No time is alloted to conduct secondary polls of regional input once RC voting commences.

Regional Coordinator Voting - DEC 17-22, 2000 All dates start at 00:00 and end at 11:59 EST

Following collection of regional input, the RC's shall cast their vote. (Location TBD at this time).

Initial voting will be from 17-18 DEC. The candidate with the most votes, wins. This will be calculated by a simple majority where if any one candidate receives 6 RC votes, they will be announced as the winner. If no candidate achieves 6 RC votes, a run-off election will take place from 19-20 DEC between the top 2 candidates.

Contesting of the vote will take place from 21-22 DEC. Once finalized and with no RC's contesting the vote, the results will be posted in the Z1_ELECTION echo.

Note, this section may be ammended after the initial Z1C election process has begun, in order to finalize the location of the RC votes.

Term begin/end: Turnover date to May 2003

Upon completion of the election, the newly elected Z1C's term begins as soon as turnover can be accomplished but no later than 5 January 2001. Due to early turnover, the normal 2 year period will be extended 5 months and end May 2003. This is in order to avoid mandating a vote over the holiday season in 2 years.

Z1C Election Coordinator - 2000

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