Hi all,
The nomination/returning committee (Mia Angelica Alcantara Santiago,
Ernesto Priego, and Roopika Risam) have calculated the results of
the first GO::DH election. Our first elected executive will consist
of the following people (by term and then in alphabetical order):
2-Year Term
Maria Clara Paixão de Sousa
Øyvind Eide
Elena González-Blanco García
Elika Ortega
1-Year Term
Barbara Bordalejo
Domenico Fiormonte
Alex Gil
Daniel O'Donnell
The terms were decided by stated preference and rank order (i.e.
people who said they preferred a 1 year term, were given a one year
term if they were elected; the remaining spots were filled in
descending order of votes received). We elected both a one year and
two year term in this first election to ensure that the terms are
staggered going forward. Next year, only four positions will be up
for election and all vacancies will be for 2 year positions.
I'd like to thank the nomination/returning committee for what turned
out to be harder work that we initially expected and to all the
candidates for both agreeing to stand and being so helpful as we
worked out some kinks with the voting system. There was in fact a
terrific participation: we had 20 candidates for 8 positions and
about 1/3 of GO::DH subscribers (i.e. over 100 people) voted. This
is a very high rate of participation.
Although with that number of candidates, it was inevitable that very
good people would not quite make the threshold for election, I've
emailed all privately and know that most are intended to continue to
volunteer and share their skills with us. The executive will be
responsible for the day-to-day administration, but the real work
involves what we as members do.
I'd also like to thank the outgoing executive, all of whom
volunteered last year to help us set up the organisation.
The new executive will take office as soon as we can get the mailing
list changed.
-dan
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Daniel Paul O'Donnell
Professor of English
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4
Canada
+1 403 393-2539