[Fiware-gold-members] Elections of the Gold Member representatives in the FIWARE BoD - 2024

Mannix Manglani mannix at mnxonline.com
Wed Jun 12 18:25:26 CEST 2024


Ciao Stefano, dear all,

I hope this email finds you well.

Referring to Francisco's recent email, I fully support his suggestion to
implement a mechanism similar to the one used during the FIWARE
Technical Steering Committee (TSC) elections. In line with his proposal,
I would like to volunteer as the neutral person to oversee the voting
process, given that I am not a candidate myself.

This approach will help ensure transparency and trust in the process,
allowing community members and candidates to verify the accounting process.

Thank you for considering this proposal.

Un saludo / Best regards,
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On 12/6/24 9:32, Francisco de la Vega wrote:
> Dear Stefano,
>
> During elections of members of the FIWARE Technical Steering Committee
> (TSC), a Google form has also been used as means for voting the
> different candidates.
>
> In order to ensure and be able to prove that the process fulfill all
> required guarantees, members of the Community were appointed who could
> check the votes were properly counted and everything was alright. For
> this purpose, they were given permission to access the spreadsheet
> that is automatically created with the Google form and were able to
> check its history, etc.
>
> The process is similar to actual election systems in several countries
> where representatives of the political parties involved in the
> election are able to act as witness of the vote accounting process.  I
> say it is similar because in the mentioned case of the TSC, the people
> acting as auditors were not candidates themselves.
>
> I would highly encourage that a mechanism like this is implemented so
> that members of the Community as well as candidates who ask for that,
> can join and verify the accounting process.
>
> This shouldn't be taken wrongly.  It is a mechanism that should be
> established by default so I believed it was worth asking for it,
> following the good practice already implemented for the FIWARE TSC
> elections.  It will also allow to avoid mistakes.
>
> Best regards,
> Francisco
>
> El lun, 10 jun 2024 a las 14:06, Stefano De Panfilis
> (<stefano.depanfilis at fiware.org>) escribió:
>
>     added andrea as he was missing in the email from mannix.
>
>     ciao,
>     stefano
>
>     On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 at 14:04, Stefano De Panfilis
>     <stefano.depanfilis at fiware.org> wrote:
>
>         dear mannix,
>
>         thank you for your email and passion, be sure the same as mine.
>
>         concerning your questions and those of franck:
>
>             Firstly, I would like to reiterate Franck's unanswered
>             questions: What are the conclusions from the attorney
>             regarding the number of seats during the election process?
>             Could you please share them with us?
>
>
>         as explained in previous emails, given the fact that the
>         bylaws cleare states that the number of seats in the bod of
>         gold members cannot exceed those of platinum members and given
>         the absence of a an automatic mechanism to ensure such ratio
>         and even the absence of a prescription that such mechanism
>         shall exist, the lawyer, give the fact that two platinum
>         formally communicated their downgrade, requested to have the
>         election of only of 4 seats for the gold
>         member representatives in the bod.
>
>             Secondly, I must emphasize the importance of addressing
>             the issues I previously raised. Specifically, what will
>             happen if a new Platinum member joins the FIWARE
>             Foundation before the next election?
>
>
>         this is a fact which all of us would like to be materialised,
>         however this still pertains to the uncertainty. again the only
>         fact here is that the bylaws prescribes the limitations to the
>         gold members with respect to the platinum, not the other way
>         around.
>
>             How will this affect the balance of representatives?
>
>
>         ditto
>
>             Additionally, why hasn't the number of Gold
>             representatives been adjusted when Platinum members have
>             left in the past?
>
>
>         it was the bod that agreed to keep the unbalanced situation.
>
>             It is concerning that my questions have remained
>             unanswered for a week, while other members have received
>             immediate responses. This lack of timely communication
>             undermines the transparency and fairness that we, as Gold
>             members, expect and deserve.
>
>             I urge you to address these points promptly and provide
>             the necessary clarifications. The integrity of our
>             election process depends on it.
>
>
>         as you can see from my answers above, we are working according
>         to the current text of the bylaws exactly to respect
>         transparency and fairness in all the processes. if the bylaws
>         has uncertainties, and there are others we spotted, for the
>         benefits of all we always ask clarifications to expert and
>         certified attorneys on the matter before taking any decision
>         and further steps.
>
>         ciao,
>         stefano
>
>
>
>             Un saludo / Best regards,
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>             On 10/6/24 11:50, Stefano De Panfilis wrote:
>>             dear all,
>>
>>             just in case:
>>
>>             the maximum names to be indicated per each vote are two.
>>             so the sentence shall be read:
>>             "how to vote? very simply, we choose to use google
>>             forms as the tool for the elections, we choose to keep
>>             the poll hidden for obvious reasons. your organisation
>>             has just a single vote with which at most two (2)
>>             candidates can be indicated as representatives of your
>>             choice. the tool per se does not prevent to indicate more
>>             than 2 names, but i, as fiware foundation secretary and
>>             only me, will check your vote and will ask you to provide
>>             a maximum of *two* votes if the case. of course you
>>             can vote yourself (if you are a candidate), but it is not
>>             needed to do so."
>>
>>             thank you francisco for having spotted this.
>>
>>             ciao,
>>             stefano
>>
>>
>>             On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 at 12:14, Stefano De Panfilis
>>             <stefano.depanfilis at fiware.org> wrote:
>>
>>                 dear all,
>>
>>                 just in case:
>>                 the seats to be elected are four (4), so the sentence
>>                 shall be read:
>>
>>                 "there are eight (8) candidates for *four (4)* seats
>>                 as already announced in a previous email. on behalf
>>                 of the fiware foundation i really would like to thank
>>                 all of the candidates for their so strong commitment
>>                 and passion in wanting to drive fiware towards a
>>                 successful future!"
>>
>>                 thank you franck for having spotted this.
>>
>>                 ciao,
>>                 stefano
>>
>>                 On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 at 11:16, Stefano De Panfilis
>>                 <stefano.depanfilis at fiware.org> wrote:
>>
>>                     dear colleague,
>>
>>                     with this email we launch the elections for the
>>                     gold member representatives in the fiware
>>                     foundation bod for 2024.
>>
>>                     there are eight (8) candidates for seven (4)
>>                     seats as already announced in a previous email.
>>                     on behalf of the fiware foundation i really would
>>                     like to thank all of the candidates for their so
>>                     strong commitment and passion in wanting to drive
>>                     fiware towards a successful future!
>>
>>                     how to vote? very simply, we choose to use google
>>                     forms as the tool for the elections, we choose to
>>                     keep the poll hidden for obvious reasons. your
>>                     organisation has just a single vote with which at
>>                     most two (2) candidates can be indicated
>>                     as representatives of your choice. the tool per
>>                     se does not prevent to indicate more than 2
>>                     names, but i, as fiware foundation secretary and
>>                     only me, will check your vote and will ask you to
>>                     provide a maximum of four votes if the case. of
>>                     course you can vote yourself (if you are a
>>                     candidate), but it is not needed to do so.
>>
>>                     please, while voting, put your email, name, and
>>                     that of your organisation as a poll participant
>>                     as this way will be easier for me to check for
>>                     eventual duplicates.
>>
>>                     the deadline for voting is this friday, 14th june
>>                     2024 at 17:00 (CEST). The system timestamps each
>>                     ballot.
>>
>>                     the candidates are (in alphabetical name order):
>>                     - antonio jara from libellium
>>                     - björn schwarze from addix
>>                     - carlos callejero from digitanimal
>>                     - francisco de la vega from ficodes
>>                     - franck le gall from egm
>>                     - jose benitez from secmotic
>>                     - jose antonio morales sanchez from elliot cloud
>>                     - omar otalora barreto from skg tecnologia.
>>
>>                     attached a file with a short cv and statement
>>                     from each of the candidates.
>>
>>                     this is the link where to vote:
>>                     https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mP8dp5qS_JuV_iJicjSrQwa0gzXoHlD5Gvc-q9NJM6M
>>
>>                     many thanks to all of you for your support and
>>                     commitment to the fiware foundation!!
>>
>>                     ciao,
>>                     stefano
>>
>>                     --
>>                     Stefano De Panfilis
>>                     Chief Operating Officer
>>                     stefano.depanfilis at fiware.org
>>                     <mailto:charlotte.kotterman at fiware.org>
>>                     www.fiware.org <https://www.fiware.org/>
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>>                     Skype: depa01
>>                     twitter: depa01
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                 --
>>                 Stefano De Panfilis
>>                 Chief Operating Officer
>>                 stefano.depanfilis at fiware.org
>>                 <mailto:charlotte.kotterman at fiware.org>
>>                 www.fiware.org <https://www.fiware.org/>
>>                 Mob: +393357542567
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>>
>>                 <https://twitter.com/fiware>
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>>             --
>>             Stefano De Panfilis
>>             Chief Operating Officer
>>             stefano.depanfilis at fiware.org
>>             <mailto:charlotte.kotterman at fiware.org>
>>             www.fiware.org <https://www.fiware.org/>
>>             Mob: +393357542567
>>             Skype: depa01
>>             twitter: depa01
>>
>>             <https://twitter.com/fiware>
>>
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>         Stefano De Panfilis
>         Chief Operating Officer
>         stefano.depanfilis at fiware.org
>         <mailto:charlotte.kotterman at fiware.org>
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