CZ:Election December 2012

Notice to all Citizens
The Management Council has called an Election. It has appointed Derek Hodges,  and  to act as the Election Committee. They can be contacted by email from their User pages or by leaving a note on their Discussion pages.

Management Council election
Any Citizen in good standing is eligible for nomination to fill a Management Council seat. The elected officers will complete the terms of office of the members who vacate their particular seat as specified by the Management Council.

The Mangement Council seats to be filled by this election are those of:


 * 
 * 
 * 
 * etc.

Editorial Council election
Any Citizen in good standing is eligible for nomination to fill a Editorial Council seat, except that only editors may fill an editor seat. The elected officers will complete the terms of office of the members who vacate their particular seat as specified by the Management Council.

The Editorial Council seats to be filled by this election are those of:


 * Editor: 
 * Editor: 
 * etc.
 * Author: 
 * Author: 
 * etc.

Managing Editor election
Only Editors in good standing are eligible for nomination to fill the Managing Editor seat. The current Managing Editor is: 

Ombudsman election
Any citizen in good standing is eligible for nomination to fill the Ombudsman seat. The current Ombudsman is: 

Timetable
The timetable for the elections is as follows:


 * Begin accepting nominations and referenda on ;
 * Stop accepting nominations and referenda at the end of ;
 * Have the ballot prepared by ;
 * Begin accepting ballots from eligible voters on ;
 * Stop accepting ballots at the end of

NB: All dates referred to above will be counted as starting at midnight UTC.

Referenda
The election will include voting on the following referenda.

Referendum 1:
Proposed by User:

''The above referendum is further discussed at CZ:Election /Referenda/.

 As this referendum modifies the Charter, it shall be ratified if accepted by a qualified majority of two thirds of the votes validly cast.'' As this referendum does not modify the Charter, it shall be ratified if accepted by a qualified majority of the votes validly cast.''

Referendum 2:
Proposed by 

''The above referendum is further discussed at CZ:Election /Referenda/.

 As this referendum modifies the Charter, it shall be ratified if accepted by a qualified majority of two thirds of the votes validly cast.'' As this referendum does not modify the Charter, it shall be ratified if accepted by a qualified majority of the votes validly cast.'''

Voting
Voting in the Elections and Referendum runs from midnight UTC, to midnight UTC.

Voting instructions
First, make sure you are logged in to Citizendium, then:
 * 1) Copy the text of the "Ballot paper" from the next section.
 * 2) On the menu on the far left of this page, under Toolbox, you will see a menu item, E-mail this user.  Click on that link.
 * 3) This will take you to a page where you can enter the text of your email.
 * 4) Paste in the text of the "Ballot paper" that you previously copied.
 * 5) Under the heading MC member, type the name of your preferred candidate(s).  (You may vote for up to  candidates.  You may also abstain by not filling in anything in this section).
 * 6) Under the heading EC Authors, type the name of your preferred candidate(s).  (You may vote for up to  candidates.  You may also abstain by not filling in anything in this section).
 * 7) Under the heading EC Editors, type the name of your preferred candidate(s).  (You may vote for up to <number of open EC editor seats> candidates.  You may also abstain by not filling in anything in this section).
 * 8) Under the heading Managing Editor, type the name of your preferred candidate.  (You may vote for only one candidate.  You may also abstain by not filling in anything in this section).
 * 9) Under the heading Ombudsman, type the name of your preferred candidate.  (You may vote for only one candidate.  You may also abstain by not filling in anything in this section).
 * 10) Under the heading Referendum 1, type "Yes" if you wish to vote in favour of the referendum, or type "No" if you wish to vote against the referendum.  (You may also abstain by not filling in anything in this section).
 * 11) <duplicate the previous line for all referenda, changing Referendum 1 to the appropriate referendum number>
 * 12) Check what you've entered to make sure it accurately reflects your preferences.
 * 13) Click on the Send button.

That's it - you've just cast your ballot. Thank you for participating!

Ballot paper
MC member

EC Authors

EC Editors

Managing Editor

Ombudsman

Referendum 1

Referendum 2

. ..

Referendum <n>

Results
The results of the election for the Management Council are as follows:


 * 1) <author candidate with the most votes> - x votes
 * 2) <author candidate with the second most votes> - y votes
 * 3) <author candidate with the third most votes>- z votes
 * 4) etc.

, and are therefore elected.

The results of the election for the Editorial Council Author seats are as follows:


 * 1) <author candidate with the most votes> - x votes
 * 2) <author candidate with the second most votes> - y votes
 * 3) <author candidate with the third most votes>- z votes
 * 4) etc.

, and are therefore elected.

The results of the election for the Editorial Council Editor seats are as follows:


 * 1) <editor candidate with the most votes> - x votes
 * 2) <editor candidate with the second most votes> - y votes
 * 3) <editor candidate with the third most votes>- z votes
 * 4) etc.

, and are therefore elected.

The results of the election for the Managing Editor are as follows:


 * 1) <author candidate with the most votes> - x votes
 * 2) <author candidate with the second most votes> - y votes
 * 3) <author candidate with the third most votes>- z votes
 * 4) etc.

is therefore elected.

The results of the election for the Ombudsman are as follows:


 * 1) <author candidate with the most votes> - x votes
 * 2) <author candidate with the second most votes> - y votes
 * 3) <author candidate with the third most votes>- z votes
 * 4) etc.

is therefore elected.

Referendum 1

The result was:

x Yes votes, y No notes

As this referendum modifies the Charter, it required a qualified majority of two thirds of the votes validly cast in order to pass. Referendum 1 therefore <IS/IS NOT> carried.

Referendum 2

The result was:

w Yes votes, z No notes

This referendum therefore <IS/IS NOT> carried.

<etc.>

The above results were submitted for audit and were approved by the Management Council.