On 2017-04-25, at 13:00, Erik Albers wrote:
Unfortunately, we only had a participation of around 17 % which seems to be the lowest participation since we record participation (2014). Many of the list subscribers here have had the possibility to vote, so I like to ask for explanations and possibilities how we can raise participation?
Dear Erik,
if you want to know something from the fellows, why do you not ask them? (I’m a fellow, and I’m surprised by your choice of communication channel.)
The low amount of participation leaves me in particular wondering as this year we had 7 candidates, each of them with a short representation in out wiki [1], public hustings [2] and a reminder three days before the end of elections.
I found the wiki page to be very helpful. Many thanks to everybody who contributed!
However, I didn’t see an announcement for the hustings. The first e-mail addressed to me as fellow matching “husting” is one from you sent on April 9. I recommend to inform fellows ahead of time, not after the fact.
I voted, though. Congratulations, Daniel Pocock!
Best wishes Jens