I would like to introduce Cibele Zolnier (@cizolnier) who will serve as the independent observer for this year’s GOSH Community Council Election. Find out more about Cibele by reading her bio below:
Cibele Zolnier is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Brazilian Association of Synthetic Biology (SynBioBR), an organization working to connect and empower the synbio ecosystem around Brazil. Passionate about fostering scientific communities, she has spearheaded various initiatives across Brazil, Latin America, and globally. Currently, she also contributes to the Reagent Collaboration Network (Reclone.org) as a Community Coordinator.
Welcome, Cibele! We thank you for contributing your time to the GOSH Community.
What is the purpose of this thread?
I will continue to update this thread throughout the election, to which Cibele will respond with questions/concerns, or a simple yay or nay.
I will also send Cibele detailed notes as I continue to administer the election so that she can raise any questions or concerns regarding what’s happened.
What Have We Discussed Already?
Cibele and I have connected over email and I have sent her various election resources. I have also sent Cibele the list of nominated candidates for this election, and detailed my process for verifying their eligibility.
Upcoming Action Items for the Secretary and Observer
The Independent observer and election secretary will confirm a meeting time to tabulate the vote.
The Independent observer and election secretary will come up with a plan on what to do in the case of a tie during the election. (You can see what the plan was for the 2023 election here
Thank you Bri and GOSH Council for the opportunity!
I confirm to have received all relevant documents regarding the GOSH Community Council Election process, including the list of candidates. I’m looking forward to contributing as an independent observer.
I am sharing some updates with you all on progress that has been made towards our 2024 GOSH Community Council Election!
Voter Registration & Eligibility
Voter registration has closed, and I have already sent the complete list of registered voters and candidates to Cibele (@cizolnier) so that she can see how the validation process has been going.
I also created this document , in which I selected a small sample of registrants, anonymized their information, and explained how I checked their eligibility. I created this to be shared with the community so that you can see how I have been checking voter eligibility.
Election process
I am in the process of creating the election on dev.star.vote and the Constitution referendum process on EU Survey. I plan to have these shared with voters by tomorrow, July 25, but will let you know if anything changes.
Cibele and I have also confirmed a meeting time to tabulate the vote in August.
That’s all for now, and I look forward to announcing the candidates later this week!
Bri
I am following up on this thread to share that the 2024 GOSH Community Council Election results have been announced! You can see the results here.
I am inviting our independent observer, Cibele (@cizolnier) to raise any questions or concerns she has regarding the election, or to confirm that the election has been carried out fairly.
Thank you Bri and Cibele, and congratulations also to Sakti for winning this election.
I look forward to working with you and the other council members and to share some of the plans I have including the proposal for the GOSH-futures documentary made a little while ago !