The voting closed last night but I didn't have time to pull the final tally until now (busy day and I can't do WC stuff from work anymore due to a new filtering system).

Total responses: 37

Yes: 33

No: 4

So, with 89.2% voting in favour of confirmation, the membership of the first Council is confirmed by the community in accordance with the Council document.

Mendalla

The other thread kind of got derailed, so I'm posting my new reminder as a new thread. Voting is open until tomorrow night (Sunday, June 1) so get your say on approving the first Council of Wondercafe2. The slate is right on the ballot or in the OP of the thread where we announced the vote:

http://www.wondercafe.ca/discussion/church-life/wc2-we-can-has-council-y...

Mendalla

Based on the nominations submitted, we are putting forward the following as the inaugural Council of Wondercafe2.

Administrators:

Mendalla

Pinga

chansen

Moderators:

RevJohn

Geofee

Carolla

RitaTG

Neo

Treasurer:

Polls have closed in voting on the final draft of the Wondercafe2 governance model and the results are in (SurveyMonkey sure beats counting ballots).

33 votes cast

27 in favour (81.82%)

6 against (18.18%)

The governance model is therefore passed since the document itself specifies a requirement for 80% to pass changes to foundational documents.

Mendalla

Based on the discussions of the last week or so, we have put together a revised draft of the Council document:

http://www.wondercafe.ca/blogs/wondercafe2adm/wondercafe2-council-revise...

Please review it (the first draft is still up so you can compare) and then go to the Survey Monkey link below to vote:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Wondercafe2Council

Voting will close at midnight, Thursday, May 15, 2014 (ie. You have until end of day Wednesday to vote).

Wondercafe2 Council

WonderCafe2 governance is based on a council model. Council represents the Wondercafe2 community and is responsible for day-to-day running of the site. Council’s membership consists of the administrators, moderators, and treasurer. 

Composition

Council is comprised of:

               3 Administrators

5 Moderators

1 Treasurer

We have posted a draft document outlining the membership, functions, and selection process for the Council that will run Wondercafe2. This is an extremely important document in the develoment of Wondercafe2 as it will, in essence, be our constitution. Please follow the link below and read carefully through the document.

http://www.wondercafe.ca/blogs/wondercafe2adm/wondercafe2-council

WonderCafe2 governance is based on a council model. Council is responsible for day-to-day running of the site and consists of the administrators, moderators, and treasurer.

Composition

Council is comprised of:

3 Administrators
5 Moderators
1 Treasurer

Position descriptions for all three roles as approved shall be attached to the council model.

Nomination Process

Hi All: Just a quick note to say Ministry and Employment is on Twitter!

Follow M&E for updates on information posted on United Church of Canada sites, such as WonderCafe, www.united-church.ca, and ChurchLeadershipNet (CLN).

@uccan_mande (also UCCan_MandE)

I also retweet information from around the web on:

-pensions, benefits, human resources and like issues

-retirement, phased retirement, planning for retirement, managing retirement

Please note that the General Council Office is closed from December 24 until January 3.  Work will continue first thing Tuesday, January 4!

We wish you all a safe and happy Christmas and New Year celebrations.  May peace and joy fill your hearts at this glorious time of year.

~The Staff of the Human Resources Unit, General Council Office~