Candidates for the Board for January 2017 Election – 3 seats

The AMT Board consists of 5 members who serve for one year.  Three of the seats are up for election in January 2017: Ben, Pierre, and Ray. The other 2 seats will be up for election in six months.

Nominations are now closed. Voting will begin December 23, 2016. The online poll will close on January 11, 2016 at 7:30 PM.

Nominee List

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! scope=”col” | Name
! scope=”col” style=”width: 298px;” | Why I want to be on the board at AMT
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| Mark Johnsen
| style=”width: 298px;” | I love what AMT offers to the community and want to see grow and expand. Also, I think I can add to the vision and operations of AMT.
| style=”width: 407px;” | I’d like to ensure AMT can continue to grow and function by driving pragmatic fire and safety policies as well as acquire grants and funding.  Also, I’d like to video tape some training sessions and more complicated ‘how-to’s” for equipment such as the Laser, 3d Printers, and CNC equipment to assist the community
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| Jacob Mowbray
| style=”width: 298px;” | I love AMT, and I’m dedicated to supporting our space’s continued success. Having served in two different leadership roles, I know the positive impact I can have as a Board Member. My aim is to serve AMT in the best way I can.
| style=”width: 407px;” | As Board Director, my focus would be on improving the processes and procedures which govern AMT. Specifically, I would work to clarify officer roles & responsibilities, stabilizing a healthy leadership. Additionally, I would build a structured fundraising system, allowing our space to upgrade vital equipment, cover operating overhead, and raise the quality of our shared Maker Life.
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| Jacob LaBay
| style=”width: 298px;” | What I lack in technical knowledge, I make up for in nonprofit knowledge. I would like to offer my fundraising skills to AMT. In my current job in development, I work with a board, and have always wanted to sit on the other side of the desk and see what it is like to serve on a board of a nonprofit.
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I would like to find additional sources of funding for AMT, such as grants and scholarships.

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| Pierre
| style=”width: 298px;” | We still have some work to finish. Being part of the board has been a rewarding experience for me so far, and I would like to continue to contribute.
| style=”width: 407px;” | Bylaws update, and trying to better support the officers
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Dylan Cheasty

| style=”width: 298px;” | Ace Monster Toys is an amazing community and an excellent hacker resource. As the organization has grown, we need to change some parts of how we do things. I want to help see that those changes go well and make sure AMT continues to thrive.
| style=”width: 407px;” | Officers and stewards do so much good for AMT. However, many positions get overburdened, and need easier ways to get support. We can help AMT accomplish more maintenance and improvements, and keep our stewards and officers happier, by revisiting how those roles are defined. Additionally, many people at AMT want to help out, but the current positions do not work for them. Adding a lower commitment way, but with some structure, such as “apprentice steward” groups, could be a neat option for people to help out and learn about the areas they are interested in, while enabling stewards to implement the special improvement projects they otherwise don’t have time for. Alternatively, stewards could be assigned special overhaul days throughout the year. Also, I’d like to increase AMT’s ability to get revenue from outside sources. The roles of President and Treasurer are already quite full, so creating a new officer position may be necessary.
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The nomination process takes place between December 1, 2016 to December 22, 2016. Candidates can announce their candidacy any time up to December 22nd at 9:30 PM. Feel free to nominate yourself. No robots, or humans with more than 49% robot content, may be nominated. To get on the ballot fill out this form.

To be eligible to vote, you must be a full member (not provisional member) of Ace Monster Toys in good standing (paid dues recently) as of November 22, 2016. The election will take place via an online voting system written and maintained by Cornell University. (Feel free to play around with it if you like.)

All full members in good standing will be emailed a link to vote with on the evening December 23, 2016. The online poll will close on January 11, 2016 at 7:30 PM. The polls will be closed and results announced via email and slack. Finally, the wiki page will be updated with the new directors.

History

In previous years we used paper ballots and all voters had to attend the meeting in person to vote, as described in [http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Category:Board_Elections the pages for all the past elections]. It was often difficult to get quorum, as many members can’t attend Thursday meetings, and others don’t feel strongly about Ace’s governance and choose not to come. It is my hope that an online poll, open for a week, will allow all full members to participate by making the bar to vote a lot lower.

Condorcet Voting

We’re going to use a Condorcet voting process. Everyone gets to rank the available candidates from 1 to 10 (or however many there are), then some complicated algorithm determines the result that everyone hates least (aka most fair). Rank each candidate by how much you like them, lowest number is best (so if there are 12 candidates, and you liked Bob the best, you’d write 1 next to him). The Cornell site has a lot more detail on Condorcet voting, as does Wikipedia.

Sample Vote

Given the following 6 candidates:

• Bob
• Jackie
• Sally
• Bill
• Jimmy
• Carol

Your favorite is Bill, so you put a 1 next to him, then you go down, putting a 6 next to your least favorite, Jimmy.

• Bob 3
• Jackie 4
• Sally 2
• Bill 1
• Jimmy 6
• Carol 5

All of the voters’ preferences are taken into account in the calculated results, so it’s possible that a candidate with a lot of second place votes will win over a candidate with some first place and some last place votes. “Least Hated” is the goal.

Results

PENDING

Full results are listed at [http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_e356dcc937ece641 []TBD]