Monday, September 23, 2013

Election for the first Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN)’ Steering Committee

We are very happy to announce the results of the election for the first Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN)’ Steering Committee !

The election was conducted from 3rd to 16th September 2013 by an independent Elections Committee consisting of different members representing many countries and world regions. After a call for self-nominations was opened in August asking to all potential candidates to submit their application, the following individuals were all qualified and suitable to run for the GYBN first Steering Committee: Achmad Solikhin ; Shankar Adhikari ; Dayna Noltie ; Shailyn Drukis ; Mirna Ines Fernández ; Mesfin Hailemariam ; Tomas Badura; Christian Schwarzer ; Melina Sakiyama ; Arunava Datta, and Lemuel Vega. A full profile of these candidates can be viewed at : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByhqWPOW0K29T0FpM2pObWwwaW8/edit?pli=1

Only registered members of GYBN (those who registered until 4th of August 2013 in the network’s mailing list) and with an age of 30 or younger were allowed to vote. After a double checking of the above mentioned conditions, an electorate list was established and the Elections Committee sent to all eligible voters a voting code along with all voting instructions in a personal email. They were given fourteen (14) days to cast their vote in an online and secured platform. The general mailing list of GYBN was also kept in the updates regarding the elections so that everyone was aware and informed on this.

From September 3rd to 16th, 2013 twenty five (25) GYBN registered members out of 100 eligible voters have casted their vote online to choose the best and suitable candidates. The Elections Committee met from 17th to 22nd September to verify the accurate of the votes, count the votes and prepare the elections results’ announcement.

Based on the voting results, the following individuals have been elected as members of GYBN Steering Committee for 2013-2016, with a percentage and number of the votes received per candidate :

Shailyn Drukis (Canada)
96% with 24 votes

Melina Sakiyama (Brazil)
96% with 24 votes

Christian Schwarzer (Germany)
96% with 24 votes

Dayna Noltie (Canada)
96% with 24 votes

Mirna Ines Fernández (Bolivia)
88% with 22 votes

Arunava Datta (India)
80% with 20 votes

Lemuel Vega (Mexico)
80% with 20 votes

Mesfin Hailemariam (Ethiopia)
68% with 17 votes

Tomas Badura (Czech Republic)
68% with 17 votes

Achmad Solikhin (Indonesia)
64% with 16 votes

Shankar Adhikari (Nepal)
64% with 16 votes

We congratulate all the elected candidates ! You can access their profiles in order to know more about them at : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByhqWPOW0K29REZXcWdUQjg5ZTA/edit?usp=sharing and also have a look at the voting and results breakdown at this link : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByhqWPOW0K29VzRxZEQ0YnpQdkE/edit?usp=sharing

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