New Treasurer and Nominating Officer

Congratulations to Peter Liddell and John Barron who were elected to be the new Party Treasurer and Nominating Officer respectively.  The detailed numbers on the votes cast can be seen at http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/vote/result/5/ and http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/vote/result/6/

Due to a glitch the polls closed earlier than planned.  However, I'm minded to call the results as they stood when the polls closed because both candidates won by comfortable margins.

One surprise was that the voting turnout was well down on the vote to ratify new appointments that occurred just a week ago.  The total number of votes cast in these internal elections was approximately half of the number cast for the ratification vote, although this was still sufficient to surpass a 10% threshold for a quorum of members.  It also took significantly longer for people to cast their votes; most of the ratification votes were cast within a day of those polls opening, but the voting in these elections was more spread out, with a more gradual tailing off in the number of votes cast each day.  One inference is that running two votes back-to-back provoked voter apathy.  This implies all-member votes should be rationed and synchronized to encourage active participation and a good turnout every time.

I'll be standing down now as Election Overseer, as well as Treasurer.  The next elections, for all the officers, is planned for January.  Well done to Peter and John, and I hope all members will get behind them and give them all the support they can.