VOTING SYSTEMS TASK FORCE
MINUTES
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 370
San Francisco, California
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order by Task Force Chair Jody Sanford at 5:30 p.m.
Present:
Roger Donaldson
Jody Sanford
Tim Mayer
James Soper
Greg Miller
Absent:
Beth Mazur
Ka-Ping Yee
2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
By motion of Mr. Soper, seconded by Mr. Donaldson, the minutes of the December 16, 2009 meeting were approved as written.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
No member of the public was present.
4. RECAP OF PRESENTATION BY JUAN GILBERT, PhD
Roger Donaldson provided a brief summary of a presentation he attended in January featuring visiting scholar Juan Gilbert. Dr. Gilbert presented his perspective on a new voting technology. Mr. Donaldson suggested that in the future the VSTF consider being the sponsor of similar public events where “thought leaders” in the voting systems arena would be invited to offer their views and perspectives.
5. DISCUSSION OF VSTF WORK PLAN
VSTF members discussed how to welcome public comment on the draft “Candidate Recommendations” document that will eventually be developed as the VSTF’s work product to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The draft document will be renamed the “Recommendations Under Consideration” and posted on the public website. VSTF members decided that the February 17 meeting would be used to welcome public comment on the document, and that the public comment received would inform next steps for the remainder of 2010. The February 3 meeting would be used to plan for the process of welcoming public comment.
6. ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING AGENDA
1) Discussion of public comment process.
2) Discussion of work plan for 2010.
7. ADJOURNMENT
