MINUTES
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 370
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, California
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order by Voting Systems Task Force Chair Jody Sanford at 4:32 p.m.
Present: Jody Sanford
James Soper
Tim Mayer
Gregory Miller
Ka-Ping Yee
Beth Mazur
Absent: Roger Donaldson
2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
By motion of Mr. Soper, seconded by Mr. Miller, the minutes of the March 2, 2011 meeting were approved.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public in attendance: Eva Waskell, David Cary, and Brent Turner. Mr. Turner advised the VSTF about the existence of the Santa Clara Citizens Advisory Commission and urged communication with them. Ms. Waskell supported this recommendation.
4. DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED ON “DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS ON VOTING SYSTEMS FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO”
VSTF members spent the bulk of the meeting reviewing changes to three sections of the document, based on public comment: the introduction, auditing, and balloting systems and services. The recommendations in these sections were finalized.
5. DISCUSSION OF 2011 VSTF MEETING SCHEDULE AND WORK PLAN
The next meeting, scheduled for April 20, will focus on the security, Ranked Choice Voting, and acquisition strategies sections. Gregory Miller will continue to pursue his contact to determine if he is willing to serve as a potential editor. Ms. Sanford will create a job description for this volunteer position to facilitate the conversation. This contact will be pursued until April 15, 2011. After that time, the VSTF will seek other candidates to support the task force in an editing capacity from April 20 to the end of June 2011.
6. UPDATE ON OUTREACH TO OTHER CALIFORNIA JURISDICTIONS
Meetings are still being pursued with Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.
7. NEW BUSINESS
There was no new business.
8. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA
The April 20 meeting will be used to discuss proposed revisions to the security, Ranked Choice Voting, and acquisition strategies sections.
9. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
