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> Please join me in congratulating the 7 newly elected members of the TC.
> 
> <<<<<< REMOVE UNEEDED >>>>>
> * Davanum Srinivas (dims)
> * Flavio Percoco (flaper87)
> * John Garbutt (johnthetubaguy)
> * Matthew Treinish (mtreinish)
> * Mike Perez (thingee)
> * Morgan Fainberg (morgan)/(notmorgan)
> * Thierry Carrez (ttx)
> 
> Full results:
> http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_fef5cc22eb3dc27a
> 
> Thank you to all candidates who stood for election, having a good group of
> candidates helps engage the community in our democratic process.
> 
> Thank you to all who voted and who encouraged others to vote. We need to
> ensure
> your voice is heard.
> 
> Thank you for another great round.
> 
> Here's to Newton!

Thanks Tony for efficiently running this election, congrats to
the candidates who prevailed, and thanks to everyone who ran
for putting themselves out there.

It was the most open race since the pattern of TC 2.0 half-
elections was established, which was great to see.

However, the turnout continues to slide, dipping below 20% for
the first time:

 Election | Electorate (delta %) | Votes | Turnout (delta %)
 ===========================================================
 Oct '16  | 1106                 | 342   | 30.92
 Apr '14  | 1893       (+71.16)  | 506   | 26.73   (-13.56)
 Apr '15  | 2169       (+14.58)  | 548   | 25.27   (-5.48)
 Oct '15  | 2759       (+27.20)  | 619   | 22.44   (-11.20)
 Apr '16  | 3284       (+19.03)  | 652   | 19.85   (-11.51)

This ongoing trend of a decreasing proportion of the electorate
participating in TC elections is a concern.

Cheers,
Eoghan