<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Tapani, All<br><br>As the NCSG EC, we have a responsibility to follow the Charter, and since NOTA is not compatible, or a requirement, I do not support it as a choice on a ballot. The Charter is our guide and its rules and procedures are what we follow, until such time that it changes.<br><br></div><div></div></div>Joan<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Tapani Tarvainen via Election-reform <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:election-reform@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">election-reform@lists.ncsg.is</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
<br>
I'd like to get some feedback on the charter requirements.<br>
<br>
As you see there's no mention of NotA there. I can think<br>
of three ways to interpret it:<br>
<br>
A. The charter does not allow NotA at all.<br>
<br>
B. NotA can be considered a candidate.<br>
<br>
C. NotA can be thought of as allowed implicitly, by default,<br>
as most elections in general have something like it.<br>
<br>
Opinions?<br>
<br>
Other interpretations I haven't thought of?<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Tapani<br>
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On Jun 26 11:00, Tapani Tarvainen via Election-reform (<a href="mailto:election-reform@lists.ncsg.is">election-reform@lists.ncsg.is</a><wbr>) wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear all,<br>
><br>
> As time is running short, I think it's better to start with<br>
> potentially most difficult issues and ones that *must* be<br>
> resolved before the netx elections. So let's have a go at NotA.<br>
><br>
> Initially I have two criteria I think must be met:<br>
><br>
> (1) Compatibility with our charter, at least some reasonable<br>
> interpretation of it.<br>
><br>
> (2) Clarity. It should be easy to understand what the rules<br>
> actually mean in any foreseeable situation.<br>
><br>
> Feel free to suggest additions or comment on those.<br>
><br>
> Regarding the first, here's the most relevant part of our Charter:<br>
><br>
><br>
> 4.3 Election for NCSG GNSO Council Representatives (size, number, and<br>
> distribution of votes):<br>
><br>
> In the discussion below, N refers to the number of seats that need to<br>
> be elected. Optimally N will equal 3 seats in years with normal<br>
> rotation. Any number of reasons can cause this number to vary.<br>
><br>
> • NCSG members classified as “individuals” will be given N votes and<br>
> must assign 1 vote to each of N candidates.<br>
><br>
> • NCSG members classified as “small organizations” will be given 2N<br>
> votes and must assign exactly 2 votes to each of N candidates.<br>
><br>
> • NCSG members classified as “large organizations” will be given 4N<br>
> votes and must assign exactly 4 votes to each of N candidates.<br>
><br>
><br>
> 4.4 Election of NCSG Chair (size and number of votes):<br>
><br>
> • NCSG members classified as “individuals” will be given 1 vote.<br>
><br>
> • NCSG members classified as “small organizations” will be given 2<br>
> votes.<br>
><br>
> • NCSG members classified as “large organizations” will be given 4<br>
> votes.<br>
><br>
> • Members must cast all their votes for a single candidate.<br>
><br>
><br>
> The full charter is here, feel free to point out other things<br>
> there you think are relevant:<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-charter-05may11-en.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gnso.icann.org/en/<wbr>improvements/ncsg-charter-<wbr>05may11-en.pdf</a><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Tapani Tarvainen<br>
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