<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Having served on
council now for two years, I think we should consider better
how we want to run these elections. DO people out there
really understand the work we do on council? How do we want
our council members to act? How do we want them to discuss
issues on our monthly policy calls? How collaborative should
the decision making be? How do we do succession planning and
mentoring? These are issues that are fundamentally important
in my view, and should be discussed during the campaign, not
relegated to nominee's statements.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I agree with Niels and
Milton that if expressions of support are suppressing
candidates from coming forward, we need a rule against it. We
desperately need more people to run....there was only one
contested seat the last time I ran, when gender balance and
regional balance were taken into consideration. <br>
</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Best,</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie</font></font><br>
</p>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-08-03 10:24, Carlos Raúl
Gutiérrez G. wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:EF8FBA31-1B55-4179-BD5A-AB30FFFCE353@isoc-cr.org"
type="cite">Dear Milton.
<br>
<br>
I agree that this is a very fine procedural point, that should be
managed clearly by the people responsible for the process, from
the first mail on, so as to allow for others to consider
participating. Maybe it should even become a written rule of
internal netiquette.
<br>
<br>
But in the meantime, coming from a Hyperdemocratic and
Hyper-freedom-of-expression rights country like Costa Rica (and
the re-election being a possibility for some incumbents) I done´t
see anything wrong in feeling the temperature of the room early on
as a way to recognise how hard some of them have worked in the
past. We might have chosen the wrong place to make this type of
comments, but space should be available for making them in the
list anyhow. Maybe just under a different heading, like “I don´t
like the re-election of incumbents” for example.
<br>
<br>
Now, do we have an explicit rule as suggested by Niels and you?
How and where do we express our support for that rule? Should we
draw a redline and asked for a renewed call for the election
process with the new rule and forget the past? Lets be practical
and move forward ASAP.
<br>
<br>
Best
<br>
<br>
Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
<br>
+506 8837 7176
<br>
Skype: carlos.raulg
<br>
Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica)
<br>
On 3 Aug 2016, at 8:11, Mueller, Milton L wrote:
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">I second Niels's views. I have refrained
from expressing any opinion about the nominations until the
nominations are closed and we are discussing candidate
statements. I have always done so.
<br>
<br>
--MM
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">-----Original Message-----
<br>
From: NCSG-Discuss [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>] On
Behalf Of
<br>
Niels ten Oever
<br>
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 10:30 AM
<br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>
<br>
Subject: +1's and support
<br>
<br>
Dear all,
<br>
<br>
Even though I think the regular display of +1's is a signal of
mutual support
<br>
and camaraderie. I have the feeling that sometimes it is
drowning out other
<br>
discussions about content on the list.
<br>
<br>
May I also remind people that the voting happens later, so the
candidates
<br>
need your support is even more then.
<br>
<br>
I'm greatly looking forward to the statements of the
candidates.
<br>
<br>
All the best,
<br>
<br>
Niels
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--
<br>
Niels ten Oever
<br>
Head of Digital
<br>
<br>
Article 19
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.article19.org">www.article19.org</a>
<br>
<br>
PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4
<br>
678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9
<br>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>