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<p>+1 - see what I <font size="+1"><b>highlighted</b></font>
further down.</p>
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<p>Norbert Klein</p>
<p>Open Institute/Cambodia<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/23/2016 3:22 AM, Tatiana Tropina
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<div dir="ltr">Hi all,
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<div>I decided not to write in the long thread of messages
related to the current situation with the ballot. </div>
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<div>What makes me really astounded is the broader context of
this discussion. While many members of this stakeholder
group are fighting for transparency, accountability and fair
processes in different working group at the ICANN, it
strikes me what kind of comments about democracy I see here
on the list from the NCSG leadership. "Symbolic elections"?
Where all the legitimacy and fairness of the processes have
gone? How I personally can define the set values of this
stakeholder group, the values I (and many others) am
supposed to stand for?</div>
<div>I agree with Dave, who pointed out that even the notion
of "symbolic" election is a bad idea. And no, <font
size="+1"><b>it's not about not having enough people
running for the seats. It's about not being able to vote
against any of them. </b></font></div>
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<div>I am not talking about this particular elections - I wish
all our candidates good luck and hope they won't get NOTA
votes. I am talking about the broader context, about the
comments I have never thought I will see on the list of the
group that is supposed to stand for fairness and due
processes. </div>
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<div>And this is all very sad. </div>
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<div>Warm regards</div>
<div>Tanya </div>
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