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Calling the election "symbolic" was an unfortunate choice of
terms.<br>
It may have simply been in light of the fact that there were three
candidates for three positions.<br>
In fact, the election is not symbolic, and I hope that we do not
dwell on that inaccurate choice of words.</div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div>This is one of the big reasons why I think there is a need to challenge the process. It is not only an inaccurate choice of words, it rather looks like an attitude. Several people pointed out to these words on the list saying that this is a very wrong and dangerous attitude. We have not heard any reflections on this from people who chose these words. The absence of any reflections makes me thinking this is rather an opinion. Which everyone is free to have, of course. But we do need an open debate on this. </div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards</div><div>Tatiana </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<font color="#660000">On 8/23/2016 11:13 AM, James Gannon wrote:<br>
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suggest you read the letter from all 3 previous chairs of
the NCSG to the current EC (which has been dismissed by
the current chair) on that point:</font></div>
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<div><font color="#660000"><a href="http://mailman.ipjustice.org/pipermail/ec-ncsg/2016-August/001083.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.ipjustice.org/<wbr>pipermail/ec-ncsg/2016-August/<wbr>001083.html</a></font></div>
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