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I agree with you! I personally think it is important to respect the timeline of the elections, but also to make elections fair and the outcome representative/community-driven - all whilst respecting the charter. So I am in favour of the EC appointing someone
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<b>To:</b> Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca><br>
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<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word">Thanks, Steph. Yes, I do think we continue with our election timeline as agreed and ask for candidate statements to fill those appointed slots. I don’t think we need to wait until after the election to make that
usual request for candidates from our membership since we know now that we need to fill them. Anyone who was too timid to nominate during the nomination period can send in their candidate statement to the EC for appointment. It is a shame that they did not
nominate during the nomination process, but they can still get on via appointment. Thanks.
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<div class="">On May 29, 2020, at 10:17 AM, Stephanie E Perrin via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" class="">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:</div>
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<p class="">Extending to Monday to accept the nominations that a participant on the call said were standing by, need not extend the timeline. We do believe in elections first. The timelines are decided by this group in consultation with staff, according to
ICANN requirements, but I would point out that ICANN announced elections to be held a month earlier in order to accommodate travel schedules. We are almost certain we are holding a virtual meeting again, so even if we did go over time, there would be no impact
on other stakeholders.</p>
<p class="">I was seeking your views, not proposing violating the charter. Members were upset by the fact that Elsa did not turn down the nomination in time for them to nominate others. As I have said before, the more the merrier. If people want the positions,
they ought to compete. But there we are. Plenty of time for people to put their names forward and send in a candidate statement, if we closed Monday. But if you prefer to appoint people, how do you propose we run that process, wait until the election is
over and then just appoint the number of councillors required, through a submission of names process?</p>
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<div class="x_moz-cite-prefix">On 2020-05-29 1:06 p.m., Robin Gross via NCSG-EC wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">The charter provides that when there is a vacancy on the Council, the NCSG EC appoints that position. Since we do not have enough candidates to fill the slots, we have vacancies. Those vacancies should be appointed by the NCSG EC as usual. If
there are candidates who wish to fill those seats, they should make us aware of it and we can appoint them asap. I’m not in favor of extending the nomination period until there are sufficient candidates. The nomination process has ended and the voting is
about to begin according to our timeline. We need to get those slots filled so the folks can assume those positions asap and the membership can focus on things other than constant elections. Also, others in ICANN shouldn’t have to wait for NCSG to fill the
slots by more protracted means, which would not even guarantee we have nominations at the end and we would be back to where we are now. We are part of a larger community and others depend on us to operate according to anticipated timelines and documented
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<div class="">On May 29, 2020, at 9:30 AM, Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix <<a href="mailto:rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com" class="">rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="">Are you suggesting we appoint someone? I'm not sure what part of the charter you are referring to. I could not find language in the charter that fits our current circumstances, that is a defacto vacancy for lack of candidates. There is the second
paragraph of 3.2, but that seems to be limited to a vacancy during the term of a councilor, as we did with Farzaneh if I remember correctly. I might have missed the relevant language though.</div>
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<div class="">In any case, please don't misinterpret my question; I'm not suggesting we should be fighting over the meaning of Charter words! Whether mandated or not, I'd be fine appointing someone, but ideally I would prefer us to be clear on why we are doing
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I’m strongly in favor of following what the charter dictates in this instance and therefore we should do our duty and make the appointment as directed by our foundational document. Thank you.<br class="">
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> On May 29, 2020, at 7:22 as AM, Stephanie E Perrin via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank" class="">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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> Those who were on the call today will know that Elsa has indicated she is not running for Council again this year. We are thus short of candidates, having only three (Julf, Juan, and myself) for 4 positions. This is far from ideal, and it was pointed out
by one member on the call that there were other people who were willing to come forward.<br class="">
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> Is it your wish that we open up nominations again for a couple of days, or just leave the EC to appoint?<br class="">
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