<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Raphael,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for drafting this below. It is a NCSG rule that we have followed since the charter’s initial adoption in 2011. A few years ago, we were worried we wouldn’t have enough male candidates to meet the requirement. This year, we almost lacked enough female candidates, but thanks to Stephanie we can meet our charter requirement. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Robin</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 1, 2020, at 3:06 PM, Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix <<a href="mailto:rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com" class="">rbeauregardlacroix@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hi all,</div><div class=""><br class="">I'm afraid some "dissent" might catch on and snowball. I'm not totally convinced of the wisdom of replying at this point though, so open to any suggestion.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But what I could foresee in terms of language: </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"Dear +++,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The basis for the rules we follow regarding elections to the GNSO can be found in Art. 3.1. of the Charter. We have been using this system since +++. You may disagree with it; there is indeed some rigidity to it. You are also free to voice your disagreement.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">While elections are often a time where procedural debates arise, we would however encourage discussions about changes to our electoral system for the GNSO Council positions to take place outside the electoral period. The reason for this is that a change to this electoral process would require a Charter amendment, in line with the rules at Art. 5 of said Charter.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can find the most recent version of the Charter here: <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_25801/ncsg-charter-05may11-en.pdf" target="_blank" class="">https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_25801/ncsg-charter-05may11-en.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for your understanding and continued engagement,"</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 1:51 PM Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix <<a href="mailto:rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Yes sounds all good, and thanks a lot for volunteering language :) </div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 1:21 PM Robin Gross via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank" class="">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">EC Members:<br class="">
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I’d like to send the following message to the discuss list to help set expectations regarding this election. Please let me know if you object before 12:00 PT today because I will send it then in keeping with our election timetable. Thanks for your quick response!<br class="">
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I want to clarify a few issues in advance regarding the current NCSG election. <br class="">
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1. We have 4 GNSO Council seats up for election. The top 3 vote getters will receive a two-year term. The 4th place vote getter will only be for a one-year term because it is filling a seat mid-term. This is subject to paragraph 2 below.<br class="">
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2. Regarding the gender diversity rule for the GNSO Council, the NCSG Charter provides that “in no circumstance should there be fewer than two members of any gender.” As Tatiana is presently our only continuing female member, Stephanie will automatically be elected to the GNSO Council regardless of how many votes she receives because we are required to have at least two female Council members under our charter. So the gender rule, trumps the number of votes earned in terms of winning a seat. This means that Stephanie + the top 3 vote getters from the other candidates will be elected to Council.<br class="">
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3. Our regional diversity rules should not be a factor in this election, however, because no more than two members would be declared resident of the same geographic region.<br class="">
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