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<p>I am sorry not to have responded, and thanks for jumping in! <br>
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<p>SP<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2020-06-01 11:44 p.m., Raphael
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<div dir="ltr">Have you made arrangements re chairing the meeting?
Do you want/Is one of us to take care of it, or is it Maryam
that usually does in those cases? </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 11:21
PM U Of T <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" moz-do-not-send="true">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>>
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<div dir="auto">Incidently, i unfortunately will not be able
to attend the meeting tomorrow as i have a client conference
that was booked months ago. I will keep an eye on skype,
and if there is an emergency, please send me a ping and i
will break away.
<div>Very sorry but this was unexpected. So was the stupid
EPDP meeting also on tomorrow. </div>
<div>Someone may wish to point out to these folks that my
announcements if the election contained links to the
relevant chunk of the Charter. Good idea to read the
message.</div>
<div>Cheers Steph<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I think those are great responses. Are
you going to ignore the transgender bit?<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div>
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Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks for jumping in Robin, and
thank you for the info!</div>
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2020 at 6:15 PM Robin Gross <<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">robin@ipjustice.org</a>>
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<div>Raphael,
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<div>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
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Robin</div>
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Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix <<a href="mailto:rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">rbeauregardlacroix@GMAIL.COM</a>>
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<div>Hi all,</div>
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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>
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<div>But what I could foresee in
terms of language: </div>
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<div>"Dear +++,</div>
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<div>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>
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<div>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>
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<div>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" moz-do-not-send="true">https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_25801/ncsg-charter-05may11-en.pdf</a></div>
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<div>Thank you for your
understanding and continued
engagement,"</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Yes sounds all
good, and thanks a lot for
volunteering language :) </div>
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Jun 1, 2020 at 1:21 PM Robin
Gross via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>>
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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>
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Best,<br>
Robin<br>
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NCSG Members:<br>
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I want to clarify a few
issues in advance regarding
the current NCSG election. <br>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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