[NCSG-EL-REF] None of the Above

[Joan Kerr]

Hi Tapani, All

As the NCSG EC, we have a responsibility to follow the Charter, and since
NOTA is not compatible, or  a requirement, I do not support it as a choice
on a ballot.  The Charter is our guide and its rules and procedures are
what we follow, until such time that it changes.

Joan

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Tapani Tarvainen via Election-reform <
election-reform at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'd like to get some feedback on the charter requirements.
>
> As you see there's no mention of NotA there. I can think
> of three ways to interpret it:
>
> A. The charter does not allow NotA at all.
>
> B. NotA can be considered a candidate.
>
> C. NotA can be thought of as allowed implicitly, by default,
>    as most elections in general have something like it.
>
> Opinions?
>
> Other interpretations I haven't thought of?
>
> Tapani
>
> On Jun 26 11:00, Tapani Tarvainen via Election-reform (
> election-reform at lists.ncsg.is) wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > As time is running short, I think it's better to start with
> > potentially most difficult issues and ones that *must* be
> > resolved before the netx elections. So let's have a go at NotA.
> >
> > Initially I have two criteria I think must be met:
> >
> > (1) Compatibility with our charter, at least some reasonable
> > interpretation of it.
> >
> > (2) Clarity. It should be easy to understand what the rules
> > actually mean in any foreseeable situation.
> >
> > Feel free to suggest additions or comment on those.
> >
> > Regarding the first, here's the most relevant part of our Charter:
> >
> >
> > 4.3 Election for NCSG GNSO Council Representatives (size, number, and
> > distribution of votes):
> >
> > In the discussion below, N refers to the number of seats that need to
> > be elected. Optimally N will equal 3 seats in years with normal
> > rotation. Any number of reasons can cause this number to vary.
> >
> > • NCSG members classified as “individuals” will be given N votes and
> > must assign 1 vote to each of N candidates.
> >
> > • NCSG members classified as “small organizations” will be given 2N
> > votes and must assign exactly 2 votes to each of N candidates.
> >
> > • NCSG members classified as “large organizations” will be given 4N
> > votes and must assign exactly 4 votes to each of N candidates.
> >
> >
> > 4.4 Election of NCSG Chair (size and number of votes):
> >
> > • NCSG members classified as “individuals” will be given 1 vote.
> >
> > • NCSG members classified as “small organizations” will be given 2
> > votes.
> >
> > • NCSG members classified as “large organizations” will be given 4
> > votes.
> >
> > • Members must cast all their votes for a single candidate.
> >
> >
> > The full charter is here, feel free to point out other things
> > there you think are relevant:
> >
> > https://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-charter-05may11-en.pdf
> >
> > --
> > Tapani Tarvainen
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