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[James Gannon]

Hi Tapani,

In the absence of something in the charter, can you clarify what the situation is with regards to NOTA votes if NOTA places above a natural person in the final vote what is the situation?

-James





On 22/08/2016, 10:54, "NCSG-Discuss on behalf of Tapani Tarvainen" <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU on behalf of ncsg at TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO> wrote:

>On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 09:44:10AM +0000, James Gannon (james at cyberinvasion.net) wrote:
>
>> Just on process where does the NOTA candidate come from with regards
>> to our charter, as it seems that the inclusion of a NOTA candidate
>> is not referenced anywhere.
>
>While NotA is not explicitly mentioned in the charter, it has been
>discussed in the past and an explicit NotA choice has been felt
>to be useful. I'm only following precedent here.
>
>> Also we have a serious election process flaw in that with the manner
>> in which NOTA is given is makes it impossible for us not to elect a
>> full slate of candidates if the number of candidates matches the
>> number of positions, which makes this essentially an acclimation.
>
>How so? You can select any number of candidates, up to three.
>
>Arguably NotA is redundant in that the practical effect is
>the same as not selecting any candidates, but in the past
>it has been considered better to have it as an explicit choice.
>
>-- 
>Tapani Tarvainen