Ballot error - Candidate Hago Dafalla misspelled as Hago Daffala Re: [NCSG-Discuss] REMINDER: 2019 NCSG/NCUC/NPOC Election Timeline Reminder - PLEASE READ

[Michael J. Oghia]

There's a formatting error effecting Ayden's name on the NCSG ballot as
well, which I emailed Maryam about.

Best,
-Michael

On Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 5:21 AM Stephanie Perrin <
stephanie at digitaldiscretion.ca> wrote:

> Thanks very much for bringing this to our attention Neal.  This is an NCUC
> ballot, so I am copying Bruna and Maryam.  I am not sure we can do anything
> about it except explain it on the list, but I leave it to Bruna to figure
> out what to do next, but we should definitely inform the voters.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Stephanie Perrin
>
> .
> On 2019-06-10 20:00, Neal McBurnett wrote:
>
> I was confused when I got my ballot. I saw these three candidates listed for Africa:
>
>   Africa 1 seat (1-year term)
>   Please select 1 choice:
>   5. Benjamin Akinmoyeje
>   6. Hago Daffala
>   7. Thato Mfikwe
>   8. Abstain
>
> I looked for discussions on the list by "Hago Daffala" and found none, which seemed quite odd.
> Finally I discovered that the ballot appears to have misspelled the name with two f's instead of
> two l's. Clearly it should be Hago Dafalla.  This may be related to the issues pointed out in
> the message by Hago Dafalla which I'm responding to.
>
> I'm worried that this could cause problems for other voters.
>
> Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/
>
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 12:49:08PM +0000, Hago Dafalla wrote:
>
> Dear Maryam;
>
> I did not find my name in the in the list for EC Africa NCUC Seat. I sent my candidate statement. Please confirm.
>
> Thanks
>
> Hago Dafalla
>
>
> On Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 14:29:56 EET, Maryam Bakoshi <maryam.bakoshi at ICANN.ORG> <maryam.bakoshi at ICANN.ORG> wrote:
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>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> This is a reminder of the following deadlines for the NCSG/NCUC/NPOC Elections:
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>
>
> NOMINATIONS:
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>
>
>  1. Nominations ended yesterday Tuesday, 04 June 2019.
>
>
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>  2. All nominated candidates have until today Wednesday, 05 June at 2359 UTC to accept nominations and send candidate statements to
>     the relevant mailing lists.
>
>
>
>  3. Nomination pages:
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>   ○ NCSG: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2019
>   ○ NCUC: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Elections+2019
>   ○ NPOC: https://community.icann.org/display/NPOCC/Elections+2019
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>
>
> CHECK-IN:
>
>
>
>  1. A final check-in reminder email was sent on Monday, 03 June 2019 from admin at ncsg.is - if you haven’t already checked-in, please
>     respond via the link in the email from admin at ncsg.is.
>
>
>
>  2. Deadline for check-in is Friday, 07 June 2019 at 1200 UTC.
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>
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>  3. If you do not check-in and your name isn’t listed in the Voters list, you will not be sent a ballot to vote in the elections.
>
>
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>  4. Members are REQUIRED to check that they are listed in the Voters List (even if you are certain you responded to the check-in
>     email):
>
>   ○ NCSG: https://members.ncsg.is/public-voters-list_ncsg
>   ○ NCUC: https://members.ncsg.is/public-voters-list_ncuc
>   ○ NPOC: https://members.ncsg.is/public-voters-list_npoc
>
>
>
>  5. Please note, once the elections start we are unable to send new ballots, so please do ensure you are listed to vote (see #4
>     above).
>
>
>
> “MEET THE CANDIDATES” CALL:
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>
>
>  1. This is an opportunity for members to ask nominees any question(s) as it pertains to the positions. Everyone is encouraged to
>     attend.
>
>
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>  2. If you are unable to attend, please do no hesitate to post your question(s) to the mailing list for nominees to answer.
>
>
>
>  3. Dates and times are below:
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>   ○ Thursday 06 June 2019 at 1200 UTC will be the NPOC “Meet the Candidates” call
>   ○ Thursday 06 June 2019 at 1600 UTC will be the NCUC “Meet the Candidates” call
>   ○ Friday 07 June 2019 at 1100 UTC will be the NCSG “Meet the Candidates” call
>
>
>
> VOTING:
>
>
>
>  1. Ballots will be sent on Monday 10 June 2019 to ONLY members who are listed to vote (see above).
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>
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>  2. Please note that voting will be for each SG/C election, this means that if you or your organization belong to NCSG and NCUC for
>     instance, you would get 2 separate voting emails, and if you belong to NCSG, NCUC, NPOC, you will get 3 separate voting emails.
>
>
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> ELECTION TIMELINE:
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>
>
> As a reminder, please find the timeline below:
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>   ○ May 13 - June 07: Check-in period
>   ○ 23 May - 04 June: Nomination period
>   ○ 05 June: Deadline for nomination acceptance and candidate statement.
>   ○ 06/07 June: Meet the candidates call
>   ○ 09 June: Voter roll finalized
>   ○ 10 June - 23 June: Voting
>   ○ 24 June: Results announced
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>
>
> If you have any question(s)/concerns, please send me an email offlist
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>
> --
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>
> Maryam Bakoshi | SO/AC Collaboration Services Sr. Coordinator
>
> ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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> S: Maryam.bakoshi.icann | T: +44 7846 471777
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