NCSG Election Clarifications

[Poncelet Ileleji]

Thanks Robin,

Highly appreciated for the clear clarity +1

Kind Regards

Poncelet

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 at 19:18, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:

> NCSG Members:
>
> I want to clarify a few issues in advance regarding the current NCSG
> election.
>
> 1.  We have 4 GNSO Council seats up for election.  The top 3 vote getters
> will receive a full two-year term.  The 4th place vote getter will only be
> for a one-year term because it is filling a seat vacated mid-term.  This is
> subject to paragraph 2 below.
>
> 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, candidate 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.
>
> 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.
>
> I hope this can help to make the election process more clear to everyone.
> Thank you.
>
> All best,
> Robin



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