Running for multiple positions

[Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele]

Hello Tapani,

One more question I think you should pose is....

*Can one run /hold a leadership position in NCSG and still hold another
leadership position outside NCSG? *

Perhaps, during a charter review after the elections as suggested by
Stephanie that such reviews can be initiated,  we should be able to get
some public comments on this aspect of cross running / holding leadership
positions in different ICANN Constituency.


Caleb Ogundele

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 8:31 AM Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info>
wrote:

> I was asked if it is possible to run for multiple positions at the
> same time in NCSG/NCUC/NPOC elections.
>
> As far as I can tell there's no rule against it, but there are
> better rule-readers than me here (hi Amr) so...
>
> This is not purely theoretical, even though it is not
> relevant to the present elections, and it would be good
> to be clear about it well before the next round.
>
> And this is a good time to collect all things that might
> cause problems in elections, loopholes that should be closed &c.
> After the elections are over nobody will have energy to think
> about them.
>
> Note, the question is about running for the positions, not about
> serving in them at the same time: that is a separate issue
> (interesting in its own right to be sure).
>
> That is, one could run for several positions and, if elected
> to more than one, choose one of them at that point.
>
> And I'm not talking about whether or not it would be a good idea,
> but about what current rules actually say about it. (We might
> end up wanting to change them, but that's for later.)
>
> There are a few distinct cases:
>
> First, running for Council (or NCSG Chair) and either
> NCUC EC or NPOC ExCom (or Chair of either) at the same time.
>
> As far as I can see the three elections are formally distinct
> so one could indeed run in them all.
>
> In the past when the elections were ran at different times one could
> resign from the previously-held position upon being elected to a new
> one, but now when they're simultaneous the situation at least feels
> different (and may even formally be in some cases).
>
> Second, running for positions in both NCUC and NPOC.
> There's clearly no rule against that, indeed there's precedent
> in even serving in both at once.
>
> Third, could one run for both Council and NCSG Chair at
> the same time? I don't see any rule against that either.
>
> Fourth, running simultaneously for NCUC EC and NCUC Chair, or NPOC
> ExCom and NPOC Chair, or for multiple positions in NPOC ExCom
> (theoretically possible unlike in NCUC, where they're tied to
> regions).
>
> NPOC does have a rule excluding councillors from ExCom and people from
> holding multiple ExCom positions at the same time, but it is not clear
> that it applies to *running* for them at the same time (arguably it
> could be so read though).
>
> NCUC doesn't seem to have such rules at all, although NCUC bylaws
> implicitly prevent NCUC Chair from being a regional representative at
> the same time and (less clearly) NCSG Chair as well, but I see nothing
> explicit there against councillors being EC members, let alone against
> running for both.
>
> NCSG likewise: there's certainly no rule against NCSG EC members being
> also constituency ExCom/EC members or Chairs (indeed it has happened
> quite often in the past), but I can't see any rule against a
> constituency EC member being NCSG Chair either, or even a councillor
> being NCSG Chair. Even if some such limitations could be implied, I
> don't see anything there either against running for multiple positions
> like that, with the intent of serving only in one.
>
> Have I missed or misread something?
>
> --
> Tapani Tarvainen
>
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