Nomination period extended to Sunday (today) 23.59 PST

[dorothy g]

Why do we always get ourselves into these situations.  It does not inspire
confidence in the process.  Could those responsible please fix this
soonest. Thanks

On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 5:25 PM U Of T <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>
wrote:

> I recused myself from this decision because i am a candidate for council,
> but i did report to the EC the concerns raised at the candidates’ meeting
> about the late refusal on one nomination, which left us with not enough
> candidates to fill the positions.  However, I must agree with Bruna and
> Tapani that any decision regarding the NCUC rests in the hands of the NCUC
> EC,  certainly not the NCSG EC.
> Stephanie Perrin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 31, 2020, at 11:14, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tatiana,
> >
> > Actually, if we want to pick nits, the charter does not have a process
> > for this specific case.
> >
> > It only specifies that the EC should appoint in case a councillor
> > "is unable to finish his or her term" - the case where there's
> > no councillor to even begin the term is not mentioned.
> >
> > Now I won't argue that the EC should not do so anyway, there's really
> > no alternative if enough candidates aren't available during the
> > election, but nonetheless it would also be at least slightly bending
> > the rules.
> >
> > On the other hand the charter does explicitly make the EC responsible
> > of the election schedule, so while I do dislike changing things like
> > that in the middle of the process, it is not against the charter text.
> >
> > So while neither option is really pretty, I don't see any serious
> > legalistic argument against either, and I'm happy to let the EC decide
> > which is best.
> >
> > As for NCUC, there you and Bruna are absolutely correct, decision there
> > belongs to NCUC, not NCSG EC.
> >
> > Tapani
> >
> >> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 04:55:19PM +0200, Tatiana Tropina (
> tatiana.tropina at GMAIL.COM) wrote:
> >>
> >> I am also not convinced about the process of this extension. The council
> >> seat can be filled by an appointment made by NCSG EC and the NCSG
> Charter
> >> has a process for this. The new candidates won’t take part in meet the
> >> candidates call. Why is there a need to bend the rules to fill in the
> >> places if there is a process in place to fill them via EC?
> >> Bruna also rightly pointed out that NCUC is a constituency that could
> have
> >> been at least consulted.
> >> Warm regards,
> >> Tatiana
> >>
> >>> On Sun 31. May 2020 at 16:43, James Gannon <lists at icann.guru> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Yeah I’m not sure why we are deviating from the Charter here?
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>> On 31 May 2020, at 15:34, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>> I am sorry, everyone. I understand that NCUC does not have any
> candidates
> >>> for EC NA at the moment, but I really wish you had respected the
> >>> constituency independence in setting its own electoral deadlines
> instead of
> >>> announcing it on the list without the NCUC EC acknowledgement.
> >>>
> >>> I will speak with NCUC EC and get back to you on this.
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 11:21 AM Tapani Tarvainen <
> >>> ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Yes. There are four councillor positions and only three candidates at
> >>>> the moment, and NCUC North American representative has no candidate.
> >>>>
> >>>> See
> >>>>
> >>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2020
> >>>>
> >>>> and
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Elections+2020
> >>>>
> >>>> Tapani
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 05:11:27PM +0300, Raoul Plommer (
> >>>> plommer at GMAIL.COM) wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sorry, as far as I know, the NCUC North American seat and one
> councillor
> >>>>> seat are still without a candidate. Perhaps someone can correct me if
> >>>> I'm
> >>>>> wrong?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Raoul
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, 31 May 2020 at 17:07, Raymond Mamattah <
> >>>> mamattah.raymond at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hello Raoul,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> What has necessitated this extension? Are there some positions that
> >>>> do not
> >>>>>> have applications? If yes, kindly share that with us.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Regards
> >>>>>> Raymond Mamattah
> >>>>>> Accra-Ghana
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Sun, May 31, 2020, 1:51 PM Raoul Plommer <plommer at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Dear all,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The NCSG EC has decided to extend the nomination period for the
> NCSG
> >>>> and
> >>>>>>> NCUC elections a little, practically with 17 hours 10 minutes,
> >>>> starting
> >>>>>>> right now.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> -Raoul
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Tapani Tarvainen
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
> >>>
> >>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
> >>> @boomartins
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> > --
> > Tapani Tarvainen
>


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stay well, kind regards
Dorothy Gordon
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