[EC-NCSG] QUICK: Ballot question

[Robin Gross]

Sure.  

Section 2.4 of NCSG Charter says the Committee must supervise and monitor the elections.

and section 2.3 states the Committee is responsible for monitoring and supervising the chair's performance of executive functions.

and it also explicitly says the chair carries out executive functions under the Committee's oversight.

Without ballot approval and given this new interpretation of NOTA (unilaterally issued by one member of the EC to much surprise of the others) that contradicts the understanding of NOTA held by the 3 previous NCSG EC Chairs, we have a situation where decisions are not being made by the committee as a whole and with oversight by the committee as required by the charter.  There is a reason the charter explicitly requires the Committee as a whole to be in charge and have final oversight: the Chair was not intended to be given unilateral authority to make such critical changes.

I expect to see a petition launched by the membership pursuant to the charter to challenge this new interpretation of the NOTA.

These ballots did not have adequate supervision and monitoring and oversight by the EC as is required by the charter.  I understand this was an honest misunderstanding and attempt to get things done quickly and efficiently by the chair, but given the significance of elections in democratic systems, it is one worth getting right.

Thanks,
Robin



> On Aug 22, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:14:22AM -0700, Robin Gross (robin at ipjustice.org) wrote:
> 
>> These ballots were never approved of by the EC as required by the
>> Charter
> 
> Could you please point out where the Charter requires that?
> 
> The EC is tasked with supervising and monitoring elections,
> but I don't see any requirement that the ballot should be
> explicitly approved by the EC.
> 
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> Tapani Tarvainen
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