[NCSG-EC] Farzaneh Badii resignation

[Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix]

Let's stick to our written rules for now, yes.

Have a nice day.

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019, 11:41 Robin Gross via NCSG-EC <ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is>
wrote:

> This is very sad news indeed.  Hopefully a time will come when Farzi feels
> safe to come back to NCSG, as we are losing one of most dedicated and
> smartest workers - and our ex-chair.  Truly a sad moment.
>
> I would not be in favor of violating our charter regarding Farzi’s
> replacement.  It was an intentional choice of the charter’s drafters to
> make GNSO Council replacements an EC appointment as opposed to an
> election.  It was intended as a minority protection for the smaller
> constituency in the NCSG, who felt they would have difficulty winning
> SG-wide Council elections but would have an equal shot at an EC
> appointment.  And indeed that is how we have handled the matter of Council
> replacement in the past and up until now.  For example, Wolfgang K. had
> just been elected to the GNSO Council as our rep, but then was immediately
> appointed to the ICANN Board, so we (the EC) had to fill that new Council
> seat.  We followed our charter then and indeed it was an NPOC member
> (Klaus) whom we appointed to fill that seat and was NPOC’s first Councilor
> as a result.  So the charter has been working as intended up until now on
> this point and I would not be in favor of violating the letter nor the
> spirit of the charter on those intentions.
>
> If people believe it is better for NCSG to hold an election to fill the
> seat, then we should change our charter to do that.  What we should not do
> is ignore or violate our charter because we think we have a better idea.
>
> So I would be in favor of the call for expressions of interest and then
> following our charter on dealing with the interest.
>
> Thanks,
> Robin
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2019, at 5:44 AM, Stephanie Perrin via NCSG-EC <
> ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:
>
> We have just received a formal resignation from Farzi.  I am sorry that
> efforts to get her to stay have failed, but I guess that we have to proceed
> with finding a replacement for the remainder of her term.  The Charter
> specifies that we select a replacement, not run an election, but we could
> run an election, there is nothing to prevent it.  I prefer to run
> democratic processes wherever possible, personally, but if it is your
> preference to stick to the precise words of the Charter, that is fine.  I
> am waiting for Farzi's formal resignation on the NCSG discuss list, if it
> does not transpire shortly, I would suggest that we go to the list and seek
> parties expressing an interest.  Thoughts?
>
> Stephanie
>
> NCSG Chair
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