[NCSG-EC] clarifications on election

Tue Jun 2 06:44:12 EEST 2020

Have you made arrangements re chairing the meeting? Do you want/Is one of
us to take care of it, or is it Maryam that usually does in those cases?

On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 11:21 PM U Of T <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>
wrote:

> Incidently, i unfortunately will not be able to attend the meeting
> tomorrow as i have a client conference that was booked months ago.  I will
> keep an eye on skype, and if there is an emergency, please send me a ping
> and i will break away.
> Very sorry but this was unexpected.  So was the stupid EPDP meeting also
> on tomorrow.
> Someone may wish to point out to these folks that my announcements if the
> election contained links to the relevant chunk of the Charter.   Good idea
> to read the message.
> Cheers Steph
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 1, 2020, at 20:48, U Of T <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>
> wrote:
>
> I think those are great responses.  Are you going to ignore the
> transgender bit?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 1, 2020, at 20:26, Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix via NCSG-EC <
> ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:
>
> 
> Thanks for jumping in Robin, and thank you for the info!
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 6:15 PM Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:
>
>> Raphael,
>>
>> Thanks for drafting this below.  It is a NCSG rule that we have followed
>> since the charter’s initial adoption in 2011.  A few years ago, we were
>> worried we wouldn’t have enough male candidates to meet the requirement.
>> This year, we almost lacked enough female candidates, but thanks to
>> Stephanie we can meet our charter requirement.
>>
>> Best,
>> Robin
>>
>> On Jun 1, 2020, at 3:06 PM, Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix <
>> rbeauregardlacroix at GMAIL.COM <rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm afraid some "dissent" might catch on and snowball. I'm not totally
>> convinced of the wisdom of replying at this point though, so open to
>> any suggestion.
>>
>> But what I could foresee in terms of language:
>>
>> "Dear +++,
>>
>> The basis for the rules we follow regarding elections to the GNSO can be
>> found in Art. 3.1. of the Charter. We have been using this system since
>> +++. You may disagree with it; there is indeed some rigidity to it. You are
>> also free to voice your disagreement.
>>
>> While elections are often a time where procedural debates arise, we would
>> however encourage discussions about changes to our electoral system for the
>> GNSO Council positions to take place outside the electoral period. The
>> reason for this is that a change to this electoral process would require a
>> Charter amendment, in line with the rules at Art. 5 of said Charter.
>>
>> You can find the most recent version of the Charter here:
>> https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_25801/ncsg-charter-05may11-en.pdf
>>
>> Thank you for your understanding and continued engagement,"
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 1:51 PM Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix <
>> rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes sounds all good, and thanks a lot for volunteering language :)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 1:21 PM Robin Gross via NCSG-EC <
>>> ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:
>>>
>>>> EC Members:
>>>>
>>>> I’d like to send the following message to the discuss list to help set
>>>> expectations regarding this election.  Please let me know if you object
>>>> before 12:00 PT today because I will send it then in keeping with our
>>>> election timetable.  Thanks for your quick response!
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Robin
>>>> ==========
>>>>
>>>> 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 two-year term.  The 4th place vote getter will only
>>>> be for a one-year term because it is filling a seat 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, 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.
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