[NCSG-EC] clarifications on election
Stephanie E Perrin
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
Tue Jun 2 16:23:26 EEST 2020
I am sorry not to have responded, and thanks for jumping in!
SP
On 2020-06-01 11:44 p.m., Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>>> <mailto: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
>>>> <mailto: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
>>>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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