[PC-NCSG] IMPORTANT!! NCSG Policy Committee Chair Elections

[Edward Morris]

I think this is fine, Tapani. At least it is with me.

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> On 3 Mar 2016, at 14:49, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 02 21:33, Amr Elsadr (aelsadr at egyptig.org) wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks to all the candidates for accepting their nominations, and
>> thank you Marilia for the kind words.
> 
> Thank you to all candidates from me as well.
> 
>> There are still a few hours left until the closing of the nomination
>> period should anyone else care to step forward. As of now, the
>> ballot should include Marilia Maciel as a candidate for the NCSG PC
>> Chair, and Matt Shears and David Cake as candidates for the
>> position(s) of NCSG PC Vice Chair.
> 
> No additional nominations were submitted, so that's it.
> 
> But I have a question about how we'll vote.
> 
> The plan was to vote in the PC meeting in Marrakech, with
> remote voting option for those who can't make it.
> 
> It turns out somewhat difficult to arrange remote (or advance) voting
> that would work in this scenario at this short notice (we'd need some
> means to remove advance votes from people who do turn up after all),
> so I would like to ask if you'd be willing to dispense with it.
> 
> That is, let's just vote with paper ballots in Marrakech.
> 
> Given the rule that 2/3 of PC members' votes are needed for
> Chair election, the effect would be that if someone can't make
> it there after all their vote would count as "none".
> 
> As the election doesn't appear to be heavily contested
> and as far as we know everybody's going to be present,
> I think this would be acceptable in this case.
> 
> I don't see any formal reason for it either, indeed
> a vote by those present in a physical meeting used
> to be the norm, even if in ICANN world it's a rarity.
> 
> But if people feel strongly that absentee votes are
> important, I'll keep looking for a workable setup.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> -- 
> Tapani Tarvainen
> 
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