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

[Amr Elsadr]

Hi,

Also fine with me, but I would like to know if there are any objections. I will note that this is how the GNSO Council normally elects its Chairs, so not unheard of in ICANN-land.

Thanks.

Amr

> On Mar 3, 2016, at 5:41 PM, Edward Morris <egmorris1 at toast.net> wrote:
> 
> I think this is fine, Tapani. At least it is with me.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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