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

[Dr. Tatiana Tropina]

Hi all,
I don't have any objection: perfectly fine with Tapani's suggestions.
See you all in Marrakesh soon!
Cheers
Tanya

On 03/03/16 17:24, Amr Elsadr wrote:
> 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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