Hi Robin,

You are correct. I'd like to add a few points:

First, while Stephanie will necessarily get elected it doesn't mean
votes given to her would not matter, because as you say they will
affect whether she gets a one-year or a two-year term.

Second, the one-year term does not count in term limit in this case,
as per ICANN Bylaws 11.3(b). That is, whoever gets it may be elected
twice after that for a total of five years, whereas those who get two
years now can only do only one additional term for a total of four
years (absent special circumstances we discussed with Amr earlier,
which could allow an extra term in either case).

Third, regional diversity rules can play a role in the unlikely but
possible situation of a tie, i.e., exactly same number of votes for
two candidates from different regions, if one of those regions already
has a representative and the other does not.

Finally, some years ago NCSG EC approved a detailed procedure for
handling the gender and regional balance rules. The logic comes
directly from the charter, this just opens it up in a procedural form
and might make it easier to understand how the various rules
interoperate in different scenarios:

https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Operating+Procedures

Best,

Tapani

On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 12:13:23PM -0700, Robin Gross ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> 
> 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 full two-year term.  The 4th place vote getter will only be for a one-year term because it is filling a seat vacated 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, candidate 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.
> 
> I hope this can help to make the election process more clear to everyone.  Thank you.
> 
> All best,
> Robin