I recused myself from this decision because i am a candidate for council, but i did report to the EC the concerns raised at the candidates’ meeting about the late refusal on one nomination, which left us with not enough candidates to fill the positions.  However, I must agree with Bruna and Tapani that any decision regarding the NCUC rests in the hands of the NCUC EC,  certainly not the NCSG EC.  
Stephanie Perrin

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> On May 31, 2020, at 11:14, Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tatiana,
> 
> Actually, if we want to pick nits, the charter does not have a process
> for this specific case.
> 
> It only specifies that the EC should appoint in case a councillor
> "is unable to finish his or her term" - the case where there's
> no councillor to even begin the term is not mentioned.
> 
> Now I won't argue that the EC should not do so anyway, there's really
> no alternative if enough candidates aren't available during the
> election, but nonetheless it would also be at least slightly bending
> the rules.
> 
> On the other hand the charter does explicitly make the EC responsible
> of the election schedule, so while I do dislike changing things like
> that in the middle of the process, it is not against the charter text.
> 
> So while neither option is really pretty, I don't see any serious
> legalistic argument against either, and I'm happy to let the EC decide
> which is best.
> 
> As for NCUC, there you and Bruna are absolutely correct, decision there
> belongs to NCUC, not NCSG EC.
> 
> Tapani
> 
>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 04:55:19PM +0200, Tatiana Tropina ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>> 
>> I am also not convinced about the process of this extension. The council
>> seat can be filled by an appointment made by NCSG EC and the NCSG Charter
>> has a process for this. The new candidates won’t take part in meet the
>> candidates call. Why is there a need to bend the rules to fill in the
>> places if there is a process in place to fill them via EC?
>> Bruna also rightly pointed out that NCUC is a constituency that could have
>> been at least consulted.
>> Warm regards,
>> Tatiana
>> 
>>> On Sun 31. May 2020 at 16:43, James Gannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yeah I’m not sure why we are deviating from the Charter here?
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On 31 May 2020, at 15:34, Bruna Martins dos Santos <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I am sorry, everyone. I understand that NCUC does not have any candidates
>>> for EC NA at the moment, but I really wish you had respected the
>>> constituency independence in setting its own electoral deadlines instead of
>>> announcing it on the list without the NCUC EC acknowledgement.
>>> 
>>> I will speak with NCUC EC and get back to you on this.
>>> 
>>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 11:21 AM Tapani Tarvainen <
>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Yes. There are four councillor positions and only three candidates at
>>>> the moment, and NCUC North American representative has no candidate.
>>>> 
>>>> See
>>>> 
>>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2020
>>>> 
>>>> and
>>>> 
>>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Elections+2020
>>>> 
>>>> Tapani
>>>> 
>>>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 05:11:27PM +0300, Raoul Plommer (
>>>> [log in to unmask]) wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sorry, as far as I know, the NCUC North American seat and one councillor
>>>>> seat are still without a candidate. Perhaps someone can correct me if
>>>> I'm
>>>>> wrong?
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Raoul
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, 31 May 2020 at 17:07, Raymond Mamattah <
>>>> [log in to unmask]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello Raoul,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What has necessitated this extension? Are there some positions that
>>>> do not
>>>>>> have applications? If yes, kindly share that with us.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Raymond Mamattah
>>>>>> Accra-Ghana
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sun, May 31, 2020, 1:51 PM Raoul Plommer <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The NCSG EC has decided to extend the nomination period for the NCSG
>>>> and
>>>>>>> NCUC elections a little, practically with 17 hours 10 minutes,
>>>> starting
>>>>>>> right now.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -Raoul
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Tapani Tarvainen
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>> 
>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>> @boomartins
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> -- 
> Tapani Tarvainen