Dear all, I read this returning from vacations. It is not a great sign of a
strong concensus that we were only 4 votes from "failing" or only 1,9% over
the threshhold. Obviously, there were "active" members who were not "active"
enough to vote and/or members who preferred not to vote. I would draw two
lessons for the future here, if I'm allowed to share it as a new NPOC
member: i) we will have to improve the benefits of membership and, ii) we
will have to be more inclusive.

Best, Alain

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Ron Wickersham <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, Avri Doria wrote:
>
>  -  The charter got 96 votes in favor.
>> -  Recalling that there were 155 possible votes for this ballot.
>> -  96 votes constitutes 61.9% of the eligible electorate.
>>
>> The charter has met the 60% threshold requirements for adoption by the
>> NCSG and is now the Stakeholder Group's governing document.
>>
>
> Congratulations to all for the vote that confirms the position of the
> membership of NCSG to influence the course of ICANN.   and THANKS to
> Avri for the long struggle to get it thru the process and to make
> it thru to a positive outcome in the vote.
>
> I am surprised that the vote was this close and wonder why so many
> individuals and organizations failed to fill in their ballot.  For
> future on votes of this importance (an issue that would make/break
> the exisistence of the NCSG) i would suggest we ask that paper
> ballots be mailed to the eligible voters.  This is no small task or
> expense, but pales with the expenses ICANN incurrs in holding the
> board meetings around the workd and other routine expenses.
>
> -ron
>



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