> On 23 Aug 2016, at 11:16 PM, Arsène Tungali <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Does the fact one is not signing this list mean one is endorsing the current form of ballot?

	Of course not. Not signing does not imply anything. You might agree with the issue but not think it is worth appealing, you might disagree, you might simply not have an opinion. 

	David

> What is the best way to thick "NOTA" to this discussion? I think that's the best option for me given there is a lot that have been said in this whole discussion but which is not covered or summarised by the few sentences presented in the attached?
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> 2016-08-23 17:08 GMT+02:00 Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>:
> Avri & "The Group of 21"
> 
> There has been a lot of back and forth about what exactly is being done wrong, or being done right, 
> in this election process. In your appeal you write:
> 
> "Without any notice to the membership or the Executive Committee, the NCSG Chair changed
> the longstanding interpretation of the election rules, causing confusion among the membership
> once the ballot was released"
> 
> I agree that there is much confusion so could you expand on your appeal and spell out in a few words 
> what exactly what the longstanding interpretation and what change violated that interpretation. 
> I am not asking about the merits of either approach, only for clarity about the nature of the change. 
> 
> Sam L. NPOC/csih
> 
> On 8/23/2016 10:44 AM, avri doria wrote:
>> NCSG colleagues,
>> 
>> *Pursuant to Section 2.4.2.1 of NCSG’s Charter, the NCSG Members
>> signed***in the enclosed***hereby initiate an appeal of the NCSG EC
>> decision to refuse to fix the contested ballots and properly clarify the
>> election process before proceeding.*
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Avri Doria
>> 
>> on behalf of the 21 members who signed the appeal*
>> ***
>> 
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>