> -----Original Message-----
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> If the leadership can agree on a plan for all that which seems to pass muster,
> that would be nice since it would make the election more meaningful.  But if
> not, for the time being, it may be easier to punt on that, as was reportedly
> done, explicitly, in 2011, and "skip" the NOTA votes, taking them in an
> advisory light.

I don't think that option would be acceptable to most of the appellants. 
The whole point of the complaints about the ballots was that people wanted to have an effective vote when there were no contested seats. Making NOTA advisory only won't satisfy that concern.
 
> But my main hope is for the leadership to find a path to agreement here, and
> prioritize unity about these procedural issues, and for my fellow members to
> strive for procedural agreement also.  That's what I plan to do, so we can get
> back to making a difference in ICANN at large.

My hope, too. But you need to get the leadership to listen to you, because our chair has shown a complete inability or unwillingness (can't tell the difference in this case) to find a path to agreement.