Hi Tapani,



In the absence of something in the charter, can you clarify what the situation is with regards to NOTA votes if NOTA places above a natural person in the final vote what is the situation?



-James











On 22/08/2016, 10:54, "NCSG-Discuss on behalf of Tapani Tarvainen" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:



>On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 09:44:10AM +0000, James Gannon ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>

>> Just on process where does the NOTA candidate come from with regards

>> to our charter, as it seems that the inclusion of a NOTA candidate

>> is not referenced anywhere.

>

>While NotA is not explicitly mentioned in the charter, it has been

>discussed in the past and an explicit NotA choice has been felt

>to be useful. I'm only following precedent here.

>

>> Also we have a serious election process flaw in that with the manner

>> in which NOTA is given is makes it impossible for us not to elect a

>> full slate of candidates if the number of candidates matches the

>> number of positions, which makes this essentially an acclimation.

>

>How so? You can select any number of candidates, up to three.

>

>Arguably NotA is redundant in that the practical effect is

>the same as not selecting any candidates, but in the past

>it has been considered better to have it as an explicit choice.

>

>-- 

>Tapani Tarvainen