+1
Marie-laure

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:09 PM, William Drake <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> +100 if anyone doesn’t know Glen, she is fabulous and entirely impartial,
> full stop
>
> Bill
>
> On Aug 24, 2016, at 23:44, avri doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> +1
>
>
> On 24-Aug-16 17:07, Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. wrote:
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> I strongly support James comment. We should avoid this discussion
> up-front!
>
> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
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> On 24 Aug 2016, at 16:31, James Gannon wrote:
>
> Glen in the only person who has access to the votes, and I would
> challenge anyone to even consider the possibility of her compromising
> the integrity of the ballots and the election in general. I
> personally don’t see this as a topic worth discussing.
>
> -James
>
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> Date: Wednesday 24 August 2016 at 21:23
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> Subject: Re: *Important* NCSG 2016 Annual Elections - Voting rules
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> Hi Ron,
>
> Sorry for the confusion, but I do not have any kind of deep mistrust
> for ICANN staff and did not intend for my remarks to be interpreted
> in that manner.
>
> Scepticism of the process is okay, however as I said in an email to
> this list yesterday, I consent to the legitimacy of the electoral
> process, I am willing to bear the costs of electoral participation,
> and I am fully prepared to use this to communicate my pleasure or
> displeasure with the candidate(s) that are presented before me.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden
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> Subject: Re: *Important* NCSG 2016 Annual Elections - Voting rules
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> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
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> Yes, I agree there should be a mechanism in place that allows voters
> to spoil their ballot paper, should they wish to do so. The number
> of spoiled ballots should be recorded.
>
>
> I would consider it improper for anyone, be they ICANN staff or a
> member of our community, to contact a voter about the contents of
> their ballot paper and to insinuate that they may have voted in an
> improper manner. If indeed it is possible to determine the number of
> 'invalid' ballot papers before the election is over, and who has cast
> a vote in such a manner, I am surprised this is the case.
>
> - Ayden
>
> hi Ayden,
>
> yes, with the mistrust that the NGSC has had for ICANN staff, it
> seems that
> trusting the election to a staff-run system would be considered
> non-optimum.
>
> i would prefer that an independent outside voting organization that
> would
> keep the partial results of elections in progress secret from members
> and
> ICANN staff and only report the final results.
>
> while this is possible in the bylaws, our organization has no
> independent
> funds to contract for this outside work. but this option should be on
> the table with the later discussion of voting procedures.
>
> -ron
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