Sure, Milton. All this is absolutely clear to me. Mr Morfin says he wants to be a candidate if he is accepted -- did not specify to which post. He will certainly have to understand the constituency makes decisions on behalf of NCUC, not individual members. I am very sorry I am part of the confusion as I could not vote on time and participate more in this. But the objective fact is that I feel the process had its problems and Jef has reasons to complain. frt rgds --c.a. Milton Mueller wrote: >>>> Carlos Afonso <[log in to unmask]> 11/30/2006 9:13 AM >>> >> Sorry, Milton, others in the constituency might want to devote >> more time to this. > > Yes, that's fine. Good to see you involved. You can discuss it more in > Sao Paulo. As the non-voting Secretary-Treasurer, however, I made my > recommendation and I am done. > > I insisted from the outset that the decision NOT be made on the basis > of whether we "like" this person or not but based on the criteria in our > charter. So far INTLNET's application has one vote in favor and two > votes against. > > MINC on the other hand has now 4 votes in favor and is in. > > Based on our charter we can refuse a nonprofit org if it is, e.g., a > trade association, or if it is a member of another constituency. > > One other point: Mr. Morfin says that his motive for appliying is the > Task force on IDN. GNSO has told people that it must be part of a > constituency to participate in this TF. > > Whatever you do, please make it clear to Morfin (and to MINC) that the > constituency will decide who represents us on a Task Force. they cannot > appoint themselves to it. And the positions they take on that TF must be > vetted and approved by the constituency. > > > > . >