I noticed that on the GNSO Council email list, the IP Constituency is calling for secret ballots for the chair/vice-chair positions on council. That is really surprising to me considering how ICANN claims to be "open and transparent" in its activities. And it is a bit disturbing that elected representatives in a governance organization are afraid the public will know how they vote on an issue. I thought when a person is elected to represent a group of people on policy issues, those people have a right to know how their elected representatives are voting and handling that representation given to them by the public. What part of open and transparent public governance does the IPC not understand? Best, Robin IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]