This is more than disappointing, and i refrain from using stronger words, but not easily. I don't even know who the 6 voting members of NCSG were, but i know who Mr. Graham is .... and i can assure you he never stroke me as having special affinity for non-commercial interests, however one understands them. He is a capable man, don't get me wrong, just not one that will think non-commercial first. Nor distant second, i would be inclined to think. I don't know if i'm at ease with forcing any voting person to explain their turnabout (i don't have a clear picture of the representational/legitimacy scheme at play here) but i will find it very hard not to find this disgraceful absent explanations. Absent explanations I will also find it hard not to presume -- as people in these sort of things usually have a clear understanding of who's going to vote for who -- that the two changes were not planned beforehand. I mean to say that absent explanations i will be tempted to believe that the first vote was merely a ploy directed at people like me (moderately in the know) to obscure the true leaning of some voters. Now i am merely vetting shamelessly my own emotional deficiencies. It is up to you -- whoever you are --to put my presumptions to rest or not. Sincerely, Nicolas On 5/9/2011 2:06 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote: > > This is very disappointing. It means that two NCSG Council members > switched their votes from Avri to Graham, despite the overwhelming > support for Avri within this Stakeholder Group. I have trouble > understanding how that could happen. Could those who made this switch > please explain why they voted that way ? > > The second round of voting for the NCPH election for the ICANN Board > Seat 14 closed on Friday, 6 May, 2011 at 23:59 UTC. > As per the election procedures, the candidate receiving at least 8 > votes wins. The candidates have been notified of the results. > > > ·Eight (8) votes for Bill Graham > > > ·Five (5) votes for Avri Doria > > Attached please find the detailed results for the second round. > > All thirteen votes were registered. > Please check the results and let me know if you have any questions. >