The problem is that when I did not respond to the "check in" I never received anything from [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>I spend a good deal of time looking for a tally message, but I realize that it was the check in I needed. And when I just today responded to the original "check in" message, I realize that Avri is on vacation. So how can I "check in" and get a ballot. Moreover once I get a ballot (Avri sent a screen grab of one) what is the password and ballot number? I'm trying, DeeDee On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:52 AM, William Drake <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hi Jorge > > On Aug 15, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote: > > Now that I'm back in my office and doing some research on the dates > from the original messages and your message, I found that it is more > or less the same time frame when I did some experiments with labels > and started playing with Google+ and had issues with gmail, on top of > that, early in August I started doing some email cleanup deleting > folders and old emails, so there is a high probability that I lost or > missed an important number of messages during that time frame. > > Now it makes more sense and I'm sorry I missed the check in request to > contribute another vote for the Charter :-( > > > Mail problems happen, and it's summer, which we knew would be an issue. > But a pity you're missing the charter vote; hopefully the forthcoming > election vote can be different. > > Everyone, > > I hope the added caps in the subject line don't offend any sensibilities, > but an astonishingly large number of people have not voted yet, including > veteran NCUCers, designated organizational representatives, current and > former elected Council members, people we've nominated or put onto working > groups/review teams/Nomcom, and on and on…This is really surprising and a > serious problem. As the numbers Avri shared earlier today indicate: > > On Aug 15, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Avri Doria wrote: > > At the last check, among those on the active member list who were sent > ballots > > > - the reps of 7 large organizations have not yet voted on the charter - > 28 votes > > - the reps of 10 small organizations have not yet voted on the charter - > 20 votes > > - 23 individuals have not yet voted on the charter - 23 votes > > That's 71 missing votes. > > That is 71 votes effectively against the new charter > > That is a 45% vote against the charter. > > > So a couple of years of hard work (re)drafting and (re)negotiating with > successive boards are in real danger of being wasted, which will be a > disaster for noncommercial interest representation in ICANN, commencing > quickly. > > Instead of doing another round of a few of us having to spend time trying > to track members down bilaterally and send reminder pleas, can I suggest an > alternative? Please be proactive. If you are on the list of Active > Members https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Active+Members and > you have not received a ballot from [log in to unmask] > > 1. Dig around in your account, spam filters, trash, wherever > 2. If you have a ballot, vote today, it takes three seconds > 3. If you are really certain you did not receive the ballot, please inform > us here on the list ASAP. After a few days we can compile the names and ask > ICANN staff to resend it to you. They are swamped too with Dakar planning > et al but hopefully they can make that happen. > > Time is running out. > > Thanks, > > Bill > > -- http://www.deepdishwavesofchange.org