I propose that the NCSG recalls Avri from her holiday to help us resolve emerging membership/voting issues. On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:05 PM, DeeDee Halleck <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > 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 > >