Hi Tapani, NCSG Charter (2.4.2.1) says that 15 members can appeal a decision of the NCSG-EC. I believe this is what Avri was referring to. Warm regards Tatiana On 22 August 2016 at 18:54, Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 12:43:41PM -0400, avri doria ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > > > On 22-Aug-16 12:33, Tapani Tarvainen wrote: > > > I do see some people want to be able to cast negative votes so to > > > speak and think NOTA is the way it could be done, but I don't agree > > > with that. > > > > That is the way it has been done until now. > > It has? I don't think NOTA has ever won, so there's no real precedent, > nor am I aware of any documented decision to that effect either. > Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > But we're presently discussing this in NCSG EC and if it decides > > > that new ballots need to be issued, we will do that. > > > > As long as the NCSG body politic agrees, that is. > > "The NCSG body politic" is no decision-making body. Nor is this list. > > Appealing to the membership at large can only be formally done by > a vote. Perhaps we vote on how the election is done. :-) > > Given the timing, I suggest an easy way to do it: > > Everybody: if you think I'm in the wrong here, vote NotA for Chair. > If I lose to NotA I will accept my defeat and call for a new election. > > You are of course also welcome to challenge the election in any > other way as well, if you so choose. > > -- > Tapani Tarvainen >