Dear Avri Please help me to understand On 8/22/2016 12:43 PM, avri doria 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. > > If you or the EC had wanted to change that, you should have discussed > with it the membership instead of just doing it. Is it not a question of what is in the charter or not and not a question of what has been done. If it is not in the charter it has no effect on the election outcome, > >> 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. How do we decide on what the NCSG body politics agrees? What is the process?. Votes?. I want to avoid that those who scream loudest are seen as the majority. > > At this point getting a sufficient group together to challenge an EC > decision seems quite possible. It is possible, but does it make sense to start a war every time someone does not agree with us.? As far as I can see the NPOC position is clearly expressed and stated. > If it is not changed to the prior understanding for all elections in the > NCSG to date, I will recommend a challenge. Again, understandings can not replace a charter. We have to obey to some minimum standards of following the rules. Challenge away, this seems to be a case for the Ombudsman. Must be some kind of record after just one day of voting. I wish we could put our energies into more constructive issues. Klaus > > avri > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > . >