Hi Tapani, In the absence of something in the charter, can you clarify what the situation is with regards to NOTA votes if NOTA places above a natural person in the final vote what is the situation? -James On 22/08/2016, 10:54, "NCSG-Discuss on behalf of Tapani Tarvainen" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 09:44:10AM +0000, James Gannon ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > >> Just on process where does the NOTA candidate come from with regards >> to our charter, as it seems that the inclusion of a NOTA candidate >> is not referenced anywhere. > >While NotA is not explicitly mentioned in the charter, it has been >discussed in the past and an explicit NotA choice has been felt >to be useful. I'm only following precedent here. > >> Also we have a serious election process flaw in that with the manner >> in which NOTA is given is makes it impossible for us not to elect a >> full slate of candidates if the number of candidates matches the >> number of positions, which makes this essentially an acclimation. > >How so? You can select any number of candidates, up to three. > >Arguably NotA is redundant in that the practical effect is >the same as not selecting any candidates, but in the past >it has been considered better to have it as an explicit choice. > >-- >Tapani Tarvainen