Hi Tapani,

I would consider it useful to have access to these attendance records before I cast my vote. I note in at least one candidate statement that the candidate mentioned their stellar attendance record on WG calls. It would be helpful to be able to check, at a quick glance, whether this extends to their involvement in pre-Council or NCSG policy meetings, or whether we have 'rogue agents' (for lack of a better term) heavily involved in WGs but not necessarily seeking the community's input along the way. This is not intended to diminish the dedicated participation of any candidate — I commend anyone who finds the time to actively participate in a WG's activities — but given concern of late that we don't have a coordinated front, we might want to consider who is or is not participating in NCSG calls before we go through the charade of re-electing anyone...

Best wishes,

Ayden Férdeline



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Subject: Re: A Few Take-Aways from Meet the Candidates Call re: Council Transparency and Coordination
Local Time: August 22, 2016 8:00 AM
UTC Time: August 22, 2016 7:00 AM
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On Aug 19 12:03, William Drake ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

> 2. It would be helpful if Councilors could be sure to attend the
> monthly NCSG calls and proactively share their thinking about
> upcoming Council meetings and votes with each other and the wider
> membership. In ancient times when I was on Council we regarded these
> as fairly mandatory and tried to miss only exceptionally and with
> notification, but more recently participation seems to have be
> spottier at times (I believe the NCSG chair has attendance
> records?).

Just a quick comment here: attendance records exist, I can
try to make easy-to-view summaries of them.

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Tapani Tarvainen