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 -------- Original Message -------- 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 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] 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. -- Tapani Tarvainen