Dear Amr I thought I explained this several times today and did not want to repeat myself. I am not against the use of nota, I am against the use of nota in order to prevent a candidate that is on the ballot. I can feel your pain but as long as we keep having this kind of discussions like today, people will think twice if they put themselves up as a candidate. What we need is fundamental charter changes and fundamental changes in our culture of working together. Klaus On 8/22/2016 4:37 PM, Amr Elsadr wrote: > Hi Klaus, > > You still haven’t pointed me towards any text in the charter that prohibits the use of NOTA. :) > > And also: > >> On Aug 22, 2016, at 10:17 PM, Klaus Stoll <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Dear Amr >> >> Thanks for your comments. My thoughts are: >> >> We need to go religiously by the charter and what the NCSG-EC does. > My point is that I believe that this has been done using NOTA over the past few years. In fact, I believe that the changes being suggested now conflict with the charter, because the EC hasn’t approved the procedures being introduced during this election cycle. I do not believe that it is right or in the best interest of the NCSG for us to wait until after the elections to challenge this. > > Thanks again. > > Amr