However, thick nota is what we are after, Arseni.... a nota for each 
candidate.

Stephanie Perrin


On 2016-08-24 4:12, David Cake wrote:
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>> On 23 Aug 2016, at 11:16 PM, Arsène Tungali <[log in to unmask] 
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>> Does the fact one is not signing this list mean one is endorsing the 
>> current form of ballot?
>
> Of course not. Not signing does not imply anything. You might agree 
> with the issue but not think it is worth appealing, you might 
> disagree, you might simply not have an opinion.
>
> David
>
>> What is the best way to thick "NOTA" to this discussion? I think 
>> that's the best option for me given there is a lot that have been 
>> said in this whole discussion but which is not covered or summarised 
>> by the few sentences presented in the attached?
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>> 2016-08-23 17:08 GMT+02:00 Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask] 
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>:
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>>     Avri & "The Group of 21"
>>
>>     There has been a lot of back and forth about what exactly is
>>     being done wrong, or being done right,
>>     in this election process. In your appeal you write:
>>
>>     /"Without any notice to the membership or the Executive
>>     Committee, the NCSG Chair changed//
>>     //the longstanding interpretation of the election rules, causing
>>     confusion among the membership//
>>     //once the ballot was released"//
>>     /
>>     I agree that there is much confusion so could you expand on your
>>     appeal and spell out in a few words
>>     what exactly what the longstanding interpretation and what change
>>     violated that interpretation.
>>     I am not asking about the merits of either approach, only for
>>     clarity about the nature of the change.
>>
>>     Sam L. NPOC/csih
>>
>>     On 8/23/2016 10:44 AM, avri doria wrote:
>>>     NCSG colleagues,
>>>
>>>     *Pursuant to Section 2.4.2.1 of NCSG’s Charter, the NCSG Members
>>>     signed***in the enclosed***hereby initiate an appeal of the NCSG EC
>>>     decision to refuse to fix the contested ballots and properly clarify the
>>>     election process before proceeding.*
>>>
>>>     Thank you,
>>>
>>>     Avri Doria
>>>
>>>     on behalf of the 21 members who signed the appeal*
>>>     ***
>>>
>>
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