+100 if anyone doesn’t know Glen, she is fabulous and entirely impartial, full stop

Bill 

> On Aug 24, 2016, at 23:44, avri doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> +1
> 
> 
> On 24-Aug-16 17:07, Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. wrote:
>> I strongly support James comment. We should avoid this discussion
>> up-front!
>> 
>> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
>> +506 8837 7176
>> Skype: carlos.raulg
>> Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica)
>> On 24 Aug 2016, at 16:31, James Gannon wrote:
>> 
>>> Glen in the only person who has access to the votes, and I would
>>> challenge anyone to even consider the possibility of her compromising
>>> the integrity of the ballots and the election in general. I
>>> personally don’t see this as a topic worth discussing.
>>> 
>>> -James
>>> 
>>> From: NCSG-Discuss
>>> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>>> on behalf of Ayden Férdeline
>>> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>>> Reply-To: Ayden Férdeline
>>> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>>> Date: Wednesday 24 August 2016 at 21:23
>>> To:
>>> "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>"
>>> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>>> Subject: Re: *Important* NCSG 2016 Annual Elections - Voting rules
>>> 
>>> Hi Ron,
>>> 
>>> Sorry for the confusion, but I do not have any kind of deep mistrust
>>> for ICANN staff and did not intend for my remarks to be interpreted
>>> in that manner.
>>> 
>>> Scepticism of the process is okay, however as I said in an email to
>>> this list yesterday, I consent to the legitimacy of the electoral
>>> process, I am willing to bear the costs of electoral participation,
>>> and I am fully prepared to use this to communicate my pleasure or
>>> displeasure with the candidate(s) that are presented before me.
>>> 
>>> Best wishes,
>>> 
>>> Ayden
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: *Important* NCSG 2016 Annual Elections - Voting rules
>>> Local Time: August 24, 2016 9:00 PM
>>> UTC Time: August 24, 2016 8:00 PM
>>> From: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Yes, I agree there should be a mechanism in place that allows voters
>>>> to spoil their ballot paper, should they wish to do so. The number
>>>> of spoiled ballots should be recorded.
>>> 
>>> I would consider it improper for anyone, be they ICANN staff or a
>>> member of our community, to contact a voter about the contents of
>>> their ballot paper and to insinuate that they may have voted in an
>>> improper manner. If indeed it is possible to determine the number of
>>> 'invalid' ballot papers before the election is over, and who has cast
>>> a vote in such a manner, I am surprised this is the case.
>>> 
>>> - Ayden
>>> 
>>> hi Ayden,
>>> 
>>> yes, with the mistrust that the NGSC has had for ICANN staff, it
>>> seems that
>>> trusting the election to a staff-run system would be considered
>>> non-optimum.
>>> 
>>> i would prefer that an independent outside voting organization that
>>> would
>>> keep the partial results of elections in progress secret from members
>>> and
>>> ICANN staff and only report the final results.
>>> 
>>> while this is possible in the bylaws, our organization has no
>>> independent
>>> funds to contract for this outside work. but this option should be on
>>> the table with the later discussion of voting procedures.
>>> 
>>> -ron
>> 
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