+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 >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus ************************************************************* William J. Drake International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland [log in to unmask] (direct), [log in to unmask] (lists), www.williamdrake.org *************************************************************