+1 Marie-laure On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:09 PM, William Drake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > +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] <[log in to unmask]>< > mailto:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>> > on behalf of Ayden Férdeline > <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]>>> > Reply-To: Ayden Férdeline > <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]>>> > Date: Wednesday 24 August 2016 at 21:23 > To: > "[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>< > mailto:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>" > <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>< > mailto:[log in to unmask] <[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] <[log in to unmask]><mailto: > [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>< > mailto:[log in to unmask] <[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 > ************************************************************* > >