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It strike me, to the contrary, that we should have had a much higher
turnout than we eventually did. I thought the checking-in was a
great idea/system, although i concede i was a little bit puzzled by
the check-in mail when i first got it. <br>
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The fact that a significant proportion of people would respond to a
"check-in" and not a "vote", while the latter is considerably more
eye-catching a term, was not something i considered probable.
Especially given that they were sent out in such a short time span.<br>
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I'm afraid I have no theory as to what could have happened, except
maybe for the one that points to misunderstanding of voting
methodology (?and subsequent blindness to repeated step-by-step
instructions as to how to proceed?).<br>
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Perhaps we could send out an anonymized survey to everyone that
checked-in but did not vote, in order to glean some info as to the
reasons it went out like that. Here's a few scenario that may
account for some people's no-show:<br>
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-- didn't realize that not voting was voting no and wanted to
refrain from voting for some reason<br>
-- realized that not voting was voting no but still preferred that
way of saying no despite Timothe's well thought out plea to the
contrary<br>
-- didn't read their NCSG emails with attention or at all during the
critical period<br>
-- couldn't understand how to vote<br>
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Nicolas<br>
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On 8/30/2011 10:02 PM, Robin Gross wrote:
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<div>This election turn-out is actually quite in-line with
democracy generally - or perhaps a bit better.</div>
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<div>For example, in recent federal election, the voter turn-out
in California was only 23% of eligible voters. That's common.</div>
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<div>Low voter turn-out is not a problem that is unique to NCSG.</div>
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<div>However, let's not let that stop us from trying to figure out
how to achieve greater participation from the entire membership.
:-)</div>
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<div>Thanks to all for this achievement!</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Robin</div>
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<div>On Aug 30, 2011, at 6:45 PM, nhklein wrote:</div>
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Ron Wickersham wrote:
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type="cite">On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, Avri Doria wrote: <br>
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type="cite"> For <br>
future on votes of this importance (an issue that would
make/break <br>
the exisistence of the NCSG)<big><b> i would suggest we
ask that paper <br>
ballots be mailed</b></big> to the eligible voters.
This is no small task or <br>
expense, but pales with the expenses ICANN incurrs in
holding the <br>
board meetings around the workd and other routine
expenses. <br>
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-ron <br>
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<big><b><br>
Please don't</b></big> - e-mail I get immediately, paper
mail about once a week, mostly useless advertisements etc. -
too difficult to sort out if there is occasionally something
important.<br>
<br>
If someone cannot handle e-mail - are they able to actively
analyze the questions we as non-commercials, are facing in
ICANN?<br>
<br>
The poor participation of the "active" membership in the
election requires some soul searching about the
non-commercial public's interest and commitment to get and
to be involved. The Intellectual Property lobby have their
interest, so they act. <br>
<br>
The 61.9% is not the result of poor technology - especially
considering the huge "management" input by Avri.<br>
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Norbert <br>
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A while ago, I started a new blog:
...thinking it over... after 21 years in Cambodia
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.thinking21.org/">http://www.thinking21.org/</a>
continuing to share reports and comments from Cambodia.
Norbert Klein
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nhklein@gmx.net">nhklein@gmx.net</a>
Phnom Penh / Cambodia
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