Dear all, I read this returning from vacations. It is not a great sign of a strong concensus that we were only 4 votes from "failing" or only 1,9% over the threshhold. Obviously, there were "active" members who were not "active" enough to vote and/or members who preferred not to vote. I would draw two lessons for the future here, if I'm allowed to share it as a new NPOC member: i) we will have to improve the benefits of membership and, ii) we will have to be more inclusive.<div>
<br></div><div>Best, Alain <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Ron Wickersham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rjw@itsmyinternet.org">rjw@itsmyinternet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, Avri Doria wrote:<br>
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- The charter got 96 votes in favor.<br>
- Recalling that there were 155 possible votes for this ballot.<br>
- 96 votes constitutes 61.9% of the eligible electorate.<br>
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The charter has met the 60% threshold requirements for adoption by the NCSG and is now the Stakeholder Group's governing document.<br>
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Congratulations to all for the vote that confirms the position of the<br>
membership of NCSG to influence the course of ICANN. and THANKS to<br>
Avri for the long struggle to get it thru the process and to make<br>
it thru to a positive outcome in the vote.<br>
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I am surprised that the vote was this close and wonder why so many<br>
individuals and organizations failed to fill in their ballot. For<br>
future on votes of this importance (an issue that would make/break<br>
the exisistence of the NCSG) i would suggest we ask that paper<br>
ballots be mailed 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><font color="#888888">
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-ron<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA<div><a href="http://www.jumo.com/ict4dk" target="_blank">http://www.jumo.com/ict4dk</a><br>Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, <a href="http://www.schulich.yorku.ca" target="_blank">www.schulich.yorku.ca</a><br>
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