The charter adoption ballot [PLEASE VOTE PLEASE VOTE PLEASE VOTE]

[Alex Gakuru]

I propose that the NCSG recalls Avri from her holiday to help us resolve
emerging membership/voting issues.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:05 PM, DeeDee Halleck <deedeehalleck at gmail.com>wrote:

> The problem is that when I did not respond to the "check in" I never
> received anything from tally at icann.org
> <tally at icann.org>I spend a good deal of time looking for a tally message,
> but I realize that it was the check in I needed.  And when I just today
> responded to the original "check in" message, I realize that Avri is on
> vacation.
>
> So how can I "check in" and get a ballot.
> Moreover once I get a ballot (Avri sent a screen grab of one) what is the
> password and ballot number?
>
> I'm trying,
> DeeDee
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:52 AM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>wrote:
>
>> Hi Jorge
>>
>> On Aug 15, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote:
>>
>> Now that I'm back in my office and doing some research on the dates
>> from the original messages and your message, I found that it is more
>> or less the same time frame when I did some experiments with labels
>> and started playing with Google+ and had issues with gmail, on top of
>> that, early in August I started doing some email cleanup deleting
>> folders and old emails, so there is a high probability that I lost or
>> missed an important number of messages during that time frame.
>>
>> Now it makes more sense and I'm sorry I missed the check in request to
>> contribute another vote for the Charter :-(
>>
>>
>> Mail problems happen, and it's summer, which we knew would be an issue.
>>  But a pity you're missing the charter vote; hopefully the forthcoming
>> election vote can be different.
>>
>> Everyone,
>>
>> I hope the added caps in the subject line don't offend any sensibilities,
>> but an astonishingly large number of people have not voted yet, including
>> veteran NCUCers, designated organizational representatives, current and
>> former elected Council members, people we've nominated or put onto working
>> groups/review teams/Nomcom,  and on and on…This is really surprising and a
>> serious problem.  As the numbers Avri shared earlier today indicate:
>>
>> On Aug 15, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
>>
>> At the last check, among those on the active member list who were sent
>> ballots
>>
>>
>> -  the reps of 7 large organizations have not yet voted on the charter  -
>> 28 votes
>>
>> -  the reps of 10 small organizations have not yet voted on the charter -
>> 20 votes
>>
>> -  23 individuals have not yet voted on the charter - 23 votes
>>
>> That's 71 missing votes.
>>
>> That is 71 votes effectively against the new charter
>>
>> That is a 45% vote against the charter.
>>
>>
>> So a couple of years of hard work (re)drafting and (re)negotiating with
>> successive boards are in real danger of being wasted, which will be a
>> disaster for noncommercial interest representation in ICANN, commencing
>> quickly.
>>
>> Instead of doing another round of a few of us having to spend time trying
>> to track members down bilaterally and send reminder pleas, can I suggest an
>> alternative?  Please be proactive.  If you are on the list of Active
>> Members
>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Active+Members and
>> you have not received a ballot from tally at icann.org
>>
>> 1.  Dig around in your account, spam filters, trash, wherever
>> 2.  If you have a ballot, vote today, it takes three seconds
>> 3.  If you are really certain you did not receive the ballot, please
>> inform us here on the list ASAP.  After a few days we can compile the names
>> and ask ICANN staff to resend it to you.  They are swamped too with Dakar
>> planning et al but hopefully they can make that happen.
>>
>> Time is running out.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
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