[NCUC-DISCUSS] [Important] NCUC Bylaws Final Version

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi,

thanks everyone for those comments and feedback.
for clarification, there are some basic guidelines for the election like
the timeline etc. Indeed, they can be more detailed and elaborated to cover
different cases. The new EC to be elected can work on that (and they need
the support of everyone for the tasks ahead !).

The issue of campaigning during voting didn't raise before as far as I
recall and so it was overlooked. That is not an excuse but explanation of
the missing. If this presents concern NCUC membership, the EC can review it
and get feedback on this to work on more clear rules on the matter for
future elections.

at the end, I would like to remind  everyone that the vote is confidential
and nobody knows for who you voted. Since the voting duration is 2 weeks,
you can also change anytime your selection during that period using the
link in the ballot you received.

Finally, I really encourage everyone to go through the candidates
statements
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Candidate+Statement+2016
and make your mind. They are not long and they respond to the same set of
questions. We also had the candidates conference call last Friday and the
recordings and transcripts will be shared soon to the list. The same can
also apply for the bylaws, please read it.


Best Regards,

Rafik Dammak


2016-11-22 4:16 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>:

> Thank you for raising this, Nadira. I agree this is a topic which we need
> to give serious deliberation to once this election cycle has ended.
>
> In many countries, the promotion of a candidate or party (or attacking a
> candidate or party) on election day is a criminal offence. Of course, the
> stakes are slightly lower in this election, because we are not selecting
> our rulers, but instead the decision-makers who will be tasked with keeping
> the gears of the NCUC turning. And, we have a voting window, rather than a
> single day where everyone casts their ballot. Nonetheless I have seen
> behaviour on this list which, in my view, could be seen to influence how
> some cast their votes. I’m not making a judgement call here as to whether
> this is positive or negative; though I think that is a debate we need to
> have once this election is over.
>
> An election is a game, and winning in any game hinges to a large extent on
> the rules of that game and how those rules are interpreted. We cannot make
> sense of this election without considering who has (and who does not have)
> the right to vote, who has (and who does not have) the right to be on our
> electoral register, the weighing of each vote cast by a person or entity,
> and how people express their preferences among the candidates. Our election
> should not be symbolic. There should not be a predetermined outcome. And
> there should not be any uncontested seats with but one candidate (I am very
> pleased that there is a plurality of candidates for many of the seats).
>
> TLDR: +1 to Nadira.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden Férdeline
> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] [Important] NCUC Bylaws Final Version
> Local Time: 21 November 2016 5:41 PM
> UTC Time: 21 November 2016 17:41
> From: seun.ojedeji at gmail.com
> To: Matthew Shears <mshears at cdt.org>
> NCUC-discuss <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>
>
> I also think it's good to have such clear guidelines but to the extent
> that it doesn't in any way serve as a way of penalising any of the
> candidates or voters.
>
> Cheers!
> Sent from my LG G4
> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
>
>
> On 21 Nov 2016 6:31 p.m., "matthew shears" <mshears at cdt.org> wrote:
>
>> I agree with the suggestion by Nadira - and should as Tapani says be
>> given serious consideration by the new EC.
>>
>>
>> On 21/11/2016 15:59, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 03:43:43PM +0200, Nadira Alaraj (
>>> nadira.araj at gmail.com) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Usually and in any voting process, the support or self promotion of
>>>> candidates stops before the distribution of the ballots.
>>>>
>>> That is not by any means universal. In particular when voting is
>>> conducted by mail or otherwise takes a long time, notably also during
>>> postal or other advance voting in most elections I know of,
>>> campaigning keeps going on all the way until voting stops.
>>>
>>> Whether or not that is a good thing is another question, and we might
>>> well decide that campaigning should stop after voting starts in NCUC
>>> elections. But so far we haven't had such a rule and it is obviously
>>> too late to make one for this election.
>>>
>>> But good that you brought it up, the new EC would be well advised
>>> to consider it and make the rules clear before next election.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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