[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCSG Election Clarifications

[Raymond Mamattah]

Thank you for the clarification.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2020, 7:35 PM Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:

> Hi Raymond,
>
> Thanks for your questions to which I’ll respond below.
>
> On Jun 1, 2020, at 12:28 PM, Raymond Mamattah <mamattah.raymond at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Robin,
>
> Nice explanation ahead of the election. However, please clarify further:
>
> 1. What happens if the said female who is automatically elected happens to
> have the least vote since we presently have more than 4 people contesting?
>
> Then the female would win a seat and the top 3 other vote getters would
> also win a seat.  The female will automatically win in this situation due
> to our gender diversity rule requiring at least 2 of each gender to be
> seated.
>
>
> 2. Secondly if she has the least vote, will she go for a one year or two
> years term?
>
> In that case, she would fill the one-year term slot.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> Best,
> Robin
>
>
> Kindly clarify further.
>
> Regards
> Raymond Mamattah
> Accra-Ghana
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020, 7:14 PM Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:
>
>> NCSG Members:
>>
>> I want to clarify a few issues in advance regarding the current NCSG
>> election.
>>
>> 1.  We have 4 GNSO Council seats up for election.  The top 3 vote getters
>> will receive a full two-year term.  The 4th place vote getter will only be
>> for a one-year term because it is filling a seat vacated mid-term.  This is
>> subject to paragraph 2 below.
>>
>> 2.  Regarding the gender diversity rule for the GNSO Council, the NCSG
>> Charter provides that “in no circumstance should there be fewer than two
>> members of any gender.”  As Tatiana is presently our only continuing female
>> member, candidate Stephanie will automatically be elected to the GNSO
>> Council regardless of how many votes she receives because we are required
>> to have at least two female Council members under our charter.  So the
>> gender rule, trumps the number of votes earned in terms of winning a seat.
>> This means that Stephanie + the top 3 vote getters from the other
>> candidates will be elected to Council.
>>
>> 3.  Our regional diversity rules should not be a factor in this election,
>> however, because no more than two members would be declared resident of the
>> same geographic region.
>>
>> I hope this can help to make the election process more clear to
>> everyone.  Thank you.
>>
>> All best,
>> Robin
>
>
>
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