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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I believe that It would improve the voting turnover and provide a mechanism to count (assess) abstentions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nabil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>----<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nabil Bukhalid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ISOC Lebanon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vint Cerf<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 24, 2014 6:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bob Hinden<br><b>Cc:</b> ISOC Chapter Delegates; Peter Koch<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Chapter-delegates] Board Election<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Abstention is a valid choice and there should be no prejudicial character to that. It may actually be useful to have a ballot that permits a chapter to submit a vote that effectively votes for no candidates (my interpretation of a "blank" ballot). Do others on the list believe that any significant fraction of non-voting chapters would submit a ballot if this option were available (versus simply not responding)?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>v<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Bob Hinden <<a href="mailto:bob.hinden@gmail.com" target="_blank">bob.hinden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Peter,<br><br>I hope you didn't interpret my email asking Chapters to vote as interfering with the election. My thinking is that it's important for as many chapters as possible to vote in the Board election. Personally, I find it troubling that only half of the chapters (and similar turnout for org members) choose to vote. Hopefully, the turnout will be higher this year.<br><span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>Bob</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Apr 23, 2014, at 11:56 PM, Peter Koch <<a href="mailto:pk@ISOC.DE">pk@ISOC.DE</a>> wrote:<br><br>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 11:35:27PM -0500, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:<br>><br>>> Vint's question does beg an answer from you. You may decide not to<br>>> interfere with the ongoing election process and answer him and Desiree in<br>>> private, then make your answer public when the polling closes. I don't<br>>> think you have a lot more choice.<br>><br>> on my calendar it's the 24th today. That is 23 days past the first and one day left<br>> into the voting deadline. To the latter: I, for one, take the liberty to exploit the<br>> full extent of the deadline the election committee came up with. I am also<br>> extremely sensitive to "public pressure", especially when it comes to elections.<br>> That links to the former: It truly puzzles me to see a request to a chapter<br>> to justify their vote (to other chapters), even if that is an abstention.<br>> There are several reasons to abstain and sometimes even a qualified abstention<br>> might have more value than a ballot cast under "pressure". I am pretty sure that several<br>> people on this list who are, sadly, much more qualified from personal experience<br>> than myself, would be able to share some depressing insight. Time to get a globe.<br>><br>> -Peter<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed<br>> to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society<br>> Chapter Portal (AMS): <a href="https://portal.isoc.org" target="_blank">https://portal.isoc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed<br>to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society<br>Chapter Portal (AMS): <a href="https://portal.isoc.org" target="_blank">https://portal.isoc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>