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    I was elected as a petition candidate for my second term on the
    Board of Trustees. <br>
    However, on the more general question, I would be seriously worried
    if ALL chapters vote in the elections, as this reminds me of
    communism. It's OK if some chapters decide not to vote. What may be
    good, is to go and check why they didn't vote. This could be done by
    the chapters support staffers, who know the chapters, and can do
    that discreetly. In some cases, it may be due to lack of candidates,
    and then we could inform them how to put their own candidate. In
    other, the chapters may not be very active, and might need some help
    to "re"-activate themselves. And in some rare cases, the chapter may
    have stopped functioning, but that still needs to be addressed. <br>
    <br>
    I see this discussion as a positive one, because it included a lot
    of people, and we heard different opinions. I am hopeful that the
    ISOC HQ leadership would take this as a task, and move on?<br>
    <br>
    v.<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/27/14 15:22, Vint Cerf wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">that's why I asked about rules for petition
        candidates
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Eric
          Burger <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:eburger@standardstrack.com" target="_blank">eburger@standardstrack.com</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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            <div style="word-wrap:break-word">There is an even better
              method of conveying your belief the nominating committee
              did not do a good job. One is always able to put forward
              additional nominees. It only takes seven endorsements to
              have that nominee placed on the ballot. This provision has
              been available for years and  nominees have been placed on
              the ballot in the past.<br>
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                  <div>Waiting until the election is over to say the
                    candidate pool was not to one’s liking is not
                    effective. Finding a qualified candidate the
                    nominating committee missed, getting them to
                    understand the commitment, getting them to agree to
                    run, and getting 7% of the chapters to endorse the
                    candidate is much better. Not only does it show
                    where the nominations committee could do better, you
                    also end up with a candidate to your liking.</div>
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                          <div>On Apr 27, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Mark Urban
                            <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="mailto:docurban@gmail.com"
                              target="_blank">docurban@gmail.com</a>>
                            wrote:</div>
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                            <div dir="ltr">I concur with Vint.  A "none
                              of the above" choice is crucial as an
                              option to convey to the nominating
                              committee that the choices provided are
                              not the direction desired.
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                                <br>
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                              <div>Mark D. Urban</div>
                              <div>Vice-Chair, Disabilities and Special
                                Needs Chapter</div>
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                              <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 27,
                                2014 at 6:53 AM, jemal <span dir="ltr"><<a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="mailto:jemal@mattel.mr"
                                    target="_blank">jemal@mattel.mr</a>></span>
                                wrote:<br>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi
                                          All,</span></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                          lang="EN-US">I Think , the
                                          Abstention is a good part of
                                          democratic election
                                          that give anybody to vote as
                                          he want and do his choice
                                          without any pressure
                                          from anybody .</span></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                          lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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                                        <span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                          lang="EN-US">I agree this
                                          blank vote that Vince as said.</span></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                          lang="EN-US">Jemal Brahim</span></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"
                                          lang="EN-US">Mauritanian
                                          chapter</span></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">De :</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                                            Chapter-delegates
                                            [mailto:<a
                                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                                              href="mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org"
                                              target="_blank">chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org</a>]
                                            <b>De la part de</b> Vint
                                            Cerf<br>
                                            <b>Envoyé :</b> jeudi 24
                                            avril 2014 15:31<br>
                                            <b>À :</b> Bob Hinden<br>
                                            <b>Cc :</b> ISOC Chapter
                                            Delegates; Peter Koch<br>
                                            <b>Objet :</b> Re:
                                            [Chapter-delegates] Board
                                            Election</span></p>
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                                        <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)?</p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal">v</p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu,
                                            Apr 24, 2014 at 11:23 AM,
                                            Bob Hinden <<a
                                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                                              href="mailto:bob.hinden@gmail.com"
                                              target="_blank">bob.hinden@gmail.com</a>>
                                            wrote:</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>Bob</span></span></p>
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                                                On Apr 23, 2014, at
                                                11:56 PM, Peter Koch
                                                <<a
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pk@ISOC.DE" target="_blank">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>
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Best, 
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