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    Dear Victor,<br>
    <br>
    thanks for your explanation. With abstentions the vote number makes
    sense.<br>
    And thanks for explaining the language in the Procedures for
    Trustees. <br>
    Kindest regards,<br>
    <br>
    Olivier<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/04/2024 20:56, Victor Kuarsingh
      wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">Olivier,
          <div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">The
                language in the Procedures for Trustees, Publication of
                the Result, says:</span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.666667px"><b>"Publication
                  of the Result</b></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.666667px"><b>Only
                  the vote counts of the elected candidate Trustee and
                  the total vote count are to be published, while all
                  candidates and the Board of Trustees will be provided
                  with the full list of candidates and the number of
                  votes that each received."</b></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Basically,
                only the vote count of those elected and the total vote
                count get released broadly (full details are distributed
                to the candidates and board).  I can confirm that there
                were abstentions. </span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">regards,</p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Victor K</p>
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at
            2:00 PM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <<a
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            <div> Dear Victor,<br>
              <br>
              congratulations to Maureen Hilyard on her appointment!<br>
              However, please see below:<br>
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              <div>On 08/04/2024 18:19, Victor Kuarsingh via
                Chapter-delegates wrote:<br>
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                    style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the
                    Chapters election, there were two (2) candidates for
                    one (1) seat. Having received the most votes,
                    Maureen Hilyard has been elected to a 3-year term as
                    a trustee.</span></p>
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                    style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Voter
                    turn-out in the Chapters election was 83.19%. Of the
                    113 eligible chapters, 94 voted. In accordance with
                    the<span> </span><a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/governance-policies/procedures-selecting-trustees/"
                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Procedures
                      for Selecting Trustees</a>, Publication of the
                    Result, Maureen Hilyard received 44 votes.</span></p>
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              Thank you for publishing the results, but I'm afraid they
              don't really make much sense.<br>
              <br>
              With 94 voting chapters and 44 votes going to Maureen
              Hilyard, that would mean 50 votes did not go to Maureen
              Hilyard, so does that mean that 7 votes or more were
              abstentions or invalid ballots?<br>
              <br>
              Usually vote results are given more clearly (and
              transparently) as:<br>
              <br>
              Candidate A: Nr. Votes - %<br>
              Candidate B: Nr. Votes - %<br>
              Abstentions: Nr. Votes - %<br>
              N/A: Nr. Votes - % (if possible)<br>
              <br>
              Kindest regards,<br>
              <br>
              Olivier<br>
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