[Chapter-delegates] Board Election

[Vint Cerf]

that's why I asked about rules for petition candidates

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On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Eric Burger <eburger at standardstrack.com>wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> On Apr 27, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Mark Urban <docurban at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Mark D. Urban
> Vice-Chair, Disabilities and Special Needs Chapter
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 6:53 AM, jemal <jemal at mattel.mr> wrote:
>
>>  Hi All,
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>> 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 .
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>> I agree this blank vote that Vince as said.
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>> Jemal Brahim
>>
>> Mauritanian chapter
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>> *De :* Chapter-delegates [mailto:
>> chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] *De la part de* Vint Cerf
>> *Envoyé :* jeudi 24 avril 2014 15:31
>> *À :* Bob Hinden
>> *Cc :* ISOC Chapter Delegates; Peter Koch
>> *Objet :* Re: [Chapter-delegates] Board Election
>>
>>
>>
>> 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)?
>>
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>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Bob Hinden <bob.hinden at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> Peter,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Bob
>>
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>> On Apr 23, 2014, at 11:56 PM, Peter Koch <pk at ISOC.DE> wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 11:35:27PM -0500, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:
>> >
>> >> Vint's question does beg an answer from you. You may decide not to
>> >> interfere with the ongoing election process and answer him and Desiree
>> in
>> >> private, then make your answer public when the polling closes. I don't
>> >> think you have a lot more choice.
>> >
>> > on my calendar it's the 24th today. That is 23 days past the first and
>> one day left
>> > into the voting deadline.  To the latter: I, for one, take the liberty
>> to exploit the
>> > full extent of the deadline the election committee came up with.  I am
>> also
>> > extremely sensitive to "public pressure", especially when it comes to
>> elections.
>> > That links to the former: It truly puzzles me to see a request to a
>> chapter
>> > to justify their vote (to other chapters), even if that is an
>> abstention.
>> > There are several reasons to abstain and sometimes even a qualified
>> abstention
>> > might have more value than a ballot cast under "pressure".  I am pretty
>> sure that several
>> > people on this list who are, sadly, much more qualified from personal
>> experience
>> > than myself, would be able to share some depressing insight. Time to
>> get a globe.
>> >
>> > -Peter
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