Avri
I'm probably ok with your proposal, certainly on letting the
Council vote on the open-closed ballot issue; if we decide to close the ballot,
the final process may need a little discussion in Council. I will have to
think about Alan's suggestion on absentee balloting in light of the actual
attendance in Seoul; having just suffered through a week of flu, things don’t
always occur as planned.
I will add a personal view, with an open ballot on group leadership
and in a close ballot which I expect this to be; it could possibly change how
the ballot comes out. Maybe for the best, but my 25 years serving on
public planning/development/land-use commissions is that it is not usually the
best. Kristina already mentioned potential personal conflicts as a result
of an open ballot which I’ve seen before. In my case as an NCA, I
have little concern that way but likely for some SG members and possibly
candidates, it may make for a hard decision. All items I have read over
the years and my experience, shows that a percentage of folks will vote
differently, especially when selecting leaders, whether the ballot is open or
closed due to the external and personal pressures that then exist.
Now that said, I would have a very hard time voting to hold closed
votes on almost anything other than leadership selection that comes to mind; in
fact nothing does at the moment.
Take care
Terry
From:
owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gomes, Chuck
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 8:08 AM
To: Mary Wong
Cc: Council GNSO
Subject: RE: [council] Council wide Nominations are closed - Part 2 Each
House determines a Candidate
Strictly from a
personal point of view:
- I favor an open ballot for
accountability and transparency reasons, but I also respect the concerns
of individual Councilors.
- If just one Councilor requests a
secret ballot, I then am fine with a secret ballot with at least one
caveat that the votes of each SG's reps be communicated to the SG.
- If am fine with Avri's
suggestion to poll the Council regarding whether to hold a secret or open
ballot.
I have raised this
issue on the RySG list and am waiting their direction. In the end I will
respond to the poll in accordance with that direction and not my personal
views.
Chuck
From:
owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mary Wong
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:18 AM
Cc: Council GNSO
Subject: Re: [council] Council wide Nominations are closed - Part 2 Each
House determines a Candidate
Hi
On Oct 15, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
> Do other council members believe this needs to be a secret ballot?
I think that at a
time when there seems to be a lot of mistrust amongst the ICANN community and.
more importantly, when there are many new entrants/participants and Councillors,
it's important to have complete transparency in the GNSO processes. As such, I
don't support the idea of a secret ballot in this case.
Professor of Law
& Chair, IP Programs
Franklin Pierce Law
Center