Ram (and Don):

… I suggested all 6 become Vice-Chairs by acclamation. There is rough consensus for this position.

 

However, two issues give us pause:

1.      Changing rules mid-stream. We had a duly constituted process through which we began executing elections. Changing the rules after the fact demonstrates the wrong approach towards governance – even though we are a very collegial group with a common, shared goal.

2.      If everyone had known that all nominees would/could become Vice-Chairs, potentially *more* nominees would have volunteered. Changing the rules after the fact therefore potentially disenfranchises those folks.

As a result, I am asking Don Hollander to resume the election process for the 3 Vice Chair positions, … Don, please let the election run until after the close of the ICANN58 meeting, but let the voting commence in the next couple of days….

I don't recall seeing any specifics about the method of casting votes or counting votes. I'll repeat my advice from a few weeks ago:

Second, if there is to be an election, there are a variety of rules for running elections. This is something I am quite interested in. For a group like this, my belief is that Preferential ballots, counted by a Single Transferable Vote method would be a good choice for electing three vice-chairs from more candidates.  (To elect only one chair, the related Preferential ballots, counted by an Instant Runoff Voting method works well.)

I'm happy to assist Don with the mechanics of the elections, if he wishes. Other groups I am in have used the OpaVote service, and it works well.

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