Dear Election Committee:I strongly
believe that many of the nation-states or ccTLDs that will be purportedly represented
by candidates, be-it self-nominated or otherwise, do not (and will not) have a clue
as to what is going on and NOR BE AWARED OF THAT these elections are taking place.
Such an important decision and process will have very direct and real impact on the
civil rights, property rights and human rights of the residents and citizens of the
represented countries/regions (i.e., intra-regionally). To this end, I propose
that the rules be more specific so as to ensure that the self-nominees, ICANN Nominees,
and the Membership At Large elected Board members do have the intra-Regional popular
endorsement, not only of the Net Citizens (i.e., the Membership At Large), but also
of the individual ccTLDs, and more importantly of the duly-elected-representative
to speak/vote for the people, who may not have the means to access the Internet and/or
whose needs are known by the elected-officials, of each respective country/nation-state.
Undeniably, each local government (within each given Region) will get a direct impact
from the works of ICANN and the Board. It is only fair and appropriate that the Election
Committee Recommendations address this intra-Regional legitimacy issue and propose
viable solutions for this purpose.
So as to not just identify the problem, I'm
offering suggested language, which you can consider and change as you deem appropriate
provided that you develop a workable solution to the aforementined issues. So here
is proposed language toward the development of fainess and appropriate representation
by Candidates, elected Regional Board-members:
I kindly urge that you consider
adopting the following recommendation:
"Self-nominated and ICANN chosen candidates
must each get a mojority vote from among all the official ccTLD representatives AND
the official nation-state/legal-body-for-each-nation-state for the region that the
candidate represents in order for the popular vote to stand. In order for the general/popular
vote to over-rule the "regional representative's majority vote", the general/popular
vote must be two-third (2/3) in favor of the candidate-elect with no more than half
of the total votes originating from citizens of the same country/nation-state/ccTLD
as the candidate-elect; the same applies for ccTLD majority vote outcome versus the
popular vote majority outcome. If the ccTLD majority vote conflicts with the nation-state
majority vote, the one with the biggest, normalized, majority vote -- or a tiebraker
vote included in the ballot -- shall prevail."
Very Truly Yours,
Nestor
Requeno
Los Angeles, California USA