RE: [bc-gnso] BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business Seat on Nominating Committee Elections: Nominations close on Friday, Oct. 18th

["Deutsch, Sarah B" <sarah.b.deutsch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree.   We've spent countless hours as a constituency trying to fix a series 
of practices that could reasonably be perceived inside and outside the BC as 
election irregularities.  The entire notion of having "private nominations" is 
a vestige from our past closed practices.

As a reminder, some of the election issues we've recently had to address 
included: (1) advocating for an actual fair election vs. the appointment of the 
Nomcom seat; (2) debating whether the separate seats on the Nomcom for small 
and large business representatives were somehow interchangeable; and (3) recent 
issues notifying members about the opening of the elections and then informing 
members who voted right away that their ballots were received "too early" and 
needed to be resubmitted.

Can we all just agree that we should err on the side of openness with 
everything associated with BC elections?  If there are differing points of 
view, perhaps we consult with ICANN staff about the best way to address this 
concern?

Thanks,

Sarah




Sarah B. Deutsch
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Verizon Communications
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Fax: 703-351-3670



From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Stephane Van Gelder Consulting
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 4:40 PM
To: Benedetta Rossi; bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business Seat on Nominating 
Committee Elections: Nominations close on Friday, Oct. 18th

Hi everyone,

I would like te reiterate that I find it very odd that as a group, we prefer to 
have private nominations.

If I am willing to support someone, I have no qualms about making that support 
public. Moreover, I find it troublesome that as a BC member, I do not know 
until the nomination deadline has passed whether someone has been nominated for 
a position or not.

I am left with having to try to read into a reminder message such as this one 
whether it is being sent two days before the deadline because there have been 
no nominations, or because it's just two days before the deadline.

And if I did know what nominations had been made, especially if none had been 
made, I might be spurred on to reach out to other potential candidates and try 
to get them on board. But with the current private nomination system, I just 
don't know.

Is there a historical reason for having private nominations? Do others feel, 
like I do, that it's time to put an end to the secrecy and to run fully 
transparent election processes?

Thanks,

Stéphane Van Gelder
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On 16 October 2013 18:47, Benedetta Rossi 
<bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:


From: BC Secretariat
Date:  October 16th, 2013
CC:     Glen De Saint Gery, Returning Officer ,Robert Hoggarth, Verifying 
Officer, bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Re:     BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business NomCom Seat Elections: Reminder - 
Nominations Close on Friday, Oct.18th

Please note that this is the announcement for the BC elections for one of the 
two BC GNSO Councilor seats and the Small Business Seat on the Nominating 
Committee . Please note that the nomination period will close on Friday, 
October 18th. If you would like to submit a nomination, please follow the 
procedure outlined in the election procedure attached, and submit your 
nomination to the bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx> email address 
prior to Friday COB.

Candidate statements should also be sent to the 
bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx> no later than Sunday, Oct. 20th.
Once again, please refer to the attachment for the full details regarding this 
election.

Transmitted by the BC Secretariat:  Benedetta Rossi, serving as Voting Officer

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Kind Regards,

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