1) the 10 percent threshold for self nomination is
way too high.
Particularly when combined with the fact that ICANN will not give
out email addresses of those people who support you need to self nominate!
Think about it, it's like trying to do a voter initiative, but you aren't allowed
to go out on the street and collect signatures, instead you have to sit at your house
and wait for people to come to you. That's hardly a reasonable method for self-nomination.2)
given the high threshold for self-nomination, and the real possibility that no one
will qualify by self-nomination, it's really important that the Nominating Committee
be required to nominate several candidates. Otherwise, we could easily end
up with no elections at all, just appointments.
3) members should be able to nominate
more than one candidate. Otherwise, the self-nomination process is really a
primary election. Except there is no campaigning allowed, candidates have to
"wait at home" for voters to visit them, and attract 10 percent support from voters
with one vote, based on a simple statement as their only form of familiarity with
the candidates. that sounds like a formula for a lot of frustration and disappointment.
all
best,
Steven Hill
Center for Voting and Democracy