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 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