RE: [council] SECOND ROUND BALLOT

[<Lucy.Nichols@xxxxxxxxx>]

In all fairness, Glen sent out reminders for all council members to
vote. In both rounds, those reminders prompted me to look for my ballot.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ext Marilyn Cade
>Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:51 PM
>To: 'kent crispin'; owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; GNSO Council
>Subject: Re: [council] SECOND ROUND BALLOT
>
>This response is not directed at technical staff. However, 
>this situation with voting is a little strange. Three people 
>did not receive ballots, although technical staff validate the 
>sending of ballots and receipt but not in the mailbox of the 
>intended recipient. 
>
>I ask that the election "team" work out a way to allow all 
>councilors to vote. 
>We have documented complaints about the flow and receipt of ballots. 
>
>This needs to be addressed by the General counsel, and adm 
>staff responsible for managing the election, and a process 
>addressed for councilors who did not receive the ballots but 
>stated their intention to vote. 
>
>Let's not have a contested election over technical failures. 
>
>I voted in the first round and have a "sent" message in my 
>email outbox. Yet when I asked for verification of receipt, my 
>vote was not received. 
>
>The second round seems to have worked for me. 
>
>
>
>Marilyn
>Regards,
>Marilyn Cade
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "'kent crispin'" <kent@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:57:00
>To:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [council] SECOND ROUND BALLOT
>
>On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 10:58:18AM -0500, Kiyoshi I. Tsuru wrote:
>> I haven't received my ballot either.
>
>Hi Kiyoshi
>
>Your ballot was definitely sent to you, and, according to my 
>logs, successfully received by your mail server.  
>Unfortunately, the election is now closed, and there is 
>nothing further that can be done about it.  Had I known about 
>your problem earlier it would have been very easy to send you 
>another copy, but unfortunately, I didn't hear anything about 
>a missing ballot until now.
>
>Your ballot was sent out at approximately 10 am PDT on June 
>15; here are the log entries of the ballot being sent, and 
>received by your mail server:
>
>Jun 15 10:01:27 greenriver sendmail[28416]: k5FH1Rlt028416: 
>    from=<tally@xxxxxxxxx>, size=3438, class=0, nrcpts=1, 
>    msgid=<200606151701.k5FH1RbC028415@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
>proto=ESMTP, 
>    daemon=MTA, relay=greenriver [127.0.0.1]
>
>Jun 15 10:01:28 greenriver sendmail[28418]: k5FH1Rlt028416: 
>    to=<ktsuru@xxxxxxxxxxx>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, 
>mailer=esmtp, 
>    pri=33438, relay=mail.bgmt.com.mx. [72.32.2.231], dsn=2.0.0, 
>    stat=Sent (ok 1150390885 qp 5155)
>
>Once at your mail server, of course, I can't track it further.
>
>The logs record 201 messages that have been successfully 
>delivered to ktsuru@xxxxxxxxxxx over the past month or so.  On 
>two occasions, the messages were delayed a couple of hours; 
>neither of these occasions was in the time frame of this election. 
>
>Best Regards
>Kent Crispin
>
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>kent@xxxxxxxxx    p: +1 310 823 9358  f: +1 310 823 8649
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