RE: [council] Council wide Nominations are closed - Part 2 Each House determines a Candidate

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Strictly from a personal point of view:  

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        I favor an open ballot for accountability and transparency
reasons, but I also respect the concerns of individual Councilors.
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        If just one Councilor requests a secret ballot, I then am fine
with a secret ballot with at least one caveat that the votes of each
SG's reps be communicated to the SG.
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        If am fine with Avri's suggestion to poll the Council regarding
whether to hold a secret or open ballot.

I have raised this issue on the RySG list and am waiting their
direction.  In the end I will respond to the poll in accordance with
that direction and not my personal views.
 
Chuck


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        From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mary Wong
        Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:18 AM
        Cc: Council GNSO
        Subject: Re: [council] Council wide Nominations are closed -
Part 2 Each House determines a Candidate
        
        
        Hi
        
        On Oct 15, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
        > Do other council members believe this needs to be a secret
ballot?
        
        I think that at a time when there seems to be a lot of mistrust
amongst the ICANN community and. more importantly, when there are many
new entrants/participants and Councillors, it's important to have
complete transparency in the GNSO processes. As such, I don't support
the idea of a secret ballot in this case.
        
        Cheers
        Mary
         
         
        Mary W S Wong
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