Hi Ali First, I agree, the voting process is confusing. However, by using preferential voting, the end result always indicates a winner. Just start with the notion that what is being counted is a person's choice, And if more people indicate that someone is their first choice by putting a 1 next to the name of their preferred candidate, that person will have the most '1's - or the lowest score. With that logic, the person who is the third choice with have the most '3's - or the highest score. Sorry if it is confusing, but it does produce an outcome showing people's preferred choice. And yes, there was some confusion as to when people could nominate. If you remember, Rinalia suggested that, before the process closed, the candidates should have an opportunity to talk to their candidacy - which is what you did and what happened. It meant that everyone voting had an opportunity to at least listen to the candidates. But what it meant was that the original deadlines had to be changed to accommodate the webinar. So what were hard and fast dates for nominations were moved. While that added to the confusion, it did give an opportunity for people to know a bit more about the candidates they would be voting for. I hope that has cleared things up but please get back to me with any further questions, and I apologise for not replying sooner. the ICANN meeting means I do not get to my emails as quickly as I should. Holly On Wed 17/07/13 9:03 PM , Ali AlMeshal dralialmeshal@gmail.com sent: Thanks for responding but I am not getting it yet, and what about the second part as well please? Ali On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:25 PM, ICANN At-Large Staff < staff@atlarge.icann.org> wrote:

Dear All,

As a point of clarification, Satish Babu won.

Please note that this poll was a preferential poll with the voters being asked to place candidates in their order of preference from 1 to 3, with 1 being the most preferred and 3 being the least preferred. As such, the candidate with the highest preferred votes will have the lowest raw score.

Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

On 7/17/13 1:19 PM, "Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro" wrote:

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You won, are you disputing the fact that you won?

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On Jul 17, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Ali AlMeshal wrote:

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Good day ,

Would someone please get a response for me on the below clarification. Also would need to understand the selection procedure. As per the emails we received with regard to the nomination procedure there was an open and close date, which after it no nomination is accepted, so how come more names get in later?

Apologize , this is my first time to get in to this so would need to understand how does it work.

Regards Ali

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Ali AlMeshal wrote:

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I am confused here , what does this mean , the most preferred get lower score while the least prefer get the highest score . It was clearly mention that voting will be ranked from 1 as preferred to 3 as last option. So how does it work please.

Regards

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:28 AM, ICANN At-Large Staff >>> staff@atlarge.icann.org> wrote:

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Dear All,

Please note that this poll was a preferential poll with the voters being asked to place candidates in their order of preference from 1 to 3, with 1 being the most preferred and 3 being the least preferred.

As such, the candidate with the highest preferred votes will have the lowest raw score.

In this instance, the winner of the poll is Satish Babu.

Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org

From: ICANN At-Large Staff >>>> staff@atlarge.icann.org>> Date: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:44 PM To: "alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org>" >>>> alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org>> Subject: VOTE RESULTS: ALAC Voting Delegate to the NomCom for 2014 from APRALO

Dear All,

With 14 out of 15 ALAC Members having voted in the ALAC Voting Delegate to the NomCom for 2014 from APRALO poll, we can confirm that the result is quorate.

***** QUESTION Please place the candidates below (listed in alphabetical order by surname) in your order of preference from 1 to 3, with 1 being the most preferred and 3 being the least preferred, for the position of ALAC Voting Delegate to the NomCom for 2014 from APRALO.

* Ali AlMeshal * Gunela Astbrink * Satish Babu

RESULTS As at Poll close: Tuesday 09 July 2013 23:59 UTC Number of voters: 14 · Group size: 15 · Percentage voted: 93.33 Ranked by largest sum of preference votes Rank Candidate Votes % 1 Gunela Astbrink 35 41.67 2 Ali AlMeshal 31 36.90 3 Satish Babu 18 21.43

***** We can confirm that the following members did not participate in this vote: Jean-Jacques Subrenat

We can confirm that the following members abstained in this vote. For those that have abstained, would you like to provide an explanation of why you abstained? n/a

You may review the results independently under:

http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=3237Hky7EfZGWVX3QvzARuaU [1]

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Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber,

Nathalie

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