Dear Eberhard,

It violates every concept of ballot or voting that I have ever come accross

Could you please be more specific? In my country and in many other countries that I know, it is absolutely normal to strike all the candidates off the list if a voter does not want them. It is a part of a democratic process. What are you afraid of? That the members decide that they do not want to see a certain candidate (candidates) on the Board? The only way to avoid this is to nominate strong candidates that have support from the membership. Isn't it the main objective?

I am not sure of the consequences this might have, including violating the bylaws

If we look at the Bylaws, the Bylaws say “The ccNSO Council shall nominate individuals to fill Seats 11 and 12 on the Board by written ballot or by action at a meeting; any such nomination must have affirmative votes of a majority of all the members of the ccNSO Council then in office.” So, according to the Bylaws, it is the Council who is supposed to do the selection. However, as you may remember, we decided to do it differently. During one of the GRC updates proposed changes to the guideline were presented and discussed. The proposal was to follow the procedure we have had for years, i.e. members nominate and vote for the best candidates (now it also includes the right NOT to support any of the nominees if a member feels the ccNSO Council should not nominate them) then the ccNSO Council formally nominates the candidate nominated and selected by the members. Does our internal procedure violates the Bylaws? I do not think so. It empowers ccNSO members and, again, helps us to select the best candidates. Kind regards, ]{atrina -----Original Message----- From: Ccnso-members [mailto:ccnso-members-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Dr Eberhard W Lisse Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 8:59 PM To: Joke Braeken <joke.braeken@icann.org>; ccnso-members@icann.org Cc: ccnso-council <ccnso-council@icann.org>; directors@omadhina.IE Subject: Re: [ccnso-members] [Ext] Re: [ccnso-council] Call for Nominations ICANN Board Seat 11: starting Wednesday 11 September 2019 (00:01 UTC) Joke, thank you. I am not sure that this can be done by Council but rather should be put to the members. It violates every concept of ballot or voting that I have ever come accross and I am not sure of the consequences this might have, including violating the bylaws. Please bring this to the attention of Council. el On 2019-09-20 15:56 , Joke Braeken wrote:

Hello Eberhard,

The "none of the above"-option is included in the ccNSO internal guideline, "ccNSO Nominations process ICANN Board Seats 11 and 12". The most recent version of the guideline was adopted by the ccNSO Council during its meeting on 22 August 2019 (Council wiki 22 Aug meeting: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=100534575).

Please find the guideline here: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-nomin ations-icann-board-guideline-22aug19-en.pdf

See section 3.7:

[…] • The ballot will include the name(s) of the candidate(s) and “None of the above”, “None of the above” will mean that a ccTLD Manager believes the candidate(s) listed is / are not qualified to serve on the ICANN Board of Directors.

[…]

Best regards,

Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org>

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On 20/09/2019, 14:29, "Dr Eberhard W Lisse" <el@lisse.na> wrote:

Joke,

In

> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_e n_announcements_announcement-2D10sep19-2Den&d=DwIDaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrw ll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5r MiME&m=fg6FKUJMPBg02W042GdAVLOa_8HY8ctaXzhdhLmaWpg&s=m0BUPSicrdqVQ05pc bLpRMImPfE7oVZACuNDYQmY7Rs&e=

I read

[...]

Even if there is only one candidate nominated for seat number 11, an

election will be held, to allow the ccNSO members to either cast

their vote for the candidate, or to select the option "none of the

above".

[...]

Can you please advise us where the "one of the above" option on the

ballot would come from?

It seems to contradict the Bylaws and I can not recall any membership

decision in this regard.

el

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