About this subject, I'd like to make some comments at a personal level.

- I did not see that the voting was appended to the posted document. I only paid attention to the first page with the results.

- I got to know that something went wrong when reading further comments on the thread.

- Yes, it's a really bad look and should have never happened.

- I made the conscious decision to not look into the document after the fact (just the idea of it gives me cancer)

Why am I mentioning this?

Because I don't care who voted for whom and no one should either.

It is incumbent upon us to make sure that the expected rules of the process are observed and respected and this no matter the circumstances.

If we have the right to vote, we also have the responsibility to protect the voting mechanism and anything revolving around it.

Taking advantage of looking into who voted to whom is akin to breaking the Chatham House Rule.

For as much as I am concerned, I am elected to help all NPOC, not only those who voted for me. I am not interested in knowing, I am interested in getting things done.

Obviously I hope that this situation does not happen again (and this should be a ticket to fix with the new chairs) and as far as I am concerned, I am moving page and looking forward to work on Comms.

Best,

Jean F. Queralt

Founder & CEO - The IO Foundation

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On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 at 22:21, Johan Helsingius via Npoc-discuss <npoc-discuss@icann.org> wrote:

On 04/06/2023 23:22, Glenn McKnight via Npoc-discuss wrote:
> I don't know if the election reporting is a normal protocol for NPOC
> or its a simple error to reveal how everyone votes. Regardless we have
> a serious situation that needs to be addressed asap as it will clearly
> be escalated and ignoring it isn't a good option. A reelection seems
> logical but not sure if it would generate any change in the results.

Definitely not normal - it was an administrative double error.

Unfortunately a re-election won't rectify the situation. The results of
the election are not dependent on the publishing of who voted for whom,
and the damage in terms of violating confidentiality has already
happened and can't be undone.

All we can do is ensure it won't happen again.

Julf
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