[ALAC] Rule 27 - At-Large Director selection

[Tijani BEN JEMAA]

Alan,

 

Once again, thank you for your time and your energy.

 

Indeed, I’m really uncomfortable with selecting a Board Director by a random
draw. The situation in e is the most critical. We can avoid having a tie in
the following cases:

*         The number of the electors is odd (not even as it is in our case)

*         With an even number of electors, the Chair has a preponderant vote
only when there is a tie.

 

I hope this can help

 

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Tijani BEN JEMAA

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Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations

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De : alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org
[mailto:alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Alan Greenberg
Envoyé : mardi 24 août 2010 17:42
À : ALAC Working List
Objet : [ALAC] Rule 27 - At-Large Director selection

 

Thanks you all for your comments and support for getting this new RoP 

section done in record time. I am attaching the final version of Rule 

27 to be incorporated into the Rules of Procedure.

 

The final version differs from the draft in the following ways:

 

1. Explicit reference to electronic votes.

 

2. Including documents related to creation of the selection process 

in the history to be kept.

 

3. A provision saying that a person cannot simultaneously be a BCEC 

member and part of the designated elector group (ALAC member or RALO Chair).

 

4. A requirement that in the case of a tie, the specific election be 

re-held once if time permits.

 

Regarding the last item, I think we all agree that an election (or 

candidate elimination) selected by random draw is NOT the best 

outcome. If someone can come up with a better alternative, there is 

still time to change it. In some groups, one person's ballot is not 

counted unless there is a tie (often the Chair). That would work in 

the case of the final vote but not necessarily to eliminate a tie for 

3rd place. Also, withholding a vote can cause one candidate to win 

where using the vote would give a tie (this effectively says that the 

vote withheld causes the "Chair's choice" to loose - less than 

optimal). But there must be other ideas as well.

 

Alan