[ALAC] [ALAC-Announce] VOTE RESULTS: ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2013/Delegados del ALAC votantes ante el NomCom 2013

Thu Sep 13 17:45:28 UTC 2012

Now that I see this mail, seems we now have further and better particulars
to act.

You always win with a details man...or woman!  Thanks for this Dev.

- Carlton

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On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh
<admin at ttcsweb.org>wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have read the explanation of the 2012 Nomcom vote results and I
> realise this unique situation has never happened before.
>
> Rule 10 of our ALAC RoP
> (https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Rules+of+Procedure)
> covers the election of ALAC officers which is done by Instant Runoff
> Voting which was how the Nomcom vote was being conducted (allbeit with
> only 2 candidates).
>
> Here are the key sections from Rule 10 (
> https://community.icann.org/x/rLbbAQ ):
>
> 10.4 Instant-runoff voting (IRV) will be used as the voting system to
> determine the winner. (ref - Wikipedia -
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting )
> 10.5 Voters rank ALL candidates in order of preference.
>
> 10.6 If no candidate receives an overall majority of first preferences
> the candidates with fewest votes are eliminated one by one, and their
> votes transferred according to their second and third preferences (and
> so on), until one candidate achieves a majority.
>
> 10.10 If two or more candidates receive the same, highest number of
> preferences, a runoff election is to be conducted.
>
> 10.10.1 The Chair will select a new date and time for the runoff
> election, at least 7 (seven) days  after the  previous vote has
> concluded. in  this vote, only the candidates that received the same,
> highest number of preferences will be eligible. The Chair will then
> immediately send a new “election summary” message according to rule
> 9.4, and the procedure will then restart from rule 9.5
>
> As per Rule 10.6 and the Wikipedia reference to preference voting (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting#Process),
> preferential voting works when there are 3 or more candidates. With
> two candidates, both having equal number of first preference votes,
> there is no candidate with the fewest first preference votes to
> eliminate and to distribute their votes according to their 2nd
> preference as per Rule 10.6
>
> Unfortunately, the online system allowed ALAC members to select one
> preference in contravention of Rule 10.5 which states that ALL
> candidates must be ranked.
>
> Had ALAC members fulfilled their obligations by ranking all candidates
> and indicating their second preference, then the results would also be
> the same as the first preference as there were only two candidates.
>
>
> Thus, as per rule 10.10, since two or more candidates have receive the
> same, highest number of preferences, the ALAC should conduct a runoff
> election.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Dev Anand Teelucksingh
> Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 6:19 PM, ICANN At-Large Staff
> <staff at atlarge.icann.org> wrote:
> > Españoles a continuación.
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > In the ALAC vote to appoint At-Large Delegates to the 2013 NomCom, the
> results for the Delegate from the Latin American and Caribbean Islands
> Region are:
> >
> > For the first preference candidate:
> > •    6 votes were cast for Jacqueline Morris
> > •    6 votes were cast for Vanda Scartezini
> > •    There was one abstention.
> >
> > For the second preference candidate:
> > •    1 vote was cast for Jacqueline Morris
> > •    3 votes were cast for Vanda Scartezini
> >
> > As such, for the first preference candidate, an exact tie occurred and
> no immediate preferential candidate was selected.  For the secondary
> preference candidate, Vanda Scartezini is declared the winner given that
> she received a higher number of votes.
> >
> > Vanda Scartezini is appointed to the position of ALAC Voting Delegate to
> the NomCom for 2013 from the Latin American and Caribbean Islands Region.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and
> Nathalie Peregrine
> > ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
> > E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>
> >
> > ----
> >
> > Estimados todos,
> >
> > En el voto del ALAC para nombrar a los delegados de At-Large al NomCom
> 2013, los resultados para el Delegado de Latin- América y el Caribe son:
> >
> > Para el candidato de primera preferencia:
> >
> > •    6 votos para Jacqueline Morris
> > •    6 votos para Vanda Scartezini
> > •    Una abstención.
> >
> > Para el candidato de segunda preferencia:
> >
> > •    1 voto fue dado para Jacqueline Morris
> > •    3 votos fueron dado por Vanda Scartezini
> >
> > Por ello, para el candidato para la primera preferencia, un empate ha
> ocurrido y no candidato preferencial inmediato fue elegido. Para el
> candidato de segunda preferencia, Vanda Scartezini es declarada ganadora
> dado que recibió el mayor numero de votos.
> >
> > Vanda Scartezini es nombrada para la posición de Delegada del ALAC al
> NomCom para 2013 por la región de Latin América y el Caribe.
> >
> > Saludos,
> >
> > Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and
> Nathalie Peregrine
> > ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
> > E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org<
> https://owa.icann.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bae4382542ca489294ee2fc9c14ad9f8&URL=mailto%3astaff%40atlarge.icann.org
> >
> >
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