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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Hi, Tijani,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>The awswer to your question: Basically, yes.
That is, when ALAC faces a tie during the selection of its Board Director, or
other positions generally in principle, the ALT will be delegated to make the
selection on behalf of ALAC.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>The justification of this includes:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>- When there is a tie, all the tied candidates are
equal representations of ALAC.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>- The ALT is democratically elected with full
representation of all regions, cultures and, presumably, various
interests.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>- ALT members are elected due to their experience and
contribution to ICANN's mission, who should also be most capable to make the
best selection among candidates.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>- As the ALT will be making the selection on
behalf of all of ALAC, the process should be open to all ALAC voting
members (not beyond). Thus, the selection made by each ALT member in
this process will affect the support he/she receives during later elections of
the ALT. This will in turn put a "lid" on any possible blackbox deals
which will be the safeguard for our democratic principle.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>- We at ALAC are merely representatives of ALSes, or
of the end-users in the world (maybe to a lesser extent regarding NomCom
selectees like me). Thus, as they elected and delegated us to make
selections on their behalf, it would also make sense to extend the same
principle to the ALT in the case we cannot effectively make a
selection.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Furthermore, as Alan pointed out, it is possible, even
likely, that tied-candidates be ALT members themselves, and even the chairperson
him/herself. So be it. I don't think anywhere in the world's
elections prohibit a person to vote for him/herself. Based on the above
same arguments, he/she has received enough support for the position during the
"general" election process, and is thus well deserved. Thus, he/she moving
to the Board will vacate the ALT position, maybe even the chairperson position,
for new blood. Also, as he/she gets the position as desired, I am sure
that he/she will work even harder to contribute to ICANN's
mission.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Of course, before ALT selects on behalf of the whole
ALAC, how many rounds of tie-breaking need to take place is up to
debate. As I am not familiar to the current process, I am sure that,
with so much wisdom in ALAC, a process to bridge the gap between the
current process and the future one could be designed. However, again as
Arrow's Nobel-prized Theorem has proven, especially as the Board Member
selection process has been a "long and painful" one so far, a certain degree of
"dictatorship" ("democracy-based dictatorship" to be exact) has to be there as a
last resort.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you, and thank you all.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Kaili</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn
href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn">Tijani BEN JEMAA</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>To:</B> <A title=kankaili@gmail.com
href="mailto:kankaili@gmail.com">Kan Kaili</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=seun.ojedeji@gmail.com
href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com">Seun Ojedeji</A> ; <A
title=alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca">Alan
Greenberg</A> ; <A title=alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
href="mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org">ALAC Working List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 16, 2016 8:58 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ALAC] Explanation of RoP
Director voting alternatives</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT><BR></DIV><FONT color=#002e7a>Dear
Kaili,</FONT>
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<DIV><FONT color=#002e7a>Do you propose that in the selection of the Board
Director selected by At-Large, when we face a tie, we delegate the ALT to
decide which one should be dropped????<BR></FONT><BR><BR>
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<DIV>Le 16 juin 2016 à 12:00, Kan Kaili <<A
href="mailto:kankaili@gmail.com">kankaili@gmail.com</A>> a écrit
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size=2 face=宋体>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=宋体>I have followed this discussion with interest but also
confussion. It seems to me that different options have different pros,
cons and possible outcomes.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=宋体>As a matter of fact, this reminds me of Arrow's Impossibility
Theorem, basically saying that democracy can only go so far, and may not
necessarily lead to a fair outcome acceptable by everybody. In that
case, some degree of "dictatorship" is warranted. This is why
republics are established, as well as why the presidential race between Bush
and Gore was finally decided by the Supreme Court.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=宋体>Thus, in our case, when a tie has appeared, I suggest to
delegate ALT to decide who will represent ALAC at the position. After
all, the ALT is elected by all of us thru a fully democratic process.
Good enough. In the case that even the ALT cannot decide, the
chairperson of ALAC will make the final decision.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=宋体>I believe this process is highly executable, and is also
fully democratic to its limit.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=宋体>Being the most junior member of ALAC, just expressing some of
my thoughts for your
consideration.</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>