[APAC-Discuss] RESULT: APRALO Poll on At-Large Board Director Candidates

[Hong Xue]

Dear Mr. Bill Semich

The full result of poll is available under:
https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1458gjpvST7F7yGQri9x3yLA

The following ALSes participated in the balloting:

ISOC Australia
ISOC Chapter India Chennai
ISOC NZ
At Large at China
Azerbaijan Information Policy Analytical Center
Japan Internet Users Network
Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance


Regards

Hong


On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:45 PM, J William Semich <bsemich at mac.com> wrote:

> Hello Hong:
>
> I apologize for any confusion I may have unintentionally set in motion in
> my attempt to arrange for IUSN to be able to participate in the polling
> request for candidates for ICANN Board seat #15.
>
> I have a question: is it possible, in the interest of transparency and
> public information, to at least obtain the names of the 15 (8 +7 as you cite
> below) APRALO members who were able to successfully participate in the poll?
> If so, could you please post those entities' names to the public APAC list?
> This would in no way violate any privacy concerns with *how* each
> participant voted.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Bill Semich
>
> On Nov 28, 2010, at 2:22 AM, Hong Xue wrote:
>
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > APRALO Poll has been completely and result was announced on November 26.
> > Please refer to my following announcement on the result.
> >
> > Number of voters: 7 · Group size: 19 ·
> >
> > Sébastien Bachollet 57.14%
> > Alan Greenberg       42.86%
> > Pierre Dandjinou      0%
> >
> > With Sébastien having received more than 50% of first preferences in
> count
> > 1, or 4 out of a total of 7 votes, it was not necessary to go to a second
> > count.
> >
> > After the poll was close, two ALSes that did not participate the poll
> wrote
> > to me and staff to indicate their preferred candidates. These two ALSes
> are:
> >
> > Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor, supporting *Sébastien Bachollet *; and,
> >
> > Internet Users Society Niue, represented by Per Darnell since November
> 26,
> > supporting *Alan Greenberg*.
> >
> > Given that the purpose of the poll is to let all the ALSes to openly
> express
> > their views, both "belated" messages were equally accepted, recored and *
> > COUNTED*.
> >
> > Therefore, totally 9 (7+2) ALSes indicated their preferences. 5 (4+1)
> prefer
> > *Sébastien Bachollet,  *4 (3+1) prefer *Alan Greenberg*.
> >
> > Under such counting, Sébastien still received more than 50% of first
> > preferences in count 1, or 5 out of a total of 9  votes, it was not
> > necessary to go to a second count under STV.
> >
> > I hope I've made whole process extremely transparent and ease any doubt
> > about unfairness.
> >
> > For whatever reason, any one is welcome to comment whether you want to
> > either replace me in the vote or remove me from chair position, or both.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Hong Xue
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Hong Xue <hongxueipr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear Colleagues,
> >>
> >> The  STV poll to guide the APRALO Chair’s vote in the At-Large Board
> >> Director selection was quorate and ended with the following result:
> >>
> >>
> >> *Sébastien Bachollet was elected in count 1.
> >> *
> >> With Sébastien having received more than 50% of first preferences in
> count
> >> 1, or 4 out of a total of 7 votes, it was not necessary to go to a
> second
> >> count.
> >>
> >> The APRALO poll ended 24 November at 1000 UTC. ALAC-RALO Chair selection
> >> vote for At-Large Director ended on 25 November at 23:59 UTC. In order
> not
> >> to disturb the voting process, APRALO poll result was not released until
> the
> >> voting process ended just now.
> >>
> >> APRALO Chair, Hong Xue, had casted her vote according to the APRALO poll
> >> result.
> >>
> >> In addition, an ALS that did not participate in the poll  wrote to all
> >> Chairs, Secretariat and Staff to indicate its support for *Sébastien
> >> Bachollet.  *Its opinion is also recorded.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Hong Xue
> >> Chair of APRALO
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Hong Xue
> > Professor of Law
> > Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL)
> > Beijing Normal University
> > http://www.iipl.org.cn/ <http://iipl.org.cn/>
> > 19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street
> > Beijing 100875 China
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>


-- 
Dr. Hong Xue
Professor of Law
Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL)
Beijing Normal University
http://www.iipl.org.cn/ <http://iipl.org.cn/>
19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street
Beijing 100875 China