Re: [ga] The everlasting PIN situation

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto.gaetano@voila.fr>]

Mikael, Christopher, and members of the Election Committee.
(please fwd this notice also to Mr. Nguyen Huu Dong, whose E-Mail 
address is unknown to me)

What worries me most in this PIN story is the size of the problem.
Few hours ago we had only 36231 "activated" members, out of the total of
 "unverified" 158593. That makes roughly between 20% and 25%.

It is impossible to say why more than 3 out of 4 people have not yet 
activated their membership, i.e. whether they did not receive their PINs
, they have lost it, they are on vacation (common thing to do in August,
 at least in Europe).
Whatever the reason, the fact is that the ability for Members to 
participate in the "membership-nomination" phase is dramatically 
reduced.
Under these circumstances, it seems obvious to me that some action has 
to be taken by the Board.
For instance, to consider the 2% cap on the activated members at 
midnight 2000-08-14 instead of the 2% of the (theoretical) number of 
overall members.
The best action, as suggested by others, would be to postpone the period
 of endorsement to "member-nominated" candidates until the PIN-sending 
process is not finished + reasonable mail delay time. But can/will the 
Board take such action?
It would be much better for ICANN and for the Members to have a more 
clean and complete election, but later in time, than to risk to be 
accused of introducing a bias in rushing things.
Anyway, we have an "Elections Committee" whose task is to oversee the 
regular rollout of the elections. I would like to suggest them to come 
up with a statement on the subject.

Best regards
Roberto



>(to: Christopher Ambler, cc: to Esther Dyson and the GA, please find Mr

>Amblers original message attached below)
>
>Dear Mr Ambler,
>I wish I could use that as a comforting fact, but it just adds to the
>confusion regarding the PIN situation. I heard that the PINs would be 
sent
>in batches - fair enough - but now the election is due and I still do 
not
>know how to vote without my PIN. I sure can understand that ICANN 
suffer
>from intial administrative problems, but it's harder to accept that a
>legally binding election will take place when several voters have no 
means
>of participation.
>
>The PIN situation should be solved or the election postponed. Any other

>alternative is unjust and unfair. I might excercise my right not to 
vote
>for any of the candidates, but for the time beeing I'm even denied to  

>make such a choice.
>
>Lucky ICANN to have Esther Dyson as chairman - who I know is just,
>otherwise I might have suggested foul play. Now that is hardly an 
option,
>but the PIN situation urgently needs to be addressed.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Mikael
>
>On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Christopher Ambler wrote:
>
>> Well, I live in Seattle, WA USA, and was one of the first to sign
>> up, and I've not gotten my PIN yet either.
>> 
>> I really want to give my member support to Karl Auerbach, but
>> I can't until I get my PIN.
>> 
>> Christopher
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mikael Pawlo" <mikael@pawlo.com>
>> To: <ga@dnso.org>
>> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 12:11 PM
>> Subject: [ga] The everlasting PIN situation
>> 
>> 
>> > 
>> > Still no PINs for several people in Sweden. Actually I haven't 
heard of
>> > any Swede receiving his PIN. The election is due and this is really

>> > starting to annoy me. If we don't receive PINs - is there another 
way for
>> > us to cast our vote?
>> > 
>> > Regards
>> > 
>> > Mikael
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
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