Re: [ga] GA Chair-NOMINATION-Charles Sha'ban

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Joop and all remaining assembly members,

  I disagree with you on this one, Joop.  Nominations should be completely
open.  The many reasons are for the most part obvious.
BTW, I have never seen any participation by Charles Sha'ban, so
I couldn't in good faith vote for him, his Aribic translation skills
not withstanding, of course.  I do however believe that he
can be nominated.

Joop Teernstra wrote:

> Dear GA members,
>
> Electing a Chair only from only a one-dimensional on-line acquaintance is
> experimental at best and a gamble at worst.
>
> Qualities of self-discipline are needed, but the heart must also be in the
> right place. We should have candidates who do not really want it, but who
> are finally persuaded to do the duty by the clamor of their nominations.
> The way we are proceeding now, with candidates nominated and then
> immediately attacked and defended, results in instant election politics
> even before nominations are accepted.
> We will get nowhere like this.
>
> The only way to get enough candidates to make an election meaningful is to
> have a large number of seconded nominations.
> This is why I proposed to support Joanna's motion to the WG-review, and use
> a big list on the Polling Booth as a starting point to narrow down a slate
> of nominees.  We can see later who will accept.
>
> Deliberate discrediting efforts towards the Booth have only served to slow
> the nomination process down and make the election of a Chair who could take
> his/her seat in Melbourne  impossible.
>
> Roberto, are you keeping track of all the nominations?
>
> We need an enthousiastic and committed Chair, who has a great deal of time
> for the GA, who can be firm and impartial and who has ideally kept aloof
> from partisan positions so far.
>
> I think Charles Sha'ban, of Egypt, who has shown great comittment to a big
> task of outreach (TAGI volunteered to translate the ICANN website into
> Arabic)  may serve us very well as Chair and it is my privilege to nominate
> him and ask for seconds from others who know him personally.
>
> --Joop--
> Former bootstrap of the CA/idno
>        The Polling Booth
> www.democracy.org.nz/vote1/
>
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