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6.0  ELECTING AT LARGE DIRECTORS 

6.1  One vote per member, or different voting rights depending on membership class?  (Greg Crew, Dec. 26) 

6.2  How to apply regional representation rules when counting votes? (Greg Crew, Dec. 26) 

6.3  How are voting rules to be policed?  (Greg Crew, Dec. 26) 

6.4  Should some rules be applied to spread directors across different gTLD constituencies? across ccTLD constituencies?  (Greg Crew, Dec. 26) 

6.5  Should ICANN provide a forum for candidates to campaign/for referenda to be discussed? (Diane Cabell, Dec. 26) 

6.6  How are nominees to be placed on or removed from a ballot?  Are write-in candidates to be allowed? (Mike Weinberg, Jan. 1) 

 

6.1  One vote per member, or different voting rights depending on membership class? (Greg Crew, Dec. 26) 
 
• One constituency. All have one vote. Each vote must be for a single candidate.  (Greg Crew, Dec. 30)
 
• If membership classes are introduced, voting power to be defined. May define separate constituencies for paying/non-paying members. (Greg Crew, Dec. 30)
 
• Consider Single Transferable Vote voting method, and voting for all directors at the same time.  See <http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~grapski/stv.html> &

<http://archive.rte.ie/election97/pr.html> (Eric Weisberg, Jan. 16)
 
• If there are 19 seats, they should all be up for election each time there is a vote so that 1/19th the members can elect a representative.  If only 6 members are elected in a given year, you may need 1/6th the vote to get elected, etc.  You would still have stability under a proportionate system since most incumbents would be re-elected even if their relative standing in the vote dropped.  This is especially true with a system such as  STV or "single transferable vote."   The effect is upon the candidates with the least support.  (Eric Weisberg, Jan.14)
 
• I want to maximize the chance of electing someone who will represent small ISPs (such as Patrick Greenwell).  I will have a much better chance of doing so if 19 seats are to be filled than if there are only 6.  And, I will be part of more than one constituency which finds expression in a diverse group.  I may not be part of any constituency which requires at 1/6 of the vote.  (Eric Weisberg, Jan. 17)  A shuffling practice with different serving times among board members is best for continuity.  (Mikael Pawlo, Jan. 16)
 
• One person = one vote.  (P.A. Gantt, Jan. 17)
 
 
6.2  How to apply regional representation rules when counting votes?  (Greg Crew, Dec. 26) 
 
• At Large directors to be elected in order of votes gained until a regional quota is filled. Other candidates from that region are then eliminated?  (Greg Crew, Dec. 30)
 
• Who gets to chose their candidates first? Which organization's candidate gets deleted if that person's region has already met the quota?  Conversely, which unit has to make up for a missing region in its slate of candidates?  What happens if a Director leaves office early and there is no available candidate from an unrepresented region?  Is there a less complicated way to ensure the broadest range of interests are represented? (Diane Cabell, Jan. 16)
 

6.3  How are voting rules to be policed? (Greg Crew, Dec. 26) 
 

• On the record voting to increase accountability, or secret ballots?  (Tom Lowenhaupt, Jan. 17)
6.4  Should some rules be applied to spread directors across different gTLD constituencies? across ccTLD constituencies?  (Greg Crew, Dec. 26) 

6.5  Should ICANN provide a forum for candidates to campaign/for referenda to be discussed?  (Diane Cabell, Dec. 26) 

6.6  How are nominees to be placed on or removed from a ballot?  Are write-in candidates to be allowed?  (Mike Weinberg, Jan. 1) 
 

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