<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div style>I would like te reiterate that I find it very odd that as a group, we prefer to have private nominations.</div><div style><br></div><div style>If I am willing to support someone, I have no qualms about making that support public. Moreover, I find it troublesome that as a BC member, I do not know <u>until the nomination deadline has passed</u> whether someone has been nominated for a position or not.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I am left with having to try to read into a reminder message such as this one whether it is being sent two days before the deadline because there have been no nominations, or because it's just two days before the deadline.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>And if I did know what nominations had been made, especially if none had been made, I might be spurred on to reach out to other potential candidates and try to get them on board. But with the current private nomination system, I just don't know.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Is there a historical reason for having private nominations? Do others feel, like I do, that it's time to put an end to the secrecy and to run fully transparent election processes?</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Thanks,</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Stéphane Van Gelder<br>Chairman and Managing Director/Fondateur<br>STEPHANE VAN GELDER CONSULTING<br><br>T (FR): +33 (0)6 20 40 55 89<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 October 2013 18:47, Benedetta Rossi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org" target="_blank">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:16.2pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:15.75pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">From: BC Secretariat</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Date: October 16th, 2013</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">CC: Glen De Saint Gery, Returning Officer ,Robert Hoggarth, Verifying Officer</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">, </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:bcvotes@hotmail.com" target="_blank"><span style>bcvotes@hotmail.com</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Re: BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business NomCom Seat Elections: Reminder – Nominations Close on Friday, Oct.18th</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><br>Please note that this is the announcement for the BC elections for one of the two BC GNSO Councilor seats and the Small Business Seat on the Nominating Committee . <b><u>Please note that the nomination period will close on Friday, October 18<sup>th</sup></u></b>. If you would like to submit a nomination, please follow the procedure outlined in the election procedure attached, and submit your nomination to the <a href="mailto:bcvotes@hotmail.com" target="_blank"><span style>bcvotes@hotmail.com</span></a> email address prior to Friday COB. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:16.2pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:15.75pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Candidate statements should also be sent to the <a href="mailto:bcvotes@hotmail.com" target="_blank"><span style>bcvotes@hotmail.com</span></a> no later than Sunday, Oct. 20<sup>th</sup>. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Once again, please refer to the attachment for the full details regarding this election.</span></u></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><br>Transmitted by the BC Secretariat: Benedetta Rossi, serving as Voting Officer</span><span lang="EN-US" style><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-- <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style>Kind Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style>Benedetta Rossi<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style>BC Secretariat<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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