[atlarge-discuss] VB as Chair

[Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

Vittorio,

Quite bluntly, you failed at being Chair last time round.  The fact that you got the most votes could be attributed to other circumstances than just member satisfaction...  perhaps you had a few of your colleagues /students register to vote, who knows?  In any case, I certainly d not support you as Chair of organization's panel.  Tread
carefully.

All, I recommend anyone in support of Vittorio's being Chair to speak up in his support as there is some dissatisfaction among the new panel with Vittorio's suggestion that he be Chair.  Also, I urge those who are against VB as Chair to speak up and be counted.

Sincerely,

Sotiris Sotiropoulos

Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Aug 2002 00:16:39 +0530, you wrote:
>
> > I have outlined my concerns to the elected Panel and  hope that they will be addressed in consultation. I have proposed that Joanna Lane be elected as the Chair. I do not attribute too much credence to the number of votes and so I do not think that the person who gets the highest number of votes has any special entitlement to the Chair.
>
> Satya, as you seem to refer to me and to the discussion currently
> ongoing on the (new) panel list, I just want to clarify one thing.
>
> I don't think that I have any "right" or "special entitlement" to be
> the next Chair. What I think is that if I act as Chair for a term, and
> at the following election I am again the most voted candidate, with
> over 50% of the voters including me in their vote, it means that the
> majority of the voters agrees, at least to some extent, with my past
> behaviour, and thinks I was a good Chair. This is why, if the panel
> wants, I will accept to be the Chair again; in fact, refusing to do so
> would be refusing to accept a responsibility that was implied in my
> acceptance of the re-candidacy.
>
> Said this, if the majority of the new panel does not agree with this
> analysis, and thinks that anyone else is better and would better
> represent the membership, it is absolutely free to choose someone
> else. Only, I personally hope that the new Chair will be able to
> unite, not to divide; and I am worried that we now already have four
> individuals nominated for the Chairmanship (me, Jamie, Joanna and
> Richard) and the discussion is heating up. The panel should not start
> by splitting up on this issue! In fact, the Chair and Alt Chair should
> be the strongest possible persons, and should have wide support in the
> membership; they should not come up as a result of a hard fight.
>
> And let me point out that you might not attribute much value to the
> number of votes, but democracy *is*, in fact, about counting votes. We
> are fighting for a one man - one vote principle in ICANN: how can you
> say that the number of votes a candidate receives is not relevant?
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