Re: [atlarge-discuss] VB as Chair

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

Sotiris and all stakeholders or other interested parties,

  I agree that I personally was not completely satisfied with Vittorio's
performance as the Chair or as a panel member last time around.
None the less, he was elected again and the Panel should have the
right to elect amongst themselves whom their chair for the Panel
should be.

  We must allow the democratic process and practice work and
stand.  We all should do all we can to help Vittorio in any way
that is ethical, honest, and is supportive as well as supported
by the members.  Perhaps Vittorio has learned from his
past performance and experience on the Panel.  Let's
give him the benefit of the doubt...

Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:

> 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?
> > --
> > vb.               [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<------
> > ----------------------> http://bertola.eu.org/ <--------------------------
> >
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