[ICANN-EU] Re: Wait!

[patrick.mayer@gmx.de]

Good morning all,
 
> As candidate I exchanged an e-mail with Andrew McLaughlin of ICANN on 
> the possibility to change an endorsement once submitted. 
> He answered he is currently writing an update to endorsement cgi page to
> explain that endorsement can be changed at any time (till the deadline)
> by just endorsing another candidate. 
> I suggest to wait until this notice will be published on web page before
> placing an endorsment.  
> [(I will keep that message in a safe place anyway... :) ]  

"Multiple Endorsing", that is, changing your vote from time to time, with
just one vote in the end of course, was possible yesterday. Just the notice
on the page is missing. So you actually may change your endorsement decision
until the deadline is reached or the ICANN-server crashes, whatever comes
first ;-)

And, please guys, these are not the world presidential elections. Dont
take this matter too serious. There is much right in what Andrew says
concerning

- the ethical duty of every candidate to be informed on the election
process and the duties and abilities of ICANN (which I also miss in many
candidates!)

- the importance of some democratic influence on an otherwise
professionally  organised standards setting body. ICANN will be the first such body with
_any_ input by some kind of near-democratic elected members. Look at W3C,
DIN or ETSI before you complain about missing democracy in ICANN.

Kind Regards,

Patrick



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