Re: [ICANN-EU] Candidate endorsements

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com>]

Alex, Patrick,
>
> > While Andy is still leading the european candidates list by 494
> > endorsements, Jeanette (161) and Lutz (158) are in a tight race.
> > Bertram follows with 90 endorsements. All other candidates still
> > collect only lower double digit numbers, with Sabine (49) being the
> > strongest.
>
>...but we all keep in mind that only nine percent
>of the 14.000 activated European ICANN members have
>endorsed someone, while up to 21.500 /other/ European
>ICANN members haven't even activated their account yet.
>


I think that the turning point will be early next week.
The mid-August week is a "intense vacation" ;>) week in parts of Europe.
We will see soon if participation rises.

If it does not, we have to worry.
Low participation to this phase is a *bad* sign. If Members choose to 
participate only in the October round, they implicitely lower the weight of 
the member-nominated candidates. I would like to make sure that if a member 
does not participate now it is because of his/her explicit choice, not 
because of lack of information or lazyness.

What happened to the proposed "reminder" from ICANN to all members when the 
election is ongoing? My understanding was that it would have been sent also 
for this phase! If we wait for the very last days, we will have the same 
situation we had for applications: servers overloaded and service 
insufficient.

Regards
Roberto


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