Re: [ICANN-EU] pooling plans and reality

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

Giorgio,

>
>The major obstacle to allow 'fair' withdrawaI is that there is no way to 
>show
>up a public comment by the candidate.
>It is not 'fair' because as candidate I don't know who are my endorsers and
>cannot pratically go everywhere I was campaigning to tell about my
>withdrawal (even if done for pooling or for other reasons).
>I made very early a proposal onto this list and forwarded it to Andrew
>McLaughlin to allow for a short comment to be added to withdrawal page but
>I still have no "yes/no" answers (I just was told that it has been routed 
>to
>Election Committee).
>On my side, without such kind 'withdrawal comment',  I feel uncomfortable 
>to
>withdraw with no reasonable way to explain why in respect of people who
>endorsed me.
>


I am sure that there is a whole bunch of candidates (including myself) who 
are thinking that it does not make any practical sense to continue to be 
still seeking a place on the ballot.
OTOH, I still want to continue "campaigning", if not directly for myself, 
for other people that agree on some key points (like the need for the 
AtLarge Director to be expression of the Membership and the need for the 
Membership to self-organize for the future).

It is obvious that the candidates cannot now "disappear" from the "active" 
list, not care about the people that voted them, and renounce to have a 
voice in the process.

It would be good if we could focus on this for the moment, and prepare some 
suggestion for ICANN. May I start.

- keep the withdrawn candidates on the same page, at the bottom, not in a 
separate page
- keep the pointer to the candidate page, or better point to a "withdrawal 
page" (on ICANN's Site, or on the former-candidate's site), where the 
candidate can briefly explain why he/she is withdrawing, and make a 
declaration of support to an alternate
- allow the candidate to send an e-mail to the his/her supporters (note that 
this does not mean to release the addresses - the e-mail text can be sent by 
the candidate to ICANN, and routed by ICANN to the electors)

We should be aware that, for this process to be meaningful, to allow time to 
ICANN for processing the withdrawal requests, and for the electors to pick 
another name, the withdrawals should be notified to ICANN at the latest 
during the next week-end (3 September).
That means make a proposal in the next 48 hours, and ask ICANN Staff 
(Andrew) to take a rapid decision.

Practical considerations.
The total number of votes dispersed on the more than 60 candidates with less 
than 50 votes is over 600, which is not negligeable. And as we go closer to 
the deadlines, even people that reached the 3-digit-figures may think wiser 
to join forces, so even the leadership of Andy MM can be at risk under a 
coordinated effort.
In less than two weeks we will turn the page, and start on a list of 7 
candidates. How will votes distribute then? Will it not be wise to use this 
first round to get a competitive advantage of a substantial block of votes, 
that is likely to stay with the candidate?

Regards
Roberto


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