<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On 21 aug 2006, at 07.46, Nnenna wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">Avri, you have my trust. Handle it with care. I have tested the voters' list. It is working..</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Thanks to you and others, for the continuing trust. I do plan to handle it with care.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A few more details:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- Because of the way the software works, there will be 4 separate email ballots</DIV><DIV> - one for the base charter with options left unresolved</DIV><DIV> - one for the option regarding the selection of the appeal's team by nomcom or voting</DIV><DIV> - one for the option of selecting nominees etc.. (e.g. MAG) by nomcom or voting</DIV><DIV> - one about whether voting is secret or open </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The text for the three options ballots will be based on the text in the in charter.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Examples of these ballots will be sent to this list later today. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Speaking of the proposed charter I have done several things:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- removed edit marks</DIV><DIV>- highlighted the option</DIV><DIV>- fixed a few pending editorial errors</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And one significant, though I still think editorial change. I have put the description of the now optional nomcom process in a separate document which is referred to in the optional text.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>the proposed charter can be found in:</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.igcaucus.org/IGC-charter_proposed.html">http://www.igcaucus.org/IGC-charter_proposed.html</A></DIV><DIV>the nomcom process can be found in:</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.igcaucus.org/nomcom-process.html">http://www.igcaucus.org/nomcom-process.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>more in a bit. comments welcome.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>thanks</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>a.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>