I would like to remind the Elections Committee and the Board that This by-election is illegal. Dotasia no longer has a Board that can meet quorum. There are only 3 directors : Alireza Saleh Akinori Maemura Satish Babu. The M&A is here: https://www.dot.asia/policies/DotAsia%20M&A%202009-06-26.pdf Clause 52 of the M&A states that “The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall not be less than six Directors”. So this Board has no power to call a By-election. It has no power to contract the same Elections Committee Team. It doesn’t even have the power to Open a Bank Account. Furthermore, the Elections Committee has not responded to the issues of vote-rigging raised by various Directors: - Edmon received the termination Notice on Jan 7 from .AM yet practically begged Liana Galstyan to (illegally) vote for his candidates, on behalf of .AM in the election. - MO had written to say on Feb 7 that there was no authorized voter from MO. Yet Someone sounding like “the rumors must stop” Edmon sent email from the dotasia@monic.mo account but refused to identify himself or give his position. This strongly indicates that there was a breach in the Mail System of MONIC. - There is no explanation for why Santanu Acharya has found 12 ccTLDs who vouch that they voted for him, and yet the official tally is 1 short. - There is no explanation for why Kashif Adeel has found 10 ccTLDs who vouch that they voted for him, and yet the official tally is 1 short. I think the Members should, at this point, make a decision as to HOW we should handle this problem of the crippled board, and the absence of Directors. And not leave it in the hands of people who have not kept the election fair. Let's get it right this time. And to the remaining board members, please do comply with HK Laws. Thank You. Sincerely Joel Disini DotPH On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 12:16 PM Election Committee via Announce via Members <members@dot.asia> wrote:
Dear DotAsia Members,
Here are two important announcements pertaining to the 2023 DotAsia Board By-Election:
1. Whitelist By-Election Related Emails and IPs
Upon the start of the Nomination period (November 9, 2023) to the end of the By-Election (December 6, 2023), we will be sending you emails via 3rd Party Election Compliance Administrator boardelections@board.dot.asia Board Election Committee electioncommittee@board.dot.asia Board Secretariat boardsec@dot.asia Scrutineer jesse@abacushkcpa.com Please help to *add the contact or whitelist these emails to ensure that you receive all Elections emails and updates.*
For emails from the online voting platform, they will be using email server *mail1.bigpulse.com <http://mail1.bigpulse.com>* with the following IPs: *209.15.228.130 *and *5.44.17.248*.
For Single sign-on (SSO), the online voting platform server IPs are:
*209.15.228.133209.15.228.81209.15.228.83*
*209.15.228.845.44.17.2545.44.17.253*
Please ensure that the IPs are whitelisted so you can receive communication from the voting platform.
2. Nomination Period Begins
This is a reminder that the Nomination Period for the DotAsia Board By-Election 2023 has* started today, Nov 9, 2023 (Thu) and will end on Nov 14, 2023 (Tue) 11:59 UTC+8. *
As outlined in the Board Elections Procedures document ( https://www.dot.asia/board-elections-2023/), please feel free to use the below templates to submit your nominations and seconds to boardelections@board.dot.asia <toboardelections@board.dot.asia>.
Please also note that we will accept nominations, seconds and votes from your organization’s *designated email address that DotAsia has on file*. An email from the Election Compliance Administrator should arrive at your organizations’ designated email address shortly. If you have any issues receiving Elections related emails , please check your spam folder or reach out to the Election Compliance Administrator at boardelections@board.dot.asia.
For more information about the By-Election 2023, you can visit https://www.dot.asia/board-by-election-2023/.
Thank you for your attention, and we look forward to your participation in the by-election.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Langdon-Orr DotAsia 2023 Election Committee Chair
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Note: This is an announcement email, please do not reply to announce@dot.asia. For all board elections matters, please contact boardsec@dot.asia.
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The following form/text may be used by a proposer to nominate a candidate :
======================================================================== To: boardelections@board.dot.asia
Subject: DotAsia Board By-Election Nomination ========================================================================
Dear DotAsia Board Secretariat,
Our organization is proposing a nomination in the DotAsia Board by-election, with the following details:
Proposing Organization’s Name:
Member Category:
Sponsor Member
Candidate’s Name:
Candidate’s Email Address:
Sincerely, _______________ (Name of Voting Representative) _______________ (Title/Position) _______________ (Organization)
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The following form/text may be used by a seconder in the nomination of a candidate:
======================================================================== To: boardelections@board.dot.asia
Subject: Seconding of a Nomination for the DotAsia Board By-Election ========================================================================
Dear DotAsia Board Secretariat,
_______________ (Member), will second the nomination of: _______________ (Candidate) proposed by _______________ (proposer) to run as a candidate in the Sponsor Member category of the DotAsia Board By-Election.
Our organization is seconding a nomination in the DotAsia Board by-election, with the following details:
Seconding Organization’s Name:
Proposing Organization’s Name:
Member Category:
Sponsor Member
Candidate’s Name:
Sincerely, _______________ (Name of Voting Representative) _______________ (Title/Position) _______________ (Organization) _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@dot.asia https://mailman.dot.asia/mailman/listinfo/announce _______________________________________________ Members mailing list Members@dot.asia https://mailman.dot.asia/mailman/listinfo/members