Posted by: Universal Truth August 2, 2011
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Shirish, you raised a good point. However, please note that the information were put on a public domain so that the registered members of the ANA would have a chance to see if their names were included on that list. This was done with no malice or intent to harm the ANA attendees. Also, with only the ID provided on that list instead of the whole email address, I doubt anyone would have the time to go through that voters' list and find out what the full email address is of ALL 4,000 ANA members who signed up to vote. Example: If anyone views a certain name, say "prem01" under the email column, I would think it wouldn't be worth their time to speculate if the domain is hotmail.com, yahoo.com, mail.com, rocketmail.com, gmail.com, columbia.edu, nyu.edu, cuny.edu, etc. There could be a million combinations so I really don't see what the hue and cry is all about as the opportunity to phish into someone's personal life would not be practically feasible.
Also, this is the first time in ANA's 28 year history that a democratic election will be held and so far, 4,000+ people have signed up for the cause (before this year, the elections were always held within closed doors). Let's not stop them from being able to voice their concerns. Most folks on sajha and outside as well, complain about how bad their ANA experience have been every single year but yet return the very next year because they have no other choice. However, this year things can change for the better. With the power given to each ANA attendee to vote for their candidate of choice, we may finally see better days for what was and still is, the biggest Nepalese association in the US.
The election process: Every name on that list will be sent an email with a link to vote for their candidates. As such, it was published on a public domain so that the registered attendees could check if their names were on that list and check their ID without the email domain (eg: prem01). If this list was not published, there could be massive fraud since there would be no method of verifying the voters. Moreover, names that did not attend the ANA could fraudently end up on that list too. And, as per other organizations in the US that put up their members' names on their webpage, the ANA election committee did the right thing by putting up those names too so the attendees could check to see that no one besides themselves would vote in their name.
I feel that the Election committee that comprises of well educated and highly qualified group meant well in their intent. And this being the first ever democratic elections stretching across the US and Canada for the Nepalese Diaspora, a few kinks may arise here and there. Instead of bashing them relentlessly here on sajha, it would be wiser to give give your input as to how to make the process better or fair. That way, we'd all move forward as a community.
Also, this is the first time in ANA's 28 year history that a democratic election will be held and so far, 4,000+ people have signed up for the cause (before this year, the elections were always held within closed doors). Let's not stop them from being able to voice their concerns. Most folks on sajha and outside as well, complain about how bad their ANA experience have been every single year but yet return the very next year because they have no other choice. However, this year things can change for the better. With the power given to each ANA attendee to vote for their candidate of choice, we may finally see better days for what was and still is, the biggest Nepalese association in the US.
The election process: Every name on that list will be sent an email with a link to vote for their candidates. As such, it was published on a public domain so that the registered attendees could check if their names were on that list and check their ID without the email domain (eg: prem01). If this list was not published, there could be massive fraud since there would be no method of verifying the voters. Moreover, names that did not attend the ANA could fraudently end up on that list too. And, as per other organizations in the US that put up their members' names on their webpage, the ANA election committee did the right thing by putting up those names too so the attendees could check to see that no one besides themselves would vote in their name.
I feel that the Election committee that comprises of well educated and highly qualified group meant well in their intent. And this being the first ever democratic elections stretching across the US and Canada for the Nepalese Diaspora, a few kinks may arise here and there. Instead of bashing them relentlessly here on sajha, it would be wiser to give give your input as to how to make the process better or fair. That way, we'd all move forward as a community.