Don't worry Tracey. At this point in time, most candidates on that member slate still have no idea the members list was used to drive support. Most people probably rationalized it the same way you did. All the more reason to keep fighting this practicE. I am working on my Open Letter to the Board.
Marita
Hi Marita and everyone here.
I was disappointed when I didn't see your name with the (elected) indicator next to it. Better Luck - next time?That said I am not happy that an incumbent had a boost from the organization. I honestly deleted the emails unread though.
As a previous recipient of their grant and a person who participated in their social media campaign around their report on Canada's internet - I had thought he had merely taken advantage of My LinkedIN profile to build his list - maybe ChatGPT helped? Basically thought more about how exposed we are - well businesses largely would be to an AI directed scraping of the internet. I didn't think CIRA had handed out the emails.
Crazy how easy these things can be now and our 'gutt' response to the invasion can simply be 'delete not opened'. Am I making sense?
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On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM Marita Moll <mmoll@ca.inter.net> wrote:
_______________________________________________Well, CIRA results are out and the candidate who did the mass mailing won by a large margin.
Matthew Gamble: 300; Marita Moll: 126; Sharon Miller: 96; Caleb Ogondele: 92; Keith Lawson: 86; Heather Maga: 83.
I really want to thank all of you who took an active interest in this process. It is not a fair process, and I will, once again, be writing a letter to CIRA Board with suggestions on how they might fix this mass mailing problem within the legal parameters of the Not for Profit Act -- if they want to. I will share my letter and any other activities on this file with the list.
Next CIRA activity is the Canadian Internet Governance Forum in November 13. It is in Ottawa and free or attend virtually. You don't have to be a CIRA member. The theme "Canadian Leadership Through Change" sounds pretty vague and uncontroversial. But quite a few people on the steering committee pushed for the emphasis to be on digital sovereignty and, if you look at the first panel description, you will see that coming through . I am hoping there will be some good exchanges on topic.
Register here: Canadian Leadership Through Change | Le leadership canadien dans un mond Tickets, Thu, 13 Nov 2025 at 8:30 AM | Eventbrite
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