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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Stephane,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I can’t comment about historical aspects as I have only been a member a few years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You or the person nominated are at liberty to go public and post the nomination to the list. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It is the voting officer who will not do so.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Is it best to be bold and nominate at the beginning, or perhaps in the middle, or in the last few minutes at the very end when you know who the opposition is or isnt?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am not convinced it is a good idea to add the time dimension to the nominating process. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'>Chris Chaplow<br>Managing Director</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'><br><b>Andalucia.com S.L.</b></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Avenida del Carmen 9<br>Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>1ª Planta, Oficina 30<br>Estepona, 29680<br>Malaga, Spain<br><b>Tel: + (34) 952 897 865<br>Fax: + (34) 952 897 874<br></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:chris@andalucia.com"><b>chris@andalucia.com</b></a><b><br></b>Web: <a href="http://www.andalucia.com/"><b>www.andalucia.com</b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B850A'>Information about Andalucia, Spain.</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a>] <b>En nombre de </b>Stephane Van Gelder Consulting<br><b>Enviado el:</b> miércoles, 16 de octubre de 2013 22:40<br><b>Para:</b> Benedetta Rossi; <a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a><br><b>Asunto:</b> Re: [bc-gnso] BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business Seat on Nominating Committee Elections: Nominations close on Friday, Oct. 18th<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would like te reiterate that I find it very odd that as a group, we prefer to have private nominations.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If I am willing to support someone, I have no qualms about making that support public. Moreover, I find it troublesome that as a BC member, I do not know <u>until the nomination deadline has passed</u> whether someone has been nominated for a position or not.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am left with having to try to read into a reminder message such as this one whether it is being sent two days before the deadline because there have been no nominations, or because it's just two days before the deadline.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And if I did know what nominations had been made, especially if none had been made, I might be spurred on to reach out to other potential candidates and try to get them on board. But with the current private nomination system, I just don't know.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is there a historical reason for having private nominations? Do others feel, like I do, that it's time to put an end to the secrecy and to run fully transparent election processes?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Stéphane Van Gelder<br>Chairman and Managing Director/Fondateur<br>STEPHANE VAN GELDER CONSULTING<br><br>T (FR): +33 (0)6 20 40 55 89<br>T (UK): +44 (0)7583 457053<br>Skype: SVANGELDER<br><a href="http://www.StephaneVanGelder.com" target="_blank">www.StephaneVanGelder.com</a><br>----------------<br>Follow us on Twitter: @stephvg and "like" us on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DomainConsultant" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/DomainConsultant</a><br>LinkedIn: <a href="http://fr.linkedin.com/in/domainconsultant/" target="_blank">fr.linkedin.com/in/domainconsultant/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 16 October 2013 18:47, Benedetta Rossi <<a href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org" target="_blank">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:16.2pt;line-height:15.75pt;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>From: BC Secretariat</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Date: October 16th, 2013</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>CC: Glen De Saint Gery, Returning Officer ,Robert Hoggarth, Verifying Officer</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>, </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:bcvotes@hotmail.com" target="_blank">bcvotes@hotmail.com</a></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Re: BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business NomCom Seat Elections: Reminder – Nominations Close on Friday, Oct.18th</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><br>Please note that this is the announcement for the BC elections for one of the two BC GNSO Councilor seats and the Small Business Seat on the Nominating Committee . <b><u>Please note that the nomination period will close on Friday, October 18<sup>th</sup></u></b>. If you would like to submit a nomination, please follow the procedure outlined in the election procedure attached, and submit your nomination to the <a href="mailto:bcvotes@hotmail.com" target="_blank">bcvotes@hotmail.com</a> email address prior to Friday COB. </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:16.2pt;line-height:15.75pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Candidate statements should also be sent to the <a href="mailto:bcvotes@hotmail.com" target="_blank">bcvotes@hotmail.com</a> no later than Sunday, Oct. 20<sup>th</sup>. </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";background:white'>Once again, please refer to the attachment for the full details regarding this election.</span></u></i></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt'><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";background:white'><br>Transmitted by the BC Secretariat: Benedetta Rossi, serving as Voting Officer</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Courier New"'>-- </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Kind Regards,</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Benedetta Rossi</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>BC Secretariat</span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=IT><a href="http://bc-secretariat@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>bc-secretariat@icann.org</span></a></span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=IT><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</span></a></span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=IT><a href="http://www.bizconst.org" target="_blank">www.bizconst.org</a></span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=IT> </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>