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Since we are in the process of a second round of elections for the Chair position, shouldn't the Contracted Party House nomination/confirmation of its Vice-Chair be postponed till that is over?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=FR style='color:#1F497D'>[Gomes, Chuck] There is one major problem with that approach Mary : If no chair is elected in the second round, 1) the vice chairs assume the Council leadership at the end of the AGM in Cartagena until such time as a chair is elected. and that could not happen if the vice chairs were not already elected, and 2) a new nomination period for chair cannot be initiated any sooner than 30 days. With this in mind, I trust that the Non-Contracted Party House is not waiting until a chair is elected before electing a vice chair. I believe I mentioned in at least one previous meeting that the Houses needed to elect the vice chairs in time for them to lead the Council if needed.</span></i></b><span lang=FR style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(BTW I ask not because I necessarily anticipate a problem with the run-off ballot, but because the Operating Procedures contemplate the possibility of a further nomination and voting period in the event of an unsuccessful run-off ballot, and state that in that (or indeed in any) event a Chair and Vice Chair can't be from the same SG.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=FR style='color:#1F497D'>[Gomes, Chuck] These are more issues that should be dealt with in the procedures.</span></i></b><span lang=FR style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Mary <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'>Mary W S Wong</span></strong><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Professor of Law</span></em><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Chair, Graduate IP Programs</span></em><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><address><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Two White Street<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Concord, NH 03301<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@law.unh.edu">mary.wong@law.unh.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Phone: 1-603-513-5143<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Webpage: <a href="http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php">http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: <a href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a><o:p></o:p></span></address><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:11.25pt;background:#F3F3F3'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #050505 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 5.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:#F3F3F3'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From: </span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Glen de Saint Géry<Glen@icann.org><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To:</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>GNSO Council <council@gnso.icann.org><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>12/1/2010 2:22 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject: </span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>[council] FW: Contracted Party House - election of Vice Chair of GNSO Council<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Forwarded From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> David W. Maher [mailto:dmaher@pir.org] <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Glen:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is the notice of the Contracted Party House of the GNSO that we have elected Jeff Neuman as Vice Chair of the Council, by agreement of the Registries and Registrars Stakeholder Groups, to serve in the new Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>David<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>David W. 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