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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Makes sense to me, Wolf-Ulrich<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ray<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>KnobenW@telekom.de<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 02, 2011 4:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Chair / ViceChair election<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All,</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at the meeting yesterday we agreed to elect a Chair and ViceChair by E-Mail voting. There are 3 candidates for either position: Avri, Philip and myself.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>My proposal for a (simple) election process:</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. all members (primes + alternates) shall have 1 vote; staff not included; makes 13 votes at the time being</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. Vote first for Chair; after Chair election vote for ViceChair</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. Chair election</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- simple majority vote</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- in case of a tie a 2nd round should decide by majority vote between the two tied</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. ViceChair election</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- between the 2 candidates left</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- simple majority vote</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Question: since this is a "Standing" committee which is supposed to exist on a longer term mshould we limit the Chair and ViceChair term? E.g. 2 years term with the eligibility for future terms.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen may serve as the election "manager".</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please comment.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>After having reached an agreement we should start the election.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kind regards</span> <br><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wolf-Ulrich </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>