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class=296413211-26082011>We should talk about this next week</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000 face=arial>Kind regards<BR>Wolf-Ulrich </FONT></P><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>Von:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>Im Auftrag von </B>Stéphane Van
Gelder<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Donnerstag, 25. August 2011 20:49<BR><B>An:</B>
council@gnso.icann.org GNSO<BR><B>Betreff:</B> [council]
Elections<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Councillors,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>We are going to have to start our election process soon and I would like
to determine the Council's preference for the 2 scenarios Glen and I floated
to you a while back.</DIV>
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<DIV>As a reminder:</DIV>
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lang=EN-US>Allow for voting in Dakar</SPAN></B><SPAN
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lang=EN-US><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Start nominations Wednesday
28 September until Wednesday 12 October ( 2 weeks)</B></SPAN></P>
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style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span></SPAN>Per the GNSO Operating
Procedures referenced above (Section 2.2.b): “Each house will be allowed to
nominate one candidate for GNSO Council Chair. Each house is responsible for
determining how to nominate its candidate.” To allow for the possibility of a
timely Council election process in Dakar, each house is asked to submit its
nominee for Council chair for the term beginning at the end of the 2011 ICANN
annual meeting not later than <STRONG>12 October 2011.</STRONG></SPAN></P>
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shall submit a candidacy statement in writing to the GNSO Secretariat (<A
href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</A>)
as soon as possible after they have been selected <SPAN
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later than 22:00 UTC on <STRONG>14, October 2011.</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN"
lang=EN>2. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN> Electronic
ballot voting – Before Dakar meeting</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN"
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lang=EN-US><SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span></SPAN>Start
nominations Wednesday 7 September until Wednesday 21 September ( 2
weeks)</SPAN></B><STRONG><U><SPAN
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<DIV>It was my understanding that scenario 1 had the Council's preference and
I plan to ask Glen to implement that one.</DIV>
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<DIV>If there are objections, please voice them quickly.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Stéphane</DIV>
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