[UA-discuss] Call for Nominations

[Mark Svancarek (CELA)]

I second the nomination of Dennis to Vice-chair.

From: UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org> On Behalf Of Richard Merdinger
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 10:27
To: don.hollander <don.hollander at icann.org>; ua-discuss at icann.org
Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations

All,
I would like to nominate Dennis Tan Tanaka from Verisign for Vice-Chair of the UASG.  Dennis has been actively involved with the UASG since its inception and has applied his extensive technical experience with IDNs and domain industry knowledge generously over the past 4 years.

Dennis’ email address is dtantanaka at verisign.com<mailto:dtantanaka at verisign.com>; I will send his phone number to the info@ email address as a formal nomination.

Thanks,
--Rich


Richard Merdinger
Vice-Chair, UASG
VP, Domains, GoDaddy.com
rmerdinger at godaddy.com<mailto:rmerdinger at godaddy.com>



From: UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org<mailto:ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org>> on behalf of Don Hollander <don.hollander at icann.org<mailto:don.hollander at icann.org>>
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 9:52 PM
To: "ua-discuss at icann.org<mailto:ua-discuss at icann.org>" <ua-discuss at icann.org<mailto:ua-discuss at icann.org>>
Subject: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations

Elections for UASG Chair and Vice-Chair – 2019
V2019-02-20

The UASG is having elections for the Chair and Vice Chair.  Here’s the process.   NB: All times are 23:00 UTC
Nominations
This is a call for nominations.
Anyone subscribed to the UA-discuss at icann.org<mailto:UA-discuss at icann.org> mailing list is eligible to stand.
Nominations (including self-nominations) should be sent to info at uasg.tech<mailto:info at uasg.tech> and should include:

  *   the name of the person nominated
  *   the position(s) for which they are nominated
  *   contact details for the person nominated.  This should include an email address and a telephone number.

The election administrator will verify that the nominated person accepts the nomination.

Once the nomination deadline has passed on February 27 2019 a list of candidates will be prepared showing name, email address, photo and candidate statement.  Names will be shown by position in alphabetical order of surnames.

Candidates can be nominated for Chair, Vice-Chair or both.

Relevant links:

  *   Position Description-Chair https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Chair-UASG.pdf<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuasg.tech%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F01%2F07-Position-Description-Chair-UASG.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7Cb1f5e66eff3a4a69f95908d697611bd3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636862840691407984&sdata=uFdx%2B5nX133aazx6MdLhMxBeieMpXdkWwfhIM4FDzfY%3D&reserved=0>
  *   Position Description-Vice-Chair https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Vice-Chair-UASG.pdf<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuasg.tech%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F01%2F07-Position-Description-Vice-Chair-UASG.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7Cb1f5e66eff3a4a69f95908d697611bd3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636862840691417993&sdata=jYR%2F%2Fazg%2Bf%2FHxH%2BHc2vh8BLOPp4Fbs9XXPkgtyaPmnk%3D&reserved=0>

Other documents of interest may be found at www.uasg.tech/documents<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uasg.tech%2Fdocuments&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7Cb1f5e66eff3a4a69f95908d697611bd3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636862840691427998&sdata=hlATUKbep0Ujs7eucGJSvs6pLgVux%2Fkws0rLsF99hIA%3D&reserved=0>
Voting
Voting will be done using www.opavote.com<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opavote.com&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7Cb1f5e66eff3a4a69f95908d697611bd3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636862840691427998&sdata=zNNvgrCqGXVUrFA2hMGjmt6pDHrTf%2FatrN%2FMzbphnCo%3D&reserved=0>

For the Chair the method used will be Instant Runoff Voting https://www.opavote.com/methods/instant-runoff-voting<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opavote.com%2Fmethods%2Finstant-runoff-voting&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7Cb1f5e66eff3a4a69f95908d697611bd3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636862840691438008&sdata=hhQBUB3PW8Ia8uzXBTD8CIlC0%2B%2BjUTPXz6Si9wxGXhs%3D&reserved=0>

For the Vice-Chair the method used will be Scottish STV https://www.opavote.com/methods/single-transferable-vote#scottish-stv<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opavote.com%2Fmethods%2Fsingle-transferable-vote%23scottish-stv&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7Cb1f5e66eff3a4a69f95908d697611bd3%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636862840691438008&sdata=31qk%2FdXDMsY13gzfLAgmVtZONqxKgMXGRE%2FEdkDo2sQ%3D&reserved=0>

These voting methods allow voters to rank their choices.

Voting will open on March 3, 2019 and close on March 10, 2019.  Decisions will be announced as soon as they are ready and have been verified.




Don Hollander
Secretary General – UASG
Skype: Don_Hollander

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