<div><div dir="auto">I’d like to second the nomination for Rich Merdinger as chair. </div></div><div dir="auto">Elaine </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 12:13 AM Edmon <<a href="mailto:edmon@registry.asia">edmon@registry.asia</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#000000" vlink="purple"><div class="m_5372607110527242940WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">Hi Everyone,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">I would like to nominate Richard Merdinger for the position as Chair of UASG.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">Richard has been serving as the Vice Chair since the beginning of this group, and has been a strong advocate of UA.  As the UASG looks to grow as an independent initiative supported by ICANN financially, I believe his guidance, especially with a strong experience from the ICANN community as a whole and from registries and registrars in particular, is critical for the continuity and development of this effort.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">Edmon<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">PS. This email is also sent to <a href="mailto:info@uasg.tech" target="_blank">info@uasg.tech</a> for the purposes of the nomination.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">Richard is cc-ed herein (hence his current email address) and since he has been serving as Vice Chair, I understand that his phone number should already be on file (if not I am happy to provide further).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"></p></div></div></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="#000000" vlink="purple"><div class="m_5372607110527242940WordSection1"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> UA-discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Don Hollander<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 3:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> Roberto Gaetano <<a href="mailto:roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com" target="_blank">roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Universal Acceptance <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Yes.  The same cohort who can stand can vote.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">We have taken the voting addresses as of today.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Actually, the existing Chair is precluded from standing again as Chair and two of the existing vice-chars are precluded from standing as vice-chairs.   In all three cases they have served the maximum two terms.   But they already know that.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">D<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Roberto Gaetano <<a href="mailto:roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com" target="_blank">roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 20 February 2019 7:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Don Hollander <<a href="mailto:don.hollander@icann.org" target="_blank">don.hollander@icann.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Universal Acceptance <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ext] Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">I have a question. <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">The text says that “ Anyone subscribed to the <a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank">UA-discuss@icann.org</a> mailing list is eligible to stand”. However, it does not say - or I have missed - who can vote.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">I assume that it is all the subscribers of the <a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank">UA-discuss@icann.org</a> mailing list, but I would like to have confirmation.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Roberto<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">On 20.02.2019, at 04:52, Don Hollander <<a href="mailto:don.hollander@icann.org" target="_blank">don.hollander@icann.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:16.0pt">Elections for UASG Chair and Vice-Chair – 2019</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span lang="EN-NZ">V2019-02-20</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">The UASG is having elections for the Chair and Vice Chair.  Here’s the process.   NB: All times are 23:00 UTC<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><h1 style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;break-after:avoid-page"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2f5496;font-weight:normal">Nominations</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2f5496;font-weight:normal"><u></u><u></u></span></h1><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">This is a call for nominations.  <span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Anyone subscribed to the<span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_5372607110527242940MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563c1"><a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">UA-discuss@icann.org</span></a></span></u></span>mailing list is eligible to stand.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Nominations (including self-nominations) should be sent to<span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_5372607110527242940MsoHyperlink"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563c1"><a href="mailto:info@uasg.tech" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">info@uasg.tech</span></a></span></u></b></span><span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>and should include:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.65pt">the name of the person nominated<span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.65pt">the position(s) for which they are nominated<span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.65pt">contact details for the person nominated.  This should include an email address and a telephone number.<span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">The election administrator will verify that the nominated person accepts the nomination.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Once the nomination deadline has passed on<span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><b>February 27 2019</b><span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span>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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Candidates can be nominated for Chair, Vice-Chair or both.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><h2 style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;break-after:avoid-page"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2f5496;font-weight:normal">Relevant links:</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2f5496;font-weight:normal"><u></u><u></u></span></h2><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Position Description-Chair<span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_5372607110527242940MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563c1"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__uasg.tech_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2019_01_07-2DPosition-2DDescription-2DChair-2DUASG.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=4AC0zJYC4SEbzrB1PgtxrRHYWyiN25wnhVJD8wyDL4o&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Chair-UASG.pdf [uasg.tech]</span></a></span></u></span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal">Position Description-Vice-Chair<span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_5372607110527242940MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563c1"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__uasg.tech_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2019_01_07-2DPosition-2DDescription-2DVice-2DChair-2DUASG.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=RIZglP6Oz_j9wn0s8LJUIskpyvKZerODwe9rnSsis3c&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Vice-Chair-UASG.pdf [uasg.tech]</span></a></span></u></span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Other documents of interest may be found at<span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_5372607110527242940MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563c1"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.uasg.tech_documents&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=fcivGYoVHhYoRKlikgNX5-dt48dFuL9P5AavbR-hhvI&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">www.uasg.tech/documents [uasg.tech]</span></a></span></u></span><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><h1 style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;break-after:avoid-page"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2f5496;font-weight:normal">Voting</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2f5496;font-weight:normal"><u></u><u></u></span></h1><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Voting will be done using<span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_5372607110527242940MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563c1"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.opavote.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=YoE1QrrQ29ykHoDRP90RGieixsbSaqipvyaE05arclY&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">www.opavote.com [opavote.com]</span></a></span></u></span><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">For the Chair the method used will be Instant Runoff Voting<span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_5372607110527242940MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563c1"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.opavote.com_methods_instant-2Drunoff-2Dvoting&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=udFl_JOXRF_Z12As-ksTD_76UI8bCWGmRrz3uHRSV48&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">https://www.opavote.com/methods/instant-runoff-voting [opavote.com]</span></a></span></u></span><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">For the Vice-Chair the method used will be Scottish STV<span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_5372607110527242940MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563c1"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.opavote.com_methods_single-2Dtransferable-2Dvote-23scottish-2Dstv&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=IGWoBlY2p5rsvD4wDcgjyeVcxUQK75Nt9PTZi72Jfz0&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72">https://www.opavote.com/methods/single-transferable-vote#scottish-stv [opavote.com]</span></a></span></u></span><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">These voting methods allow voters to rank their choices. <span class="m_5372607110527242940apple-converted-space"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Don Hollander<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Secretary General – UASG<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Skype: Don_Hollander<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>