[council] Election of GNSO Council chair

[Ross Rader]

It sounds like the bylaws need an update to accommodate this very 
practical situation as it does for the terms of councilors. Perhaps we 
can pick this up in the review process somehow...

Michael D. Palage wrote:
> Hello All:
> 
> As someone that serves on the ICANN Board Meetings Committee, it is
> difficult to peg the exact date of the ICANN annual meeting. In Tunisia
> and Shanghai it was the end of Oct. Last year and this year it was the
> beginning of December. If I may make a suggestion, the only real safe
> bet is to have the term start in January.
> 
> I hope this helps not only with this year's election process, but also
> future election processes.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Michael D. Palage
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org]
> On Behalf Of Marilyn Cade
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:27 PM
> To: 'Bruce Tonkin'; council at gnso.icann.org
> Subject: RE: [council] Election of GNSO Council chair
> 
> 
> I support making an interim determination of chair, and nominate Bruce
> Tonkin for the interim chair for the period of 18 Nov - 18 Dec. 
> 
> I further propose that Council make the necessary modification to align
> elections with the AGM. It would be helpful if staff might offer us a
> draft resolution with that language for such a change. I think though,
> that the language is "elect a chair for a 12 month period" for that
> document. 
> 
> I then offer a proposal that we announce when the nomination process
> would be open for the nomination of chair for the one year term. 
> 
> Marilyn
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org]
> On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:54 AM
> To: council at gnso.icann.org
> Subject: [council] Election of GNSO Council chair
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> The current term of the GNSO Council chair expires on 18 November 2005.
> 
> Given that new Council members take up their appointments after the
> annual general meeting each year, it would seem to me to make more sense
> to elect the GNSO Council chair after each AGM.
> 
> I recommend the Council consider appointing a person as GNSO Council
> chair for a 1 month term: 
>  18 Nov 2005 to 18 Dec 2005, 
> and then after the AGM, the Council appoints a person for a 12 month
> term.
> 
> This will then hopefully better align terms of the GNSO Council chair
> with the cycle of elections to the GNSO Council and the cycle of ICANN
> AGMs.
> 
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
> 
>