[council] GNSO Council Chair proposed election schedules

[Gomes, Chuck]

I think option B is the better way to go although it does end up being very close to the time when Bruce will leave for the Board.

Chuck Gomes
 
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> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org 
> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of 
> GNSO.SECRETARIAT at GNSO.ICANN.ORG
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 11:06 AM
> To: council at gnso.icann.org
> Subject: [council] GNSO Council Chair proposed election schedules
> 
> [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org]
> 
> Dear Councillors,
> 
> The process followed in the past for the election of the GNSO 
> Council Chair has been a call for nominations open for a 
> period of two weeks.
> 
> All nominations should be seconded by the end of this period, 
> and only GNSO Council members are eligible to make 
> nominations and second them.
> 
> The voting period is usually open for 14 days.
> Voting will take place by secret e-mail ballot. Ballots will 
> be sent out individually to each GNSO Council members' e-mail 
> address. The same procedure that has taken place for the 
> ICANN Board seat #13 elections.
> 
> There will be a total of 27 votes cast and a majority is 14 or more.
> In case of a tie, there will be a second round of voting.
> 
> When the e-mail vote is closed, the results will be announced 
> for each council member to check that her/his vote was 
> correctly registered and the results of the e-mail vote will 
> be confirmed at a GNSO Council meeting.
> 
> All GNSO Council members are eligible to vote, that is, 3 
> representatives from each constituency, Registrars, gTLD 
> registries, Commercial and Business Users (CBUC), Non 
> Commercial Users (NCUC), Intellectual Property (IPC), and 
> Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) 
> and the 3 Nominating Committee appointees. Liaisons from the 
> ALAC and the GAC do not vote.
> 
> There are two options for a proposed election schedule.
> (Option A is the quickest but gives only 1 working day for 
> pre-election discussion before nominations are due. Option B 
> allows for  9 working days discussion which may be better).
> 
> A. Call for nominations: Tuesday 17 April to Tuesday 1 May 2007
>     Voting period: Monday 7 May to Monday 21 May 2007.
>     Announce the results 22 May 2007
> Confirm the vote at the scheduled GNSO Council meeting on 24 May 2007
> 
> B. Call for nominations: Friday 27 April to Friday 11 May 2007
>     Voting period: Wednesday 16 to Wednesday 30 May
>     Announce the results 31 May 2007
> Confirm results at scheduled GNSO Council meeting on 7 June 2007.
> 
> Please let me have your comments.
> 
> Thank you.
> kind regards,
> 
> Glen
> 
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
> gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
> 
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