[council] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for GNSO Council Chair 22 Nov - 6 Dec 2007

[Norbert Klein]

In response to the notification below, I would like to nominate Avri 
Doria as a candidate to be elected as Chair for the GNSO Council.


Norbert Klein

=

GNSO.SECRETARIAT at GNSO.ICANN.ORG wrote:
>
> [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org]
>
> Dear Council Members,
>
> Pursuant to the ICANN bylaws
> http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#X-3.7
> Section 3.7 The GNSO Council shall select the GNSO Chair, for a term
> the GNSO Council specifies but not longer than one year, by written
> ballot or by action at a meeting. Any such selection must have
> affirmative votes comprising a majority of the votes of all the members
> of the GNSO Council.
>
> A. CALL for NOMINATIONS
> Thursday, 22 November 2007 to Thursday 6 December 2007 at 23:00 UTC.
>
> A formal nomination period, for the election of GNSO Council chair for
> the period 1 February 2008 until the end of the ICANN Annual General
> Meeting in 2008 is now open for two weeks from Thursday, 22 November
> 2007 to Thursday 6 December 2007 ending at 23:00 UTC.
>
> All nominations should be accepted and seconded within this period. Only
> GNSO Council members are eligible to make nominations and second
> nominations.
>
> Please send all nominations and seconds to:
> gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
>
> Nominations and seconds will be acknowledged and posted to the council 
> list.
>
> B. PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE  VOTING
>
> The voting period will be open from Thursday, 13 December 2007 at 15:00
> UTC to Monday, 7 January 2008 at 15:00 UTC.
>
> C. VOTING PROCEDURE
>
> The voting will be by electronic ballot and the candidate receiving the
> majority of the votes will be elected as the chair.
>
> There will be a total of 27 votes cast. The winning candidate must
> receive at least 14 affirmative votes.
>
> In case of a tie, there will be a second round of voting.
>
> The rules governing the process are located at
> http://www.gnso.icann.org/council/names-proceduresv7.shtml , Section 13.
>
> D. GNSO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:
>
> 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.
>
> E. VOTING
>
> Voting will take place by secret e-mail ballot.
>
> 1. Ballots will be sent out individually to each GNSO Council members'
> e-mail address.
>
> 2. The ballots will come from tally[at]icann.org, so please check your
> spam filter.
>
> 3. Ballots should be filled out and returned to the e-mail address
> stated in the ballot. They should not be copied to any e-mail list.
>
> 4. At the scheduled time, the Secretariat will announce the results of
> the vote by sending a message to the <council at xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> mailing
> list. This announcement will include:
>
> a. The number of votes received by each candidate;
> b. The names of the GNSO Council members from whom ballots were
> received; and
> c. The confidential code number of each ballot and the candidate for
> whom it was voted.
>
> Item 4(c) will allow each GNSO Council member to double-check that his
> or her ballot was properly understood, but will not allow others to
> determine how the member voted.
>
> 5. In exceptional cases where a GNSO Council member has no Internet
> access during the voting period, a voice vote may be registered with the
> GNSO Secretariat personally during the voting period, before the vote is
> closed.
>
> F. DISCLOSURE OF THE VOTING
>
> The Secretariat will announce the outcome of the voting at the close of
> the voting period.
>
> The GNSO Council will confirm the results of the voting at the scheduled
> Council meeting on 17 January 2008.
>
> 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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