AW: [council] Re: Suggested election time lines
Tim Ruiz
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Fri Jul 15 13:11:21 UTC 2011
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Tim
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: AW: [council] Re: Suggested election time lines
> From: KnobenW at telekom.de
> Date: Fri, July 15, 2011 1:46 am
> To: <Mary.Wong at law.unh.edu>
> Cc: <council at gnso.icann.org>
>
>
> I understand the issues raised by the NCSG.
> However I'm opposed to postpone council chair elections. I'm also not a
> friend of mixing up competencies of different institutions (SG/constituency and
> council). My proposal (for this time) covered by the rules and
> bylaws:
>
> - take option 1 of Stéphane's paper: this allows for 3
> weeks more time of candidate nomination than option 2
> - in case new councillors
> can't be seated in time let the incumbents vote
>
> This discussion arises only from the requirement that new
> council members should be given a chance to vote and the time constraints
> between chair election and new council seating. To my knowledge it was not
> covered during the bylaws and rules of procedure review. It could be an agenda
> item for the SCI to find a viable solution for the future - if the council so
> wishes.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
> Wolf-Ulrich
>
>
>
> Von: owner-council at gnso.icann.org
> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] Im Auftrag von
> Mary.Wong at law.unh.edu
> Gesendet: Freitag, 15. Juli 2011
> 01:12
> Cc: Council GNSO
> Betreff: RE: [council] Re:
> Suggested election time lines
>
>
>
> Hello - I can try to explain some of the issues. NCSG intends fully to
> comply with and meet all the mandated deadlines; however, the Council should
> know that we are probably laboring under greater pressure than most of the
> other groups. This is because the new NCSG Charter was just approved by the
> Board in Singapore, and we've also had a large number of new members (both
> directly into the SG and through the newly-approved Not for Profit Operational
> Concerns (NPOC) Constituency). We will also have to elect (or re-elect, as may
> happen) 4 Councilors, including transitioning from having 3 Board appointed
> Councilors to all Councilors being elected by the SG (i.e. under the approved
> Charter, elections for Council seats are SG-wide, not via Constituencies),
> which can happen only procedurally after the new Charter is formally approved
> and accepted by the SG membership.
> Mind you, I'm not making an early excuse for delay - like I said, we
> (especially our SG Chair and Executive Committee) are working hard to make
> sure not only that all relevant time lines are met, but that the elections are
> sufficiently well-publicized so that we will have good candidates coming
> forward (from various geographical regions, as mandated by our Charter) and
> that all SG members (especially the newer ones) know about the elections and
> can participate fully.
> Hopefully this explains some of the concerns that have been raised and
> gives the Council a sense of what we are having to do within NCSG.
>
> Cheers
> Mary
>
>
>
> Mary W S Wong
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> From:
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>
> Adrian Kinderis
> <adrian at ausregistry.com.au>
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> To:
>
>
> Stéphane Van
> Gelder<stephane.vangelder at indom.com>, "Neuman, Jeff"
> <Jeff.Neuman at neustar.us>
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> CC:
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> Wendy Seltzer
> <wendy at seltzer.com>, Council GNSO
> <council at gnso.icann.org>
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> Date:
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> 7/14/2011 5:59 PM
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> Subject:
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> RE: [council] Re:
> Suggested election time lines
>
>
> I agree with Jeff and
> SVG.
>
> How typical of our GNSO/ ICANN psyche that we instantly look
> to move a deadline rather than address the issue of
> tardiness...
>
> Adrian Kinderis
>
>
> -----Original
> Message-----
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org
> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van
> Gelder
> Sent: Friday, 15 July 2011 7:42 AM
> To: Neuman, Jeff
> Cc:
> Wendy Seltzer; Council GNSO
> Subject: Re: [council] Re: Suggested
> election time lines
>
>
> Agree with Jeff that extending is not an
> option. If SGs find they cannot elect their new reps in time for Dakar,
> then they should look to extend the terms of their own Councillors so as
> not to impact the bylaw-mandated leadership election
> timeline.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stéphane
>
> Envoyé de mon
> iPhone4
>
> Le 14 juil. 2011 à 21:09, "Neuman, Jeff"
> <Jeff.Neuman at neustar.us> a écrit :
>
> > The election
> timelines are set forth in the Bylaws. Given that we still have 3
> months until the annual meeting, shouldn't that be enough time to get
> everything done?
> >
> > Jeffrey J. Neuman
> > Neustar, Inc.
> / Vice President, Law & Policy
> > Please note new
> address: 21575 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling VA
> 20166
> >
> >
> > -----Original
> Message-----
> > From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org
> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Wendy Seltzer
> >
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 3:05 PM
> > To: Stéphane Van
> Gelder
> > Cc: Council GNSO
> > Subject: Re: [council] Re:
> Suggested election time lines
> >
> >
> > NCSG is also
> working on its Council elections.
> >
> > A third option would
> be to postpone our Council elections (and briefly
> > extend the
> terms of current officers) if some SGs need a slightly longer
> >
> window to complete their Councillor elections first.
> >
> >
> --Wendy
> >
> > On 07/14/2011 07:52 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder
> wrote:
> >> Thanks Wendy for your
> comments.
> >>
> >> Yes that is correct, we designed
> option 1 to address the points made at the previous election and allow
> for the new Council to elect its Chair.
> >>
> >> However,
> I think it's worth stressing that for this option to be viable, we need
> to be sure that all SGs that are due to replace Councillors will have
> done so in plenty of time for this vote to take
> place.
> >>
> >> So my message was also a request to you,
> as representatives of your groups, to let the Council leadership and
> secretariat know if your own individual elections would be done in
> time?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>
> Stéphane
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Le 13 juil.
> 2011 à 18:34, Wendy Seltzer a écrit
> :
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for getting the
> conversation started Stéphane,
> >>>
> >>> Does the
> second, electronic, option assume that the voters would be
> the
> >>> old Councillors, since the new ones will not be
> seated until the end of
> >>> the AGM? If so, I would
> strongly support option 1, to give the
> >>> Councillors who
> will be serving under the chair an opportunity to vote
> >>>
> in the Chair's election.
> >>>
> >>>
> --Wendy
> >>>
> >>> On 07/13/2011 12:17 PM, Stéphane
> Van Gelder wrote:
> >>>>
> Councillors,
> >>>>
> >>>> As a follow-up to
> this, please see attached a slightly modified note. The change is just
> to clarify one of the election procedure
> scenarios.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> Stéphane
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> Le 11 juil. 2011 à 17:18, Stéphane Van Gelder a écrit
> :
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> Councillors,
> >>>>> A t
> >>>>> As the
> Dakar meeting looms, one of the items we must cover is the elections of
> the next Council Chair (the VCs are house-specific and therefore do not
> need to be determined
> here).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You will remember
> that last year's elections gave rise to some debate, and that the
> Council felt it would be useful to plan ahead a little more for this
> year.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> To start this
> process along, I have been working with Glen to produce two possible
> scenarios for running the elections. These are attached. My thanks to
> Glen for her hard work on
> this.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As you will see
> from the attached, the options we have looked at are to try and address
> the wish that was expressed by some last year that it be the new Council
> that elect the Chair. There are some scheduling issues to address, and
> if the Council decides to elect its new Chair in Dakar, then we will
> have to work closely with those SGs electing new Councillors to ensure
> that those elections are done in plenty of time to allow for the Chair
> election to happen.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We
> also ask the question, if we have an election in Dakar (rather than the
> 2nd option of an electronic ballot beforehand) of whether the vote
> should be by open or secret
> ballot.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Please let us
> have your comments on these
> proposals.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> Stéphane
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
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