[council] Re: Suggested election time lines

Fri Jul 15 17:58:38 UTC 2011

Rosemary,

You will recall that last year I proposed that a mailing list be set up between the SG Chairs and the Council leadership to aid communication.

The Council thought this was not necessary. If I recall, one of the arguments against this idea was that as Councillors are tasked with acting as liaisons to their respective groups anyway, there was no need for an extra channel of communication.

Any reason why this specific issue should be any different? Do you not think that Councillors can simply liaise with their groups and take back our discussions? I know that is what I did with the RrSG leadership...

Thanks,

Stéphane

Le 14 juil. 2011 à 23:46, Rosemary Sinclair a écrit :

> Hi
> 
> should we include SGs Chairs in this discussion eg NCSG Chair is Avri and she will be handling our internal election process
> 
> It might be easier if the SG Chairs are directly included in this discussion
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Rosemary
> ________________________________________
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder [stephane.vangelder at indom.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 7:41 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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <GNSO Council Election Procedures for the GNSO Council Chair to be seated in Dakar in October 2011.doc>
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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