[registrars] RC Nominations

Thu May 17 19:31:42 UTC 2007

Dear all,

As Jon wrote in his email, I have sent my COI yesterday, a few hours
after accepting the nominations. Yet I was on the road, and used my
laptop. I found out this morning that the email was not received by the
RC mailing list due to a malfunction (probably a VPN connection
problem). I hope this technical problem will not be counted as a reason
to cancel my nomination. I believe I have a lot to offer as the
representative of the RC to the GNSO council, and I hope to get the
chance to being elected by the RC members. 

All the best,

Yoav

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From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Nevett, Jonathon
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 9:58 PM
To: registrars at gnso.icann.org
Subject: FW: [registrars] RC Nominations

All:

Here's where we stand with the election.  If you have any input, please
provide it to Tim right away.  He will have to decide which option to
take as he is the only Ex-Com member not impacted as a candidate.

Per Cristin's announcement, the deadline for nominations expired last
night.  Per our rules, candidates have until the later of the close of
the nomination period or two days from their nomination to post their
conflict of interest statements.  

As of today, the following nominations are "official"

Chair - Jon Nevett

Vice Chair - Rob Hall (his COI statement was posted within two days of
his nomination)

Treasurer - Margie Milam

Secretary - 

GNSO Rep - Adrian Kinderis

Jay Westerdal was nominated for Secretary; he seconded himself (which
appears to be permitted); and filed a COI statement all within 5 hours
after the close of the nomination period.

Bob Connelly was nominated, seconded, and accepted the nomination within
the nomination period.  His COI statement, however, was posted about 8
hours after the close of the nomination period.  

Yoav Keren was nominated, seconded, and accepted the nomination within
the nomination period.  His COI statement, however, was posted about 4.5
hours after the close of the nomination period.  He sent a note to me
this morning explaining that he sent the COI to the list yesterday, but
for some reason it was not received on the list. 

I looked back in the archives and saw that last year the Secretary sent
out a reminder two days before the close of the nomination period and
that the Ex-com extended the nomination period after it closed.  No
reminder was sent to the list this year.

As I see it, the three viable options are:

1)       We re-open the nomination period for a short time period for
all positions.

2)       We re-open the nomination period only for Secretary as we have
no "official" candidates.  For all other positions, nominations would be
closed as of last night as stated in the notice.  We would then proceed
with the election with only the "official" candidates for all positions
other than Secretary.  Yoav would not be on the ballot.  Members who
prefer Yoav or any other candidate to the ones on the ballot may abstain
on the ballot and if the candidate on the ballot receives less than 50%
of the vote, then there would be a new election for that position.  (I
don't think that we have the capability to accept write-in ballots, but
I could check on that as well).

3)       We re-open the nomination period only for Secretary as we have
no "official" candidates and include Yoav on the ballot for the GNSO
seat due to his technical glitch.

Thanks.

Jon

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From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Kinderis
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 7:58 AM
To: Tim Ruiz; Registrars Constituency
Subject: RE: [registrars] RC Nominations

All,

As per Cristin's previous email (pasted below) it seems the nomination
period closed at 11.59pm PDT on Wednesday, May 16 (17 hours ago..?).

Can someone (potentially from the Ex Com.) confirm this please?

Thanks.

Adrian Kinderis
Chief Executive Officer

AusRegistry International Pty Ltd
Level 8, 10 Queens Road
Melbourne. Victoria Australia. 3004
Ph: +61 3 9866 3710
Fax: +61 3 9866 1970
Email: adrian at ausregistry.com <mailto:adrian at ausregistry.com> 
Web: www.ausregistryinternational.com
<http://www.ausregistryinternational.com/> 

Dear Registrars:

A. NOMINATIONS

Nominations are now open for the election of Registrar Constituency
Chair,
Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, as well as a partial term replacement
for
Bruce Tonkin on the GNSO Council.  The terms of the Executive Committee
positions will run June 1, 2007 to May 30, 2008.  The term of the
replacement GNSO Council seat will run from June 1, 2007 to the
conclusion
of the 2007 Annual Meeting in October 2007 per the ICANN Bylaws.  The
nomination period will be open from today until 11:59 pm/23:59 PDT on
Wednesday, May 16. 

All nominations must be seconded by at least one member in order to
proceed.
Candidates must provide a conflict of interest statement by the end of
the
close of the nomination period (or within two days after the actual
nomination).  Anyone affiliated with a Registrar Constituency Member is
eligible to make nominations or second nominations.  Anyone affiliated
with
a Registrar Constituency Member is eligible to hold any of the
positions,
but individuals who are citizens of North America or Europe are NOT
eligible
to sit for the replacement GNSO Council seat. 

Please send all nominations and seconds to the list at
registrars at gnso.icann.org.

B. VOTING PROCEDURE

The voting period will be open for 8 days, starting Tuesday, May 22,
2007
and closing on Wednesday, May 30, 2007.

Voting will take place by e-mail ballot sent out individually to each
Voting
Member's e-mail address.  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. 

The results will be announced on this list.

Thanks.

Cristin Donohue
Registrar Constituency Secretariat

From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz
Sent: Thursday, 17 May 2007 3:29 PM
To: Registrars Constituency
Subject: [registrars] RC Nominations

I second the nomination of Bob Connelly, and also nominate Jay Westerdal
for Secretary. Both have filled this position and performed in the best
interests of the RC. I believe either would be an excellent choice.

Tim Ruiz
The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

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