[UA-discuss] Request for feedback: Election Process and a Timeline

[Yisrael Memshelet]

Hello



Shaked has a great idea, and I support each and every one of his
suggestions for the UASG charter.



Best Wishes

Yisrael

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 1:28 PM Shaked Ayelet via UA-discuss <
ua-discuss at icann.org> wrote:

> Dear All
>
> It is time for all of  us  to ask the UASG leadership to review the
> organization's charter because we have already lost a great number of
> qualified individuals who helped build UASG in the past, including Ram
> Mohan, DON, Dennis, Edmon Chung, Richard Merdinger, Mark Svancarek, and
> Dusan Stojicevic.
>
> Sad part is that due to the restrictions of the current charter, many of
> these persons who were the UASG’s strong pillars are no longer involved or
> active in the UASG group.
>
> As per me the current charter has a lot of problems which i am
> highlighting as below:
>
> *Number of people in leadership*: Present: One Chair and two to three
> Vice-Chairs. Purposed: The minimum current requirements of UASG leadership
> is One chair and at least Three Vice chairs should be always in position.
>
> *Term*: Present: Two-year terms with the possibility of one reappointment
> so Chairs and Vice-Chairs serve for a period of no less than two years and
> no more than four. Purposed: This should have been in line to ICANN Board
> charter at least three-year term for maximum 3 consecutive times.
>
> *Candidates*: The restriction that no more than one applicant from the
> same company may be a member of the UASG Admin Team should also be
> eliminated because it was not included in either the original charter of
> the UASG or the charter of ICANN. This restriction deters qualified
> individuals from applying and nominating themselves, particularly from
> major corporations like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, verisign,
> Afilias etc. Let the community determine whether or not they want more
> members of the same groups on the admin team when candidates are chosen
> through community vote. Nevertheless, in the interest of diversity if
> required we can have policy that No more than one candidate from the same
> company may run for the same seat/position i.e. Not more than one person
> should participate in election for chair and Not more than one person
> should participate in election for Vice chair from the same organization.
>
> *Involvement of All previous UASG leadership/admin team*: To keep them
> engaged and continue supporting the continuing work of UASG, a dedicated
> working group of all former veterans who were members of the leadership and
> administrative team should be established.
>
> All are urged to evaluate the current charter and the UASG election
> procedure, and support the present UASG leadership to consider implementing
> the following proposals as essential changes to the current charter in
> response to UA community suggestions before moving ahead for new elections.
>
> Thanks.
> Shaked Ayelet
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 12:58 PM Seda Akbulut via UA-discuss <
> ua-discuss at icann.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear UASG members,
>>
>>
>>
>> UASG Leadership has developed a generic Election Process and a Timeline
>> that can be used for future UASG Leadership elections.
>>
>> The Draft Election Process and the Timeline are now published at
>> https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UASG-Election-Process-Draft.pdf,
>> that is also accessible from https://uasg.tech/.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kindly review the election process and the timeline, and provide your
>> feedback through the webform https://forms.gle/9aD2hFZxqrYcnHUc7 *by 30
>> October 2022.*
>>
>>
>>
>> After 30 October, UASG leadership team will take into account the input
>> received and finalize the UASG Election Process and Timeline. The final process
>> will then be published at https://uasg.tech/.
>>
>>
>>
>> We look forward to your feedback.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Seda Akbulut
>>
>> (on behalf of UASG Leadership team)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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