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

Wed Oct 12 08:36:12 UTC 2022

Hello Raymond

These were excellent suggestions from Shaked, and I don't see any problems
with any of them as the UASG community would choose whoever wins the
election, so there is no reason to exclude anyone from running. According
to my own opinion, there shouldn't be any restrictions on who may run for
the position in the community.

We already have a reduced time span from three to two years, so why do we
only have constraints of two if ICANN permits three consecutive terms?

I believe it is in the best interests of the UA community and UASG to put
the great ideas offered by shaked into action and remove the obstacles.

Best Wishes

Yisrael

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 1:43 PM Raymond Mamattah via UA-discuss <
ua-discuss at icann.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Great suggestion from Shaked, but I will disagree with the point to allow
> more than one person from an organization to take leadership role.
>
> If this is allowed it's possible these people could influence decisions to
> favour such an entity. In the interest of diversity I suggest we stick to
> the No more than one person from the same entity. This is done in some
> other ICANN constituencies as well.
>
> I also suggest we stick to the two years term for no more than two terms.
> Because to change it to a three year term for possible reelection for three
> times means the leadership could be in place for a whole nine (9) years.
> This is not laudable.
>
> I however support the idea of bringing in the great knowledge of the past
> executives and the pioneers. Maybe they could form an advisory role.
>
> Regards,
>
> Raymond Mamattah
> Accra, Ghana
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 7:58 AM 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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