<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div style=""><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>ICANN Board Seat 14 - Non Contracted Party House</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">February 16, 2014 at 12:04:58 PM GMT+1<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a href="mailto:elisa.cooper@markmonitor.com">elisa.cooper@markmonitor.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:elisa.cooper@markmonitor.com">elisa.cooper@markmonitor.com</a>>, "Rosette, Kristina" <<a href="mailto:krosette@cov.com">krosette@cov.com</a>>, "tony holmes (<a href="mailto:tonyarholmes@btinternet.com">tonyarholmes@btinternet.com</a>)" <<a href="mailto:tonyarholmes@btinternet.com">tonyarholmes@btinternet.com</a>>, Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>>, William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>>, "marie-laure Lemineur (<a href="mailto:mllemineur@gmail.com">mllemineur@gmail.com</a>)" <<a href="mailto:mllemineur@gmail.com">mllemineur@gmail.com</a>>, "Reed, Daniel A (<a href="mailto:dan-reed@uiowa.edu">dan-reed@uiowa.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:dan-reed@uiowa.edu">dan-reed@uiowa.edu</a>>, "Jen Wolfe (<a href="mailto:jwolfe@wolfedomain.com">jwolfe@wolfedomain.com</a>)" <<a href="mailto:jwolfe@wolfedomain.com">jwolfe@wolfedomain.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com">john@crediblecontext.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com">john@crediblecontext.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gabrielaszlak@gmail.com">gabrielaszlak@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:gabrielaszlak@gmail.com">gabrielaszlak@gmail.com</a>>, "Winterfeldt, Brian J. (<a href="mailto:brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com">brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com</a>)" <<a href="mailto:brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com">brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com</a>>, "Petter Rindforth (<a href="mailto:petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu">petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu</a>) (<a href="mailto:petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu">petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu">petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu</a>>, Mike O'Connor <<a href="mailto:mike@haven2.com">mike@haven2.com</a>>, "Novoa, Osvaldo" <<a href="mailto:onovoa@Antel.com.uy">onovoa@Antel.com.uy</a>>, Avri Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</a>>, "Amr Elsadr (<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a>>, "David Cake (<a href="mailto:dave@difference.com.au">dave@difference.com.au</a>)" <<a href="mailto:dave@difference.com.au">dave@difference.com.au</a>>, "'Magaly Pazello (<a href="mailto:magaly.pazello@gmail.com">magaly.pazello@gmail.com</a>)'" <<a href="mailto:magaly.pazello@gmail.com">magaly.pazello@gmail.com</a>>, Klaus Stoll <<a href="mailto:kdrstoll@gmail.com">kdrstoll@gmail.com</a>>, Maria Farrell <<a href="mailto:maria.farrell@gmail.com">maria.farrell@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>>, Erika Randall <<a href="mailto:erika.randall@icann.org">erika.randall@icann.org</a>>, Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">To : Non-Contracted Party House<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear All,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">ICANN Board Seat 14 is currently held by Bill Graham. His term is set to expire at the 2014 Annual General Meeting, which is scheduled to be held on 16 October 2014 in Los Angeles. According to the ICANN Bylaws, the Non-Contracted Party House shall select a representative to fill Board Seat 14, and must give the ICANN Secretary written notice of its selection at least 6 months before the date of the beginning of the term for the seat. As a result, the Non-Contracted Party House selection for Board Seat 14 must be provided to the ICANN Secretary by no later than April 16, 2014. (Refer to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#VI-8" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">Bylaws Art. VI, Section 8(4)</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#X-3" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">Art. X, Section 3(6)</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Each House is responsible for establishing its own internal procedures for nominations, interviews, voting, and candidate selection; however, those processes must be documented and forwarded to the GNSO Council for inclusion as ANNEXES to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">GNSO Operating Procedures</a>. If a House subsequently elects to alter its procedures, such amendments must be submitted to the GNSO Council before becoming effective so that the procedures accurately reflect the actual processes and activities performed by each House in selecting its candidate. (Refer to Section 2.4 of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Operating Procedures</a>.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Here are some suggestions for a voting schedule. Staff would be happy to help with the elections if the NCPH so wishes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">• Nomination period – nominations to be made by Councilors from the NCPH: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>open Monday 3 March, close Monday, 17 March 2014. Candidates to be announced by staff on Wednesday 19, March 2014. (if the NCPH wants this)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This provides a period, during the ICANN meeting in Singapore to interview and interact with the nominees</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> • First round of voting: open Friday, 28 March, close Thursday, 3 April 2014.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Electronic Ballot which could be sent by the GNSO Secretariat to the Councilors, using the ICANN process which is highly accurate and used for all official votes by the GNSO Council. Any candidate receiving at least 8 votes wins. Results could be tabulated by the GNSO Secretariat and announced Friday, 5 April 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(Since the slate is small (13) this can be managed at a critical time after an ICANN meeting when people go on holiday or back to day jobs)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">• Second round of voting (if needed): open Saturday April 6, close Wednesday, 9 April 2014. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Run-off between the two leading candidates from first round. Either candidate receiving at least 8 votes wins. Results to be announced Thursday, 10 April 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Some considerations :<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> Call for a special Council meeting either on Thursday 10 or Monday 14 April 2014 for the Council to confirm the selection. Ideally, the next Council meeting, 27 February 2014 is the opportunity to make this request.<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>This tight schedule will make it difficult for a third round of voting<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">• Third round of voting (if needed): open Friday, 11 April, close Tuesday, 15 April 2014. This does not leave time for the Council to confirm the vote.<br><br>Run-off between the two leading candidates from first round. Either candidate receiving at least 8 votes wins. Results to be announced Wednesday, 16 April 2014 and transmitted to ICANN Secretary by the GNSO Council chair.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Please let me know if you need any assistance with the elections.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Thank you very much.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Glen</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Glen de Saint Géry</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">GNSO Secretariat</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: windowtext;">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
***********************************************<br>William J. Drake<br>International Fellow & Lecturer<br> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br>Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, <br> ICANN, <a href="http://www.ncuc.org">www.ncuc.org</a><br><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> (direct), <a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com">wjdrake@gmail.com</a> (lists),<br> <a href="http://www.williamdrake.org">www.williamdrake.org</a><br>***********************************************
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