<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;" class="">Hi folks<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It’s that time of the year, and we need to get this booted up quickly and announced to the members list so people can start thinking about nominations etc. It is a major hassle and time suck for volunteers to coordinate this and Maryam’s just started and will only be able to do so much, so your help in moving things along would be greatly appreciated. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The first order of business is to decide the calendar ASAP and get an announcement out. In 2012 the cycle commenced 15 October and concluded 30 November, but last year the scheduling of the annual meeting Buenos Aires made us push it back to 6 November - 17 December, with results announced the 18th. This year’s annual in LA was also a bit ill-timed in terms of trying to do an October boot-up, hence we need to scurry a bit now.</div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The standard deal is 3 two week chunks, easiest done Monday-Sunday, so I suggest the following:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">November 3 - 16: Nominations submitted to ncuc-discuss </div><div class="">November 17 - 30: Candidates submit statements to ncuc-discuss </div><div class="">December 1 − 14: Election period </div><div class="">December 15: Results announced</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I can’t really imagine another timeline to do this and the antique bylaws just dump the process in the chair’s lap (to the extent that they say anything at all about the election’s conduct), but please let me know ASAP if you have any concerns, otherwise I'll send an announcement to the members’ list tomorrow. We really should allow a week before the nomination start.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The biggest hassles here involve determining voter eligibility, making sure everyone gets ballots, and related mechanical stuff. I propose to deal with those on the e-team list, since Maryam and other folks most likely to be involved in helping are subscribed there. Anyone who’s not subscribed and would like to pitch in is heartily encouraged to join <a href="http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/e-team" class="">http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/e-team</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks much,</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
***********************************************<br class="">William J. Drake<br class="">International Fellow & Lecturer<br class=""> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br class=""> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br class="">Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, <br class=""> ICANN, <a href="http://www.ncuc.org" class="">www.ncuc.org</a><br class=""><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> (direct), <a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" class="">wjdrake@gmail.com</a> (lists),<br class=""> <a href="http://www.williamdrake.org" class="">www.williamdrake.org</a><br class="">***********************************************
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