[ncdnhc-discuss] Fwd: [announce] CORRECTIONS/Call for nomiationsto elect an ICANN Board Director
Erick Iriarte Ahon
faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe
Fri Aug 9 18:15:32 CEST 2002
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>Subject: [announce] CORRECTIONS/Call for nomiationsto elect an ICANN Board
>Director
>Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:35:43 +0200
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>[ To: council at dnso.org ]
>[ To: announce at dnso.org, ga at dnso.org ]
>[ To: liaison7c at dnso.org
>[ Please forward this announcement to the Constituency mailling lists
> in order to reach all DNSO General Assembly members.]
>
>
>09 August 2002
>
>Dear DNSO Members,
>
>The Names Council is pleased to announce a call for nominations
>to elect an ICANN Board Director by the DNSO.
>
>In our effort to reach as many interested parties as possible
>we may unavoidably send you more than one copy. Please accept our
>apologies for this.
>
>The process to elect an ICANN Board Director is comprised of two parts:
> 1. Nomination and endorsements of candidates to the ICANN Board
> position by the General Assembly of the DNSO
> 2. Vote by the Names Council to select the ICANN Board Director
>
>The first part lasts 6 weeks:
> a. 3 weeks for nominations (and acceptances),
> Friday 09 August to Friday 30 August 2002
> b. 3 weeks for endorsements
> Friday 30 August to Friday 20 September 2002
>
>The second part lasts for a few days.
>
>Please watch the deadlines carefully, the reference time is given in UTC
>(Universal Coordinated Time), for all other places see
>http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
>
>Summary:
>
>During the next weeks the DNSO will select its ICANN Board Director
>in replacement of Alejandro Pisanty, whose term expires on 30 September
>2002.
>
>The new elected Director will serve for a 3 year term.
>
>With regard to geographic diversity rules, the candidates for
>election in 2002 shall be citizens from any of 3 regions:
>Africa, Asia-Pacific or Latin America/Caribbean
>The ICANN Board Director election by the DNSO is described in the
>attached main document (and its annexes), which are posted on the website:
> 1. Main document: Description of the election process in 2002
> http://www.dnso.org/elections/2002.DNSO-ICANN-election.html
> 2. Procedure for nominations, acceptances and endorsements by the GA,
> and calendar for 2002:
> http://www.dnso.org/elections/2002.DNSO-ICANN-nomination-proc.html
> 3. A list of nominations, acceptances and their endorsements
> will be updated daily at:
> http://www.dnso.org/elections/2002.DNSO-ICANN-nominees.html
> 4. The NC voting procedure:
> http://www.dnso.org/elections/2002.DNSO-ICANN-voting-proc.html
>
>The Names Council and the Secretariat are grateful to the GA Watchdog
>Committee, which in 2002 includes Roberto Gaetano, Harald Alvestrand,
>Kent Crispin, Dany Vandromme, Alexander Svensson and Izumi Aizu.
>The GA Watchdog Committee will police the nomination and endorsement
>processes to help detect and cure any instances of fraudulent activity
>in connection with the nomination and endorsement processes.
>
>DNSO Secretariat
>
>
>[ cf. http://www.dnso.org/elections/2002.DNSO-ICANN-election.html ]
>
>
> ICANN/DNSO
>
> DNSO election of ICANN Board member in 2002
>
> ICANN Bylaws
>
> ICANN's Bylaws stipulate that once a year the DNSO elects its member of
> the ICANN Board and set forth some additional conditions related to
> eligibility and geographic diversity.
>
> ARTICLE V, Section 9 (b) and (c)
>
> (b) Prior to October 1 of each year beginning in the year
> 2002, each Supporting Organization entitled to select a
> Director (other than an Original Director selected by the
> Supporting Organization under Section 2 of this Article)
> shall (i) make its selection according to the procedures
> specified by Article VI (including Articles VI-A, VI-B, and
> VI-C), and (ii) give the Board and the Secretary of the
> Corporation at least fifteen days written notice of that
> selection.
>
> (c) The regular term of office of a Director shall be three
> (3) years, [...]
>
> ARTICLE VI, Section 4
>
> No person shall serve simultaneously as (i) a member of any
> Supporting Organization Council or other body that is
> directly responsible for the selection of Directors by that
> Supporting Organization and (ii) a Director or a member of
> any other Supporting Organization Council. If a member of any
> such Supporting Organization Council or such other body
> accepts a nomination to be considered to serve on the Board,
> such member shall not, following such acceptance, participate
> in any discussion of, or vote by, such Supporting
> Organization Council or other body relating to the selection
> of Directors by such Council or other body.
>
> ARTICLE VI-B, Section 2 (e)
>
> (e) The NC shall forward to the Board, from among those
> persons nominated by the GA, its selection(s) for the
> Director(s) to fill any open Board position(s) reserved for
> the DNSO. Any such selection(s) must have the affirmative
> votes of at least one-half (1/2) of all the members of the
> NC. At any given time, no two Directors serving on the Board
> selected by the NC shall be citizens of the same country or
> of countries located in the same Geographic Region.
>
> Geographic diversity rule applied to year 2002 election
>
> The current ICANN Board comprises three Directors elected by the DNSO:
> 1. Alejandro Pisanty (Mexico; Latin America/Caribbean Islands region)
> (three year term, expires 2002)
> 2. Jonathan Cohen (Canada; North America region) (three years term,
> expires 2003)
> 3. Amadeu Abril I Abril (Spain; Europe region) (three year term,
> expires 2004)
>
> The tenure of Alejandro Pisanty from Latin America/Caribbean region
> ends on 30 September 2002. With regard to geographic diversity rules,
> the candidates for election in 2002 shall be citizens from any of 3
> regions:
>
> - Africa region
> - Asia and Pacific region
> - Latin America/Caribbean
>
> Procedures for nomination of candidates to the ICANN Board position by
> the General Assembly of the DNSO and a timetable
>
> On 1 August 2002 the NC has resolved that the next ICANN Board director
> election will take place in August/September 2002.
>
> 11. DNSO Board election.
> Alejandro Pisanty's tenure ends in September. The NC is urged
> to propose candidates for the election which will take place in
> September with a view to the new member being in place for
>October.
> The Secretariat will make the formal call.
>
> The Names Council has resolved to use the same procedures for
> nomination, acceptance of nomination and endorsement as the ones used
> last year.
>
> The Secretariat has determined the following calendar for nominations:
> 1. Candidates for year 2002 election may be nominated between the 9
> August and 30 August 2002 (3 weeks).
> 2. Any nominee can express his/her acceptance or declination from the
> time he is nominated, until 3 hours after closing the nomination
> period.
> 3. In order to be considered for the ICANN Board selection a nominee
> must have the support of, at least, 10 members of the General
> Assembly of the DNSO. The endorsement will be received between the
> 30 August and 20 September 2002 (3 weeks).
>
> The detailed nomination procedures adapted for the ICANN Board election
> in 2002 are in
> http://www.dnso.org/elections/2002.DNSO-ICANN-nomination-proc.html .
>
> A list of nominations, acceptances and their endorsements will be
> permanently updated in
> http://www.dnso.org/elections/2002.DNSO-ICANN-nominees.html.
>
> Procedures for vote to be used by the Names Council to select the ICANN
> Board Director and a timetable
>
> The Names Council has resolved to use a Convention-Style voting
> procedure to select the ICANN Board Director.
>
> The Names Council vote will take place between 20 September and 27
> September 2002, by e-mail and during a series of NC teleconferences.
>
> It is expected that the results will be announced no later than 28
> September 2002. The written notification of the selection result will
> be sent to the ICANN Board and published on the DNSO web site on the
> same date.
>
> The Convention-Style procedure for the ICANN Board election in 2002 is
> in http://www.dnso.org/elections/2002.DNSO-ICANN-voting-proc.html.
>
> Full record of votes
>
> During the Names Council electronic vote between 20 September and 27
> September 2002 the public archiving of the council at dnso.org list will
> be temporarily stopped.
>
> The full record of votes (who voted for whom) will be discosed at the
> end of selection process, after the acceptance of the results by the
> ICANN Board. The council at dnso.org list will be reopened at the same
>time.
>
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