[ncdnhc-discuss] Things to consider when voting for Adcom/Names Council

[Erick Iriarte]

Only one thing!

At 12:17 a.m. 2/12/2002 -0500, Milton Mueller wrote:
>Without endorsing specific candidates,
>let me put these facts before you as someone who
>has done this for more than a year:
>
>1. Will the person you are voting for actually
>participate?
>
>Adcom members must hold teleconferences at least
>four or five times a year. They need to communicate
>almost daily with other Adcom members. It is
>extremely harmful to the progress of the constituency
>to have Adcom members who do not respond to emails
>regarding constituency business. Also, it is not
>enough to wait for OTHER Adcom members to call
>meetings and initiate actions - each representative
>must be willing and able to take responsibility
>themselves.
>
>Names Council members - the top 3 vote getters
>from different regions - have an even more demanding
>task. They must participate in monthly NC
>teleconferences that take 2 hours. Usually the calls
>are NOT toll-free. To be prepared for a teleconference,
>the NC representative must have read the messages
>on the NC list and all related Task Force lists,
>as well as the General Assembly summary. They must
>also coordinate their votes and policies with other
>NCDNHC Names Council members.

Good!


>2. Can the candidate attend ICANN meetings?
>
>Few of us can attend all ICANN meetings, but an
>effective Adcom representative should be able to
>attend two of the four and a Names Council member
>should be able to attend at least three of the four.
>The Salzburg Seminar can usually cover travel and
>lodging expenses, but the time commitment is your own.

This is good, because with this anybody can participate in the ICANN 
meetings, Is important that anybody can be elected, and the system support 
the popular election, and the money don't be the limit for have a 
geographical diversity and differents point of view.

  Erick Iriarte






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