[ncdnhc-discuss] CIRA press release on election

[James Love]

I agree with Kent.  600 from Canada is too low.  I was pleased to see
Michael Geist elected, he would be a great board member for ICANN too. 
But Kent's point is well taken.
Earlier I asked Kent how he would select the board, and I was pointed to a
paper that had a two stage election...   That doesn't seem to be resolve
the turn out issue either.
Jamie


> On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 11:21:51AM -0400, James Love wrote:
>> Apparently the CIRA's BOD appointed nominating committee proposed six
>> candidates and two additional candidates were nominated by the
>> members. Only three will be elected.  I expect there will be some
>> publicity over this when the elections are finished on Thursday.
>> Jamie
>
> 600 out of 140000 members voted, or less than half of one percent, down
> from 3% the previous year.
>
> http://cira.ca/news-releases/75.html:
>
>   June 19, 2002
>
>   Elected Board to Manage Canadian Internet Name Space CIRA announces
>   results of 2002 Board of Directors Election.
>
>   Ottawa, June 19, 2002 - The Canadian Internet Registration Authority
>   (CIRA) announced today the results of its Board of Directors
>   election.  The online election took place from June 7 to June 13,
>   2002 through www.cira.ca.  where members were eligible to vote for up
>   to three candidates.
>
>   Over 600 CIRA members participated in the election.  CIRA wishes to
>   thank all eight candidates who took part in the election.  The three
>   candidates garnering the most votes (listed below in order of votes
>   received) are elected to the CIRA Board of Directors for three-year
>   terms:
>
>
>   Candidate Name and Affiliation                    Votes
>
>   Denis Tanguay, P.  Eng.  President,
>   Digital Internet Gaming Services Ltd.             468 (elected)
>
>   Mark Jeftovic,
>   President, easyDNS Technologies Inc.              427 (elected)
>
>   Michael Geist, Law Professor
>   (University of Ottawa) and Director of
>   E-Commerce Law of Goodmans LLP                    418 (elected)
>
>   Ian MacEachern, Executive Director,
>   National Capital FreeNet                          400
>
>   Richard M. Anderson, President,
>   ASCI Anderson Strategic Consulting                333
>
>   Eleanor Jang, VP Services Delivery, Radiant
>   Communications Corp.                              316
>
>   Danihle Boutet, Partner, Ogilvy Renault           184
>
>   Ramesh Venkat, Ph.D, Principal, W3Strategy.Com     79
>
>
>
>> http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/74.html
>>
>> June 6, 2002
>> Voting for CIRA Board of Directors Elections Begins
>> Tomorrow (Friday, June 7, 2002)
>> Online elections give dot-ca domain name holders opportunity to
>> participate in the governance of Canada's name space.
>>
>> Ottawa, June 6, 2002 - Online polls for the Canadian Internet
>> Registration Authority's (CIRA) second online Board of Directors
>> elections will open tomorrow, June 7, 2002, at 12:00 noon (EDT). All
>> 140,000 CIRA members, who also are dot-ca Internet domain name
>> holders, will be able to begin voting for up to three candidates to
>> fill three seats on the CIRA Board of Directors by visiting CIRA's web
>> site at www.cira.ca.
>>
>> "This election is important to Canada because it gives dot-ca domain
>> name holders, who are CIRA members, a direct say in the governance of
>> Canada's Internet domain by selecting its Board members," said
>> Professor David G. Macneil of the University of New Brunswick's
>> Faculty of Computer Science, CIRA's Returning Officer.
>>
>> The CIRA election process started in February with the appointment of
>> a Nomination Committee. Members, candidates, and the general public
>> also participated in an online Question and Answer Forum addressing
>> dot-ca governance issues. Questions and answers posted on the Forum
>> are available at www.cira.ca/bb2002/index.html. The voting period
>> starting today is the final stage of the election process.
>>
>> A total of eight candidates will be listed on the CIRA online ballot.
>> The CIRA Nominations Committee, appointed by the CIRA Board, nominated
>> six candidates. CIRA members nominated two candidates through an
>> online nominations process. Candidates' names and election statements
>> are available through www.cira.ca/en/elections-2002.html. The three
>> candidates garnering the most votes will serve three-year terms on the
>> CIRA Board.
>>
>> Each CIRA member will require a CIRA user account number and password
>> to vote. Members who have misplaced their user account number and/or
>> password should contact their registrar as soon as possible to obtain
>> a replacement.
>>
>> Online voting begins at 12:00 noon (12:00 EDT) on June 7, 2002 and
>> will close at 8:00 pm (20:00 EDT) on June 13, 2002. Election results
>> will be posted at www.cira.ca by June 20, 2002.
>>
>>
>> About CIRA
>> CIRA is the not-for-profit corporation mandated to operate the dot-ca
>> top-level domain for all Canadians. It is responsible for setting
>> policy and managing the 292,000 dot-ca domain name database as well as
>> registering domain names through its network of certified registrars.
>> Additional information is available at www.cira.ca.
>
>
> --
> Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
> kent at songbird.com                          lonesome."  -- Mark Twain
>
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