[ncdnhc-discuss] CIRA press release on election
James Love
james.love at cptech.org
Thu Jun 20 21:03:21 CEST 2002
It would be useful to know how many voters there actually were, since some
voters surely did not cast three votes. Jamie
Kent Crispin wrote:
> For the record, the press release now says "over 800" members
> participated. This changed from yesterday when I posted it; the
> material quoted below was a direct cut-and-paste from the CIRA web
> site. More precisely, according to the totals below (which have not
> changed in the latest version of the press release), there were 2625
> votes cast, and each member was allowed 3 votes. 2625/3 = 875, which
> is probably pretty close.
>
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 05:16:31PM -0700, Kent Crispin wrote:
>
>
>>600 out of 140000 members voted, or less than half of one percent, down
>>from 3% the previous year.
>
>
> 875 out of 140000 members is slightly more than half of one percent,
> instead of slightly less than one half of one percent.
>
>
>>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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