Fwd: [council] Reminder regarding terms of office

[Carlos Afonso]

Hi Milton & all,

I do not plan to continue on the GNSO Council. Hope we can find candidates
from our region.

fraternal rgds

--c.a.

Em Monday 13 September 2004 16:26, Milton Mueller escreveu:
> This message regards the current GNSO Council positions.
> Carlos and Jisuk take heed! Also, if anyone wants to run for
> Council, take heed also!
>
> Our election schedule fits in well with the GNSO Council's
> terms. (Thank God for small favors). If we start the process
> October 1 as planned, we should be able to fill the position
> by Nov. 20 easily.
>
> Note that unless the ICANN Board enacts a new rule,
> there will be only TWO GNSO Council members from NCUC
> instead of 3.
>
> (Thanks for Marc Schneiders for forwarding this)
> --MM
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:43:39 +1000
> From: Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>
> To: council at gnso.icann.org
> Cc: John Jeffrey <jeffrey at icann.org>
> Subject: [council] Reminder regarding terms of office
>
> Hello All,
>
> Just a reminder regarding terms of office.
>
> (1) My term as chair expires on 20 Nov 2004.
>
> From: http://www.gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-20nov03.shtml
>
> Decision 1: Bruce Tonkin is elected GNSO Council chair for one year,
> November 20, 2003 to November 20, 2004.
>
> So we will need to hold an election for GNSO chair.
>
>
> (2) The terms of many of the Council members (2 per constituency)
> expire
> at the end of ICANN's 2004 Annual General Meeting (set for 5 Dec
> 2004).
>
> From: http://www.gnso.icann.org/council/members.shtml
>
>
> NorthA -  Marilyn Cade (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> NorthA  - Ken Stubbs (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> AsiaPac  - Philip Colebrook (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> LatinAC  - Tony Harris (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> NorthAm - Greg Ruth (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> AsiaPac- Jisuk Woo (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> LatinAC  - Carlos Afonso (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> NorthA  - Ross Rader (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> Europe  - Thomas Keller (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> LatinAC - Kiyoshi I. Tsuru A. (term expires end of annual meeting
> 2004)
> NorthA  - Lucy Nichols (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> Europe  - Amadeu Abril i Abril - Term: conclusion of the Annual
> Meeting
> 2004
>
> I recommend constituencies begin to plan elections for this year.
>
> Under the current bylaws, we will drop from 3 to 2 representatives per
> constituency.
>
> My understanding is that the GNSO Council desires to retain 3
> representatives, but we will need to get the Board to approve a change
> in the bylaws to support that request.
>
> I recommend constituencies proceed on the basis of electing one member
> of the Council under the current bylaws, and also elect a reserve to
> be
> available to take up the additional seat should the Board approve.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin

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