Time to replace Carlos!

[Erick Iriarte Ahon]

Hi Milton

If i understand correctly your proposal is Norbert Klein (one of the best 
players of NCUC Soccer Team). I support your idea.

Erick


At 02:43 p.m. 14/04/2005, Milton Mueller wrote:
>We need to hold an election to GNSO Council. Carlos's term is up and he 
>doesn't want to run again. I call for nominations immediately. This was 
>discussed in Argentina, and I believe that Norbert Klein was willing to 
>run, so I nominate him. Other nominations from the Latin America, Africa 
>and Asia regions are all eligible to run. Nominations from North America 
>and Europe are ineligible as we already have Council members from those 
>regions.
>
>Message below explains what's happening.
>
> >>> "GNSO.SECRETARIAT at GNSO.ICANN.ORG" <gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org> 
> 4/14/2005 10:51:16 AM >>>
>Dear Milton,
>
>At the Mar del Plata meeting on April 8 2005 the full ICANN Board
>adopted the proposed amendments to the Bylaws as posted
>(http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18mar05.htm ) which
>support 3 representatives per constituency, and instructed the President
>and General Counsel to take such actions as appropriate to implement the
>amendments.
>No two representatives selected by a Constituency shall be citizens of
>the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region.
>(see the full resolution below)
>
>Given that the Board has approved this, would you please run any
>necessary elections and update the status of your representatives on the
>GNSO Council.
>Please let me know if I can be of any help.
>
>Thank you very much.
>Kind regards,
>Glen
>
>From: http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-08apr05.htm
>
>Proposed Change to ICANN Bylaws Regarding Number of GNSO Council
>Representatives
>
>Whereas, one of ICANN's Core Values from Bylaws Article I, Section 2 is
>"Seeking and supporting broad, informed participation reflecting the
>functional, geographic, and cultural diversity of the Internet at all
>levels of policy development and decision-making."
>
>Whereas, the Transition Article (XX) of the Bylaws states that "In the
>absence of further action on the topic by the New Board, each of the
>GNSO constituencies shall select two representatives to the GNSO
>Council...."
>
>Whereas the Board resolved in Carthage on 31 October 2003 to change the
>transition article (Article XX) of the ICANN bylaws to allow each
>constituency of the GNSO to continue to be represented on the GNSO
>Council by three representatives per constituency until the end of the
>ICANN annual meeting in 2004.
>
>Whereas the GNSO Council requested that the Board extend the arrangement
>of three representatives per constituency until the ICANN meeting in Mar
>del Plata, Argentina (4 - 8 April 2005) in order for the external review
>to be completed following a public comment period.
>
>Whereas, the Board initiated a review of the GNSO Council in 2004
>pursuant to Bylaws Article IV, section 4, including, among other aspects
>of the review criteria, an analysis of the efficacy of having three
>representatives from each constituency on the GNSO Council.
>
>Whereas, the report of the independent consultant that performed the
>GNSO Council Review recommended that "The Council is working well with
>three representatives from each constituency. No one who is involved
>with the Council perceives that having three representatives hinders the
>workings of the Council."
>
>Whereas the GNSO Council's self-review also supported the continuance of
>three representatives from each constituency.
>
>Whereas public comments received on the independent review (22 December
>2004 - 24 January 2005) and on the proposed Bylaws amendment (18 March
>2005 - 8 April 2005) indicated no significant opposition, and
>considerable support, for the proposal to maintain three representatives
>per constituency.
>
>Resolved (05.___) the Board adopts the proposed amendments to the Bylaws
>as posted, and instructs the President and General Counsel to take such
>actions as appropriate to implement the amendments.
>
>
>--
>Glen de Saint Géry
>GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
>gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
>http://gnso.icann.org