Time to replace Carlos!

[Olivier Nana Nzépa]

Dear All,
Of course, Norbert is our winner.
Best.
Olivier


--- Milton Mueller <Mueller at SYR.EDU> 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
>






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