Time to replace Carlos!

[Robin Gross]

I concur.

Robin


Olivier Nana Nzépa wrote:

> 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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