Time to replace Carlos!

[karen banks]

moving from one great player to another.. (how's your guitar playing 
norbert? :)

karen

>--- 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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