Nominations for NCUC Chair and GNSO Council

[Carlos Afonso]

OK with me.

--c.a.

Milton L Mueller wrote:
> Good question, Carlos. For the first three seats, we will follow our
> existing charter: each of the three must be from a different region. So
> since we already have a LAC Council rep (you) and since Robin is
> stepping down and Norbert MAY step down, the first two additions could
> come from:
>
> Africa
> Asia-Pacific**
> North America
> Europe
>
> For the additional three, it is unclear until we adopt a new set of
> rules. I would propose that we get as many candidates from as many
> regions as possible running and we see how strong and how popular (how
> many votes) the candidates are.
>
> **Norbert Klein (AP region) is in a discretionary position, which is to
> our advantage. He has the option to serve out his existing term, or to
> resign early because of the Nomcom appointment. Suppose a good candidate
> from AP region comes along, and gets a significant number of votes. If
> Norbert wants to escape the Council, he could leave immediately, or stay
> in office from October to January (or whenever the change to the new,
> 6-person Council is made) then he could resign and we could appoint the
> new person from AP. In the transition period (October - January) Norbert
> could be "educating" the new person about how the Council works. Suppose
> on the other hand we get no volunteers from AP region or the ones we
> get, do not get many votes relative to candidates from other regions.
> Then Norbert could stay on until the end of his term.
>
> Milton Mueller
> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza [mailto:Carlos.Souza at fgv.br]
>> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:00 AM
>> To: Milton L Mueller; NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: RES: Nominations for NCUC Chair and GNSO Council
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>>
>> Hi all:
>>
>> Just a quick question: do we still have any regional constrains for
>> the council nominations or since we are moving into a new structure we
>> can end up having two or more representatives from the same region?
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>> Apart from that I would like to second the nomination of Robin Gross
>> for Chair.
>>
>> Best,
>> Carlos
>>
>> -----Mensagem original-----
>> De: Non-Commercial User Constituency em nome de Milton L Mueller
>> Enviada: dom 21/9/2008 03:30
>> Para: NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Assunto: Nominations for NCUC Chair and GNSO Council
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>> I nominate for chair:
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>> Robin Gross
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>> For GNSO Council:
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>> - William Drake*
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>> - Carlos Afonso
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>> - Mary Wong
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>> Also, Norbert, under these conditions we may need for you to serve out
>> that extra year of your current term, Nomcom notwithstanding.
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>> * as a provisional individual member his eligibility would
>> have to wait
>> for the new GNSO structure to be implemented, but that could
>> be as soon
>> as Jan. 2009.
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