Election for ICANN Board seat now going on

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

While it might be nice if we did have elections for the Board where all the members of the constituencies and stakeholders got to vote, at this point it is only the council members in the Non Contracted Parties House who vote.  Though who knows for future elections we could propose it - though it might take a by-laws change.

In the CSG, as I understand it, the chairs of the constituencies have directed how their council members must vote.  Of course they have the choice of obeying or not since it is a secret ballot.

In the NCSG, the council members are all free to decide for themselves how they will vote.

My hope is that they will decide to vote for me.  And maybe the support they see here will help them decide to do so.  

And of course it truly warms my heart to see your support.  I appreciate it greatly.

Thanks

a.


On 27 Apr 2011, at 23:59, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:

> Yes, this was what I asked as well.
> 
> --c.a.
> 
> On 04/27/2011 06:48 PM, Dan Krimm wrote:
>> Sure, +1.
>> 
>> Does our input here make a formal difference (is it part of a formal
>> process of electoral polling), or is this just a "resolution of support"?
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, April 27, 2011 2:34 pm, Jorge Amodio wrote:
>>> 1+ for Avri.
>>> 
>>> -J
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -J
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Apr 27, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Glenn Ricart <gricart at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --c.a.
>>>> 
>>>> On 04/27/2011 12:24 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>>>>> Let me second that motion!
>>>>> In addition to Avri's intrinsic qualifications, there is the need for
>>>> better diversity on the Board - and by that I am not just referring to
>>>> gender but to ideological and policy diversity as well.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The whole purpose of having distinct stakeholder groups in ICANN's
>>>> GNSO is to ensure some kind of balanced representation. So it is
>>>> important that the NCSG members hold together and support one of our
>>>> own for Board seat 14.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --MM
>>> 
>>