Nominations open until 18 September (resend with appropriate subject)

Mon Sep 5 10:26:39 CEST 2011

Thanks Avri,
I think I am at home with your suggestions.
Thanks again for all the efforts.
Rgds

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:

> To NCSG active members:
>
> Nominations are now open until 18 September Any time zone for
>
> -  4 GNSO Council Member seats
> -  1 NCSG Chair position.
>
> When nominating, please CC the nominee and put either of the following in
> the Subject line:
>
> - Council Nomination
> - NCSG Chair Nomination
>
> For easy of nominating please use the following:
>
> For council nomination - press here<NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU?subject=Council%20nomination>
> For NCSG chair nomination - press here<NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU?subject=%20nomination>
>
> Self nominations are allowed.
>
> Details in the annotated message below.
>
> On 2 Sep 2011, at 11:19, Avri Doria wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 1.  Nominations open for the following positions open Monday  5 September:
>
> - 4 GNSO Council members (3 terms at 2 years and 1 term at 1 year)
> - 1 NCSG Chair (1 year term)
>
> A nomination can be either a self nomination or a nomination from another
> NCSG member.
> A nominee needs to be a NCSG member listed on the Active members list.
>
> To be considered complete, the nominee must submit a statement to the
> NCSG-discuss list indicating their qualifications for the position and a
> discussion of what they hope to achieve during their term.
>
>
> According to the charter, a nominee statement must include the following:
>
> 4.1 Nomination Process
>
> The NCSG-EC is responsible for publishing online any open NCSG position and
> for publishing a description of the position, requirements for the position,
> and an election schedule for the position.
>
> Any member of the NCSG may nominate any NCSG active member either for the
> position of an NCSG GNSO Council Representative or for NCSG Chair.
> Once nominated, the nominee is responsible for public acceptance of
> the nomination and for making a public statement that includes:
>
> ·      Name, declared region of residence, gender and employment;
>
> ·      Any conflicts of interest;
>
> ·      Reasons for willingness to take on the tasks of the particular
> position;
>
> ·      Qualifications for the position; and
>
> ·      Statement of availability for the time the position requires.
>
> The nominee's statement may also include any other information that the
> candidate believes is relevant. The NCSG-EC and NCSG-PC may also require
> answers to specific questions relating to policy issues.
>
> Additionally it would be helpful to include a statement on what one hopes
> to achieve during their term.  But this is not required by the charter.
>
>
> Nominations will close on 18 September 2011.  I will publish the nominee
> statements on a wiki page at that point.
>
> 2.  The lists of Active and Inactive members  have been updated as of
> today:
>
>
>
> The current lists are at:
>
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Active+Members+as+of+04+September+2011
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Inactive+members+as+04+September+2011
>
> There will be updated lists once it is no longer 5 September in anytime
> zone
>
> That list will define the voters list for this election.  The only changes
> that will be made after that deadline will be error corrections where it can
> be shown that I made a mistake (which we all know happens often enough).  I
> will ask the NCSG-EC  to verify any correction before I make to the voting
> list after the deadline.
>
>
> The Election will be scheduled to begin on 4 October 2011 (30 days after
> the voters list closes as per the charter)
>
> The vote will close on 17 October 2011.
>
>
> 3. To decide the council member election, each voter will be asked to
> choose up to 4 candidates.  The 3 candidates with the most votes will be
> elected to the 2 year terms, while the candidate with the 4th most votes
> will be elected to the 1 year term.
>
> 4. The candidate with the most votes for NCSG chair will be elected.
>
> 5.  If NCSG members are interested, the NCSG Interim Chair* can initiate a
> SG teleconference during the weeks before the election to allow the
> membership to ask questions of the nominees.  My suggestion is that a doodle
> poll be created for the purpose and that a meeting be schedule if at least
> 10 people indicate they are interested in such a meeting.
>
> 6.  Those elected will assume their responsibilities at the end of the
> Dakar meeting: 28 October.
>
> * As discussed earlier, once the new EC is seated, they will be responsible
> for electing an Interim NCSG Chair to serve until 28 October 2011.
>
>
> avri
>
>
>

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