[NCUC-DISCUSS] Non Contracted Parties House Election Procedures 2011

William Drake wjdrake at gmail.com
Thu Feb 13 19:05:44 CET 2014


Hi

On Feb 13, 2014, at 5:28 PM, Avri Doria <avri at ACM.ORG> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just checking:
> 
> Are you suggesting that each of NCUC and NPOC pick someone and then we have a NCSG primary for its pick?

Nope, I just said we need to decide if we want to support a candidate or just roll with Bill.  The modalities of working out the former with NPOC would be a separate later step. 
> 
> Not that I am recommending it, might be interesting though.
> 
> What we do not have is a process for picking a candidate.  Last time, I talk to bunch of people and put myself forward - no one objected (seeing how i did, perhaps they should have - strategically I mean)
> 
> In any case I think this is the sort of thing that NCSG EC/PC had better figure out quickly.
> 
> In any case, I plan to put my self forward again for the NCSG/NCUC consideration for a rematch - I won the first ballot, he the second, who would win the third?

Ah?  Seriously? That would be fun…
> 
> Though perhaps we could find a better strategic choice. We need a candidate who can get some of the CSG votes, otherwise we don't stand a chance.

Well, there is that…

So…what are we saying here?

BD

> Also while a candidate can sometimes count on SG support in the first round of an election, it is very hard to hold all of the SG votes in a second round.  I think this is a general rule of such rounds of voting.  In that case the one with the stronger unifying force tends to be persuasive.
> 
> avri
> 
> 
> On 13-Feb-14 06:14, William Drake wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> Among the many things we need to do is decide who we would like to
>> represent the non contracted house party on the ICANN board.  The
>> current occupant is Bill Graham, who was elected by the business folks
>> with NomCom participant support (we’d proposed Avri).  I expect Bill
>> will stand for reelection.
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> *From: *Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org <mailto:Glen at icann.org>>
>>> *Subject: **RE: Non Contracted Parties House Election Procedures 2011*
>>> *Date: *February 13, 2014 at 10:15:21 AM GMT+1
>>> *To: *"Rosette, Kristina" <krosette at cov.com
>>> <mailto:krosette at cov.com>>, "tony holmes (tonyarholmes at btinternet.com
>>> <mailto:tonyarholmes at btinternet.com>)" <tonyarholmes at btinternet.com
>>> <mailto:tonyarholmes at btinternet.com>>, "elisa.cooper at markmonitor.com
>>> <mailto:elisa.cooper at markmonitor.com>" <elisa.cooper at markmonitor.com
>>> <mailto:elisa.cooper at markmonitor.com>>, Rafik Dammak
>>> <rafik.dammak at gmail.com <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>>, William
>>> Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>>,
>>> "marie-laure Lemineur (mllemineur at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:mllemineur at gmail.com>)" <mllemineur at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:mllemineur at gmail.com>>, "Reed, Daniel A (dan-reed at uiowa.edu
>>> <mailto:dan-reed at uiowa.edu>)" <dan-reed at uiowa.edu
>>> <mailto:dan-reed at uiowa.edu>>
>>> *Cc: *Marika Konings <marika.konings at icann.org
>>> <mailto:marika.konings at icann.org>>, Erika Randall
>>> <erika.randall at icann.org <mailto:erika.randall at icann.org>>, David
>>> Olive <david.olive at icann.org <mailto:david.olive at icann.org>>
>>> 
>>> Dear Kristina,
>>> Per ICANN’s Counsel, Erika Randall whom I asked to confirm the date of
>>> the written notice, she confirmed as follows:
>>> >Yes, you will need to give a written notice to the ICANN Secretary by
>>> April 16, 2014 of the person selected for Board Seat 14. (This is the
>>> date six months prior to the ICANN Annual General Meeting >scheduled
>>> to be held in Los Angeles on October 16, 2014).
>>> 
>>> Please advise what timelines  the Non Contracted Parties House
>>> suggests for the process.
>>> Thank you very much.
>>> Kind regards,
>>> 
>>> Glen
>>> *De :*Rosette, Kristina [mailto:krosette at cov.com]
>>> *Envoyé :*mercredi 12 février 2014 21:23
>>> *À :*Glen de Saint Géry; tony holmes(tonyarholmes at btinternet.com
>>> <mailto:tonyarholmes at btinternet.com>);elisa.cooper at markmonitor.com
>>> <mailto:elisa.cooper at markmonitor.com>; Rafik Dammak; William Drake;
>>> marie-laure Lemineur (mllemineur at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:mllemineur at gmail.com>); Reed, Daniel A (dan-reed at uiowa.edu
>>> <mailto:dan-reed at uiowa.edu>)
>>> *Cc :*Marika Konings; Erika Randall; David Olive
>>> *Objet :*RE: Non Contracted Parties House Election Procedures 2011
>>> With apologies as I suspect I may not be taking everything into
>>> account, am I correct in thinking that the Call for Nominations (under
>>> the GNSO Operating Procedures) opens in May because Bill’s term ends
>>> in October?  And, if so, we need to have the House procedures
>>> finalized by the end of April (which means we have some time)?
>>> K
>>> *From:*Glen de Saint Géry [mailto:Glen at icann.org]
>>> *Sent:*Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:26 AM
>>> *To:*Rosette, Kristina; tony holmes (tonyarholmes at btinternet.com
>>> <mailto:tonyarholmes at btinternet.com>);elisa.cooper at markmonitor.com
>>> <mailto:elisa.cooper at markmonitor.com>; Rafik Dammak; William Drake;
>>> marie-laure Lemineur (mllemineur at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:mllemineur at gmail.com>); Reed, Daniel A (dan-reed at uiowa.edu
>>> <mailto:dan-reed at uiowa.edu>)
>>> *Cc:*Marika Konings; Erika Randall; David Olive; Glen de Saint Géry
>>> *Subject:*Non Contracted Parties House Election Procedures 2011
>>> To : Non Contracted Parties House
>>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>> In preparation for the Non Contracted Parties House Election for Board
>>> Seat 14, it has come to our notice that the attached 2011 Election
>>> Procedures were not posted in accordance with theGNSO Operating
>>> Procedures
>>> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-en.pdf>. Would
>>> you please be so kind as to confirm these voting procedures so that
>>> they can be included as required under theGNSO Operating Procedures.
>>> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-en.pdf>
>>> 
>>> Election procedures are defined in theGNSO Operating Procedures
>>> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-en.pdf>.
>>> 2.4 Board Seat Elections
>>> 2.4.3 Detailed Election Procedures
>>> 
>>> Each House is responsible for establishing its own internal procedures
>>> for nominations,
>>> interviews, voting, and candidate selection; however, those processes
>>> must be documented
>>> and forwarded to the GNSO Council for inclusion as ANNEXES to the GNSO
>>> Operating
>>> Procedures. If a House subsequently elects to alter its procedures,
>>> such amendments must be
>>> submitted to the GNSO Council before becoming effective so that the
>>> procedures accurately
>>> reflect the actual processes and activities performed by each House in
>>> selecting its candidate.
>>> Thank you for your urgent attention to this.
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Glen
>>> Glen de Saint Géry
>>> GNSO Secretariat
>>> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org <mailto:gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org>
>>> http://gnso.icann.org <http://gnso.icann.org/>
>> 
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>> William J. Drake
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>>   Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
>>   University of Zurich, Switzerland
>> Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency,
>>   ICANN, www.ncuc.org <http://www.ncuc.org>
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