Re: [council] Call for nominations for GNSO Council Vice chair

[Mawaki Chango <ki_chango@xxxxxxxxx>]

I wish to nominate Ross Rader as candidate vice chair for the
GNSO council.

Mawaki

--- "GNSO.SECRETARIAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org]
> 
> Dear Council Members,
> 
> 
> A. NOMINATIONS
> 
> 
> A formal nomination period, for the election of GNSO Council
> vice chair
> for the period running concurrently with GNSO Council chair
> until 31
> January 2008 is now open for two weeks from Wednesday 13 June
> 2007 at
> 12:00 UTC  to Wednesday 27 June 2007 at 12:00 UTC.
> 
> All nominations should be seconded and only GNSO Council
> members are
> eligible to make nominations and second nominations.
> 
> 
> Please send all nominations and seconds to:
> gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
> 
> 
> Nominations and seconds will be acknowledged and posted to the
> council list.
> 
> 
> B. PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE  VOTING
> 
> 
> The voting period will be open for 14 days, starting Wednesday
> 4 July at
> 15:00 UTC and closing on Wednesday 18 July at 15:00 UTC.
> 
> 
> 
> C. VOTING PROCEDURE
> 
> 
> The voting will be by electronic ballot and the candidate
> receiving the
> majority of the votes will be elected as the chair.
> 
> 
> There will be a total of 27 votes cast and a majority is 14 or
> more.
> In case of a tie, there will be a second round of voting.
> 
> 
> The rules governing the process are located at
> http://www.gnso.icann.org/council/names-proceduresv7.shtml ,
> Section 13.
> 
> 
> D. GNSO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:
> 
> 
> All GNSO Council members are eligible to vote, that is, 3
> representatives from each constituency, Registrars, gTLD
> registries,
> Commercial and Business Users (CBUC), Non Commercial Users
> (NCUC),
> Intellectual Property (IPC), and Internet Service Providers
> and
> Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) and the 3 Nominating Committee
> appointees. Liaisons from the ALAC and the GAC do not vote.
> 
> 
> E. VOTING
> 
> 
> Voting will take place by secret e-mail ballot.
> 
> 
> 1. Ballots will be sent out individually to each GNSO Council
> members'
> e-mail address.
> 
> 
> 2. Ballots should be filled out and returned to the e-mail
> address
> stated in the ballot. They should not be copied to any e-mail
> list.
> 
> 
> 3. At the scheduled time, the Secretariat will announce the
> results of
> the vote by sending a message to the <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> mailing
> list. This announcements will include:
> 
> 
> a. The number of votes received by each candidate;
> b. The names of the GNSO Council members from whom ballots
> were
> received; and
> c. The confidential code number of each ballot and the
> candidate for
> whom it was voted.
> 
> 
> Item 3(c) will allow each GNSO Council member to double-check
> that his
> or her ballot was properly understood, but will not allow
> others to
> determine how the member voted.
> 
> 
> 4. In exceptional cases where a GNSO Council member has no
> Internet
> access during the voting period, a voice vote may be
> registered with the
> GNSO Secretariat personally during the voting period, before
> the vote is
> closed.
> 
> 
> F. DISCLOSURE OF THE VOTING
> 
> 
> The Secretariat will announce the outcome of the voting at the
> close of
> the voting period.
> 
> 
> The GNSO Council will confirm the results of the voting at a
> scheduled
> Council meeting.
> 
> 
> Thank you
> Kind regards,
> Glen
> 
> 
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
> gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
> 
> 
>