RE: [council] FW: Contracted Party House - election of Vice Chair of GNSO Council

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mary,

 

Please note my comments below.

 

Chuck

 

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Mary Wong
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 3:00 PM
To: GNSO Council; Glen de Saint Géry
Subject: Re: [council] FW: Contracted Party House - election of Vice Chair of 
GNSO Council

 

Sorry, but I'm a little confused. Since we are in the process of a second round 
of elections for the Chair position, shouldn't the Contracted Party House 
nomination/confirmation of its Vice-Chair be postponed till that is over?

[Gomes, Chuck] There is one major  problem with that approach Mary : If no 
chair is elected in the second round, 1) the vice chairs assume the Council 
leadership at the end of the AGM in Cartagena until such time as a chair is 
elected. and that could not happen if the vice chairs were not already elected, 
and 2) a new nomination period for chair cannot be initiated any sooner than 30 
days.  With this in mind, I trust that the Non-Contracted Party House is not 
waiting until a chair is elected before electing a vice chair.  I believe I 
mentioned in at least one previous meeting that the Houses needed to elect the 
vice chairs in time for them to lead the Council if needed.

 

(BTW I ask not because I necessarily anticipate a problem with the run-off 
ballot, but because the Operating Procedures contemplate the possibility of a 
further nomination and voting period in the event of an unsuccessful run-off 
ballot, and state that in that (or indeed in any) event a Chair and Vice Chair 
can't be from the same SG.)

[Gomes, Chuck] These are more issues that should be dealt with in the 
procedures.

 

Cheers

Mary 

 

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From: 

Glen de Saint Géry<Glen@xxxxxxxxx>

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GNSO Council <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: 

12/1/2010 2:22 PM

Subject: 

[council] FW: Contracted Party House - election of Vice Chair of GNSO Council

 

Forwarded From: David W. Maher [mailto:dmaher@xxxxxxx] 

 

Dear Glen:

This is the notice of the Contracted Party House of the GNSO that we have 
elected Jeff Neuman as Vice Chair of the Council, by agreement of the 
Registries and Registrars Stakeholder Groups, to serve in the new Council.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

David

 

David W. Maher                    
Chair, Registries Stakeholder Group

Senior Vice President - Law & Policy    
Public Interest Registry                     



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