CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Nomination Procedure
Nomination of Candidates:
Open: Wednesday 21 April at 00:00 UTC
Close: Wednesday 19 May at 00:00 UTC
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1. Three candidates per "Geographic Region": Europe; Asia/Australia/Pacific; Latin America/Caribbean islands; Africa; and North America shall be elected to the ccNSO Council.
2. Call for nominations
The bylaws Section 4, Membership. paragraph 8 state:
"Any ccNSO member may nominate an individual to serve as a ccNSO Council member representing the ccNSO member's Geographic Region. Nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member from the same Geographic Region. "
Each member can nominate up to 3 candidates for election to the ccNSO council and each member can second up to 3 candidates.
Each geographic region elects 3 councillors and any ccNSO members in that region can nominate and second candidates.
Candidates need be neither resident in the region nor a citizen of a country within the region in which they stand for election.
In order to nominate or second a candidate, a member must be a member of the ccNSO by 12 May 2004.
In order for membership applications to be considered by the Launching Group, prior to 12 May 2004 applications must be filed on or before 5 May 2004. Applications filed after that date will not be able to be considered by the Launching Group prior to 12 May 2004.
Nominations should be sent by e-mail to the Election Manager at the following e-mail address:
ccnso-nominations@icann.org
Archives to be found at:
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations>
Nominations and seconds may also be submited via these online forms.
Online forms and templates for acceptances may be found here.
Please use this template for nominations:
Template for nomination:
1 Region for which nomination is being made:
2a. Full name of the candidate being nominated:
2b. E-mail address of the candidate being nominated:
3a. Full name of the nominator:
3b. ccTLD and region of the nominator
3c. E-mail address of the nominator:
All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member in the same region
Please use this template for seconding nominations:
Template for seconding a nomination:
1 Full name of nominator whose candidate is being seconded:
2a. Full name of the candidate being seconded:
2b. E-mail address of the candidate being seconded:
3a. Full name of the seconder:
3b. ccTLD and region of the seconder
3c. E-mail address of the seconder:
Accepting Nominations
The Election Manager will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance.
Candidates may be endorsed but endorsements are not required for candidates to be eligible to stand for election.
Endorsements can be posted to:
ccnso-endorsements@icann.org
Archives to be found at:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-endorsements
Nominations will be archived at:http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations
The Election Supervisors and the Election Manager shall confirm the list of the Nominees before the voting period starts.