RE: [council] Reminder regarding terms of office

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce:

Thanks for reminding council of this important milestone. As someone that
previous had reservations about extending the number of representatives,
despite the changes to the bylaws set forth by the Evolution and Reform
Process, I believe that the past year has shown the clear benefit of the
expanded representation. Moreover, given the newly formed ccNSO which
recognizes three (3) representatives per geographic region, I would
recommend the council to considering asking the ICANN Board and staff for a
by-law amendment to permanently recognize the three representative
structure, instead of continuing the one year exception.

Considering that ICANN is about stability and predictability, I believe both
of these tenets will be promoted by amending the by-laws to recognize three
representatives instead of continuing the annual exemption to the current
by-laws. This is just a thought and will defer to you and the rest of
council on how best to proceed to represent the collective interests of your
constituencies.

Best regards,

Michael D. Palage





-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 1:44 AM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: John Jeffrey
Subject: [council] Reminder regarding terms of office


Hello All,

Just a reminder regarding terms of office.

(1) My term as chair expires on 20 Nov 2004.

From: http://www.gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-20nov03.shtml

Decision 1: Bruce Tonkin is elected GNSO Council chair for one year,
November 20, 2003 to November 20, 2004.

So we will need to hold an election for GNSO chair.


(2) The terms of many of the Council members (2 per constituency) expire
at the end of ICANN's 2004 Annual General Meeting (set for 5 Dec 2004).

From: http://www.gnso.icann.org/council/members.shtml


NorthA -  Marilyn Cade (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
NorthA  - Ken Stubbs (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
AsiaPac  - Philip Colebrook (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
LatinAC  - Tony Harris (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
NorthAm - Greg Ruth (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
AsiaPac- Jisuk Woo (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
LatinAC  - Carlos Afonso (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
NorthA  - Ross Rader (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
Europe  - Thomas Keller (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
LatinAC - Kiyoshi I. Tsuru A. (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
NorthA  - Lucy Nichols (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
Europe  - Amadeu Abril i Abril - Term: conclusion of the Annual Meeting
2004

I recommend constituencies begin to plan elections for this year.

Under the current bylaws, we will drop from 3 to 2 representatives per
constituency.

My understanding is that the GNSO Council desires to retain 3
representatives, but we will need to get the Board to approve a change
in the bylaws to support that request.

I recommend constituencies proceed on the basis of electing one member
of the Council under the current bylaws, and also elect a reserve to be
available to take up the additional seat should the Board approve.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin