[council] Election Procedures for ICANN Board Director - Seat 14

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Dear Council Members,

The voting for the ICANN Board Director to fill seat 14 will start
tomorrow, Friday, 29 February 2008 at 15:00 UTC and close on Friday, 7
March 2008 at 15:00 UTC. The results will be confirmed at the GNSO 
Council meeting on 27 March 2008 at 19:00 UTC.
http://gnso.icann.org/elections/election-procedures-2008.shtml

There is one candidate, Rita Rodin.

Voting will take place by secret e-mail ballot.

The ballots will be sent out individually to each GNSO Council members'
e-mail address and will come from tally@xxxxxxxxx, so please check your
spam filters! Please follow the detailed instructions and return the
ballot to the e-mail address stated in the ballot. It is the same
procedure that was used for the GNSO Council chair 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.

All matters pertaining to the elections should be sent to the separate
mailing list created for the purpose of managing elections going
forward. This list will include the ALAC and GAC liaisons to the Council
and the GNSO Secretariat.

This list name is <gnso-elections@xxxxxxxxx> and archives will be posted at:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-elections/
following the conclusion of the election.

Messages posted to the list should be treated as confidential until the
end of the elections. The GNSO Secretariat may, however, disclose them
to the General Counsel's office to the extent appropriate to obtain
advice about how to handle procedural problems that arise during the
voting process.

The Council list should continue to be used for normal policy
development work.

The GNSO Council will confirm the results of the voting at the Council 
meeting scheduled on 27 March 2008. Once that occurs, the GNSO 
Secretariat will prepare and post a full record of all voting, including 
how each member voted in each round.
Pursuant to ICANN Bylaws (http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm)
Article VI, section 8.4, the GNSO should give notice of its selection no
later than five months after the Annual General Meeting in 2007, which
will be 2 April  2008.

Let me know if you have any questions or issues with the ballots.

Thank you very much.
Kind regards,

Glen

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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org