[council] GNSO Council Chair Elections December 2008 - January 2009

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org]

Dear Council Members,

Dear Councillors,

A. Nominations for the position of GNSO Council chair for the period 1 February 
2009 until the newly structured GNSO Council is seated and a new chair is 
elected closed on Monday, 15 December 2008, at 23:00 UTC.

There is one candidate, Avri Doria, who has accepted her nomination by Tim 
Ruiz, a Registrar constituency representative,
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05840.html
seconded by, Stéphane van Gelder a  Registrar constituency representative
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05841.html

Avri Doria accepted the nomination and provided a candidate statement.
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05843.html

B. PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE VOTING

Unless otherwise decided by the Council, the voting period will be open from 
Monday, 22 December 2008 at 15:00 UTC to Wednesday, 7 January 2009 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. The winning candidate must
receive at least 14 affirmative votes.

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. The ballots will come from tally[at]icann.org, so please check your spam 
filter.

3. 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.

4. At the scheduled time, the Secretariat will announce the results of the vote 
by sending a message to the <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> mailing list. This 
announcement 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 4(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.

5. 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 in January 2009.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you.
Kind regards,
Glen

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