[council] Notification of voting outside a Council meeting: start 3 January 2015 closes 6 January 2015. Council reply comment NomCom Recs from the Board WG

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,

Reminder: Voting Closes today, Tuesday 6 January 2015 at 23:59 UTC.
If you foresee any connectivity issues during this period, please let me know 
so that alternate arrangements can be made.

Further to the voting outside of a Council meeting  the electronic ballots have 
been sent to all the councilors eligible to vote. If you have not received one, 
please let me know.
As noted, ballots will be sent to the Council mailing list because it is an 
open and transparent vote as are all the votes taken at a Council meeting. The 
ballots below have been received to date.


Ballots Received to date:


Ballot ID 3fd99d8ccc7fc61  (Heather.Forrest@xxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 
2015-01-06 21:22:48 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID 6caaf1ca64ab799  (jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-06 
21:11:43 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID 48340f272cd91a8  (brian.winterfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 
2015-01-06 19:02:11 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID 022f8dc753927f0  (bret@xxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-06 18:59:06 
UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID c4feb4bce814d2d  (avri@xxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-05 23:37:31 UTC 
(counted)
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  While I have concerns with the Board WG report, such as the fact that the 
Nomcom grew larger instead of smaller and that it is still a selection 
committee instead of a nominating committee, I generally support the direction 
they are taking to adjust the balance of representation in the Nomcom.

  The Nomcom is supposed to be the mechanism, replacing the full and open 
election that ICANN supported at its creation, by which the entire ICANN 
community picks a board that balances a multitude of diversity and interest 
factors. The broader the representation of diverse groups in that Nomcom, the 
better able it is to understand the scope of that diversity and range of 
interests and requirements. And the better it understands the need for 
diversity the better it can perform its duties.

  The current Nomcom structure, is strongly oriented toward business interests, 
as the GNSO is 3/4 business stakeholder groups, counting both the Non 
Contracted and the Contracted business stakeholders.  The changes suggested by 
the Board WG go some distance to putting the various other components of the 
ICANN community on a equal footing in Nomcom deliberations. This is a goal I 
strongly support and one that is antithetical to the proposed letter.



Ballot ID 76b8e14091c56ed  (stephanie.perrin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 
2015-01-05 23:15:00 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID 7879cf5a79bfe1d  (Donna.Austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 
2015-01-05 23:02:34 UTC (counted)
  1: [X]
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Ballot ID 4b602242988be19  (susank@xxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-05 21:47:25 
UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID cd830581839a018  (rickert@xxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-05 
19:39:27 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID 58b04c10ae86d99  (yoav@xxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-05 18:24:55 
UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID 75bac69aa0c6475  (aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-05 
16:00:00 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID 7a841e78b734070  (vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-05 
12:03:36 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID 80d157e8e7e8742  (gabrielaszlak@xxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-05 
10:37:07 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID aa75cb17ff73c38  (dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-05 
05:12:02 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID 489387a360afad8  (jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-05 
04:41:35 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID 0ca4ad1e7d30e1e  (egmorris1@xxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-04 
22:01:49 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID fbffc9045745119  (dan-reed@xxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-04 
18:51:20 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID e7f1452168429be  (onovoa@xxxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 2015-01-03 
10:21:46 UTC (counted)
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Ballot ID b90f59bac15d405  (tonyarholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1) Received at 
2015-01-03 09:28:28 UTC (counted)
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(1 Yes, 2 No, 3 Abstain, 4 Comment box.)

Reminder: Voting Closes on Tuesday 6 January 2015 at 23:59 UTC.
If you foresee any connectivity issues during this period, please let me know 
so that alternate arrangements can be made.

The results will be tallied at the end of the vote on 7 January 2015 and if the 
motion carries by a simple majority it will be submitted to the to the public 
comment forum<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bwg-nomcom-2014-08-21-en> 
on or before 9 January 2015.
Thank you.
Kind regards,

Glen

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://gnso.icann.org