Re: [ga] Chair election dates

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think that many of us hope to add that to the goals. I personally would 
like to rebuild the GA. But I imagine part of the discussion in the 
beginning for this list is to decide on short and long term goals. The 
structure being put into place will faciliate that IMO.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M." <roddixon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Joop Teernstra" <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Hugh Dierker" <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>; "ga" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Chair election dates


> I agree that future voting participation will aid the credibility of  the 
> current effort.  I have a couple of questions for the list members.
>
> My understanding of the results of the February voting: a neutral  chair 
> (having a term of ?) will facilitate debate, and the vice chair  will do 
> the same when filling in for the chair. Is this correct?
>
> Is there a goal to accomplish anything other than debate/discuss  ICANN 
> issues?  Are we trying to re-constitute the GA into something  resembling 
> its status under the DNSO? It may be helpful in gaining  voting 
> participation to clarify the goals of this effort.
>
> -Rod
> On Mar 14, 2007, at 8:40 PM, Joop Teernstra wrote:
>
> > At 02:23 a.m. 15/03/2007, Eric wrote:
> > > I  have asked Joop to neutrally set dates for the close of  nominations 
> > > and then voting.
> >
> > I'll oblige. Nominations for Chair and vice-chair can be made on  this 
> > list until the 25th of March, 00:00 GMT
> > All nominations must be seconded in order to be valid.
> >
> > Acceptances must be received by this list at the latest on the 28th  of 
> > March, 00:00 GMT
> >
> > Voting (or endorsement as the case may be) will start immediately  on the 
> > 28th of March, 2007 at 00:00 GMT and will close on April 2,  00:00 GMT
> >
> > May I ask Chris to tabulate the nominations that have been received  so 
> > far?
> >
> > To increase participation in this vote and in future polls, I would 
> > encourage all members of this list  to register as GA-voters on the 
> > www.pollingbooth.info site
> >
> > A low participation is not going to help the credibility of this  effort.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -joop-