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Re: [ga] Chair election dates


Good point Rod. I want to make a motion that the term of office for chair and vice chair 1 year. Any seconds? Do we need to vote on this or is a motion good enough?


----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M." <roddixon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Joop Teernstra" <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Hugh Dierker" <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>; "ga" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] Chair election dates



As a precursor to voting for chair/vice chair, it seems appropriate to determine/vote on the term of the office(s). Even before that, however, the question I have is whether the GA members may do anything other than debate/discuss ICANN issues. Without an authoritative green light from the GNSO, on what basis do we proceed? Is there an ICANN board member supportive of the GA's self-re- organizing effort? I do not have any answers to my questions, but I am hopeful someone reading this might. To say the obvious: if some assurances are forthcoming, it would be better to proceed with some assurances than none. Let's not waste effort.

Rod

On Mar 14, 2007, at 10:50 PM, kidsearch wrote:

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-









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