RE: [ga] Chair election dates

["Dominik Filipp" <dominik.filipp@xxxxxxxx>]

Chris, I would say one year is too long for the first run as long as the
roles are not clarified enough yet, which might be discouraging for
someone to accept the nomination.

I would keep the period of half a year to get started with, as Eric has
proposed. After then we'll see.

Dominik
 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of kidsearch
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:10 PM
To: Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
Cc: Joop Teernstra; Hugh Dierker; ga
Subject: 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-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>