[ALAC] ELECTION CALL ALAC Officers, Liaisons and Appointments for 2009 - 2010

[Sébastien Bachollet]

I would like to nominate for: 

ALAC Chair Position: Cheryl Langdon-Orr
      
ALAC Vice-Chair Position: Alan Greenberg

SSAC Liaison: Patrick Vande Walle

All the best

Sébastien Bachollet
Président d'honneur - Isoc France
sebastien.bachollet at isoc.fr
www.egeni.org
www.isoc.fr
 


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces at atlarge-
> lists.icann.org] De la part de Cheryl Langdon-Orr
> Envoyé : mardi 6 octobre 2009 07:04
> À : ALAC Working List
> Cc : At-Large Worldwide
> Objet : [ALAC] ELECTION CALL ALAC Officers, Liaisons and Appointments
> for 2009 - 2010
> 
> *ELECTION CALL Nominations are currently open for:*
> 
> *- ALAC Liaison (other than the Board Liaison {finalised});
> - ALAC Appointments (such as WHOIS AND IDN);*
> *- ALAC Officer Positions.*
> 
> Please refer to ROP's here http://tinyurl.com/levxyf which in brief
> state
> that:-
> - Only ALAC members serving after the Seoul meeting may be nominated
> for
> Officer positions.
> - Only current ALAC members may submit nominations.
> - Self nominations are allowed.
> - For Liaisons and Appointments there are no formal restrictions
> regarding
> ALAC membership, but the ROP's say "They shall normally be persons who
> are
> current or former members of the ALAC, or are anyway familiar with the
> activities and functioning of ICANN and of the ALAC."  It should be
> noted
> that budget allocation for travel to ICANN Meetings is only assured for
> serving ALAC Members and therefore a non-ALAC Member Liaison or
> Appointment
> nominee should certify to the ALAC their ability to undertake all
> aspects of
> their job descriptions    (including attendance at all three ICANN
> Meetings), without receiving travel support to do so.
> 
> *All nominations and acceptances etc., are to be sent to the public
> ALAC
> List* "ALAC Working List" <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> 
> All details and the repository for nominee details is found at
> https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?at_large_elections_2009
> 
> <https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?at_large_elections_2009>
> Relevant
> text from this page is copied below:
> <Start SNIP> * Other Liaison positions
> *
> The elections for ALAC Liaisons to the Bylaw mandated GNSO and ccNSO
> Councils as well as the  SSAC, GNSO User House/NCSG/NCUC {subject to
> discussions at Seoul meeting and agreement from the receiving party}
> and the
> liaison appointments  to  IDN and WHOIS Policy Processes will be
> conducted
> through a single, global election process. The ALAC will vote on the
> list of
> candidates using the Instant Runoff Voting system<
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting>, as provided in
> Rule
> 10.4 of the ALAC Rules of Procedure. This means they will rank each
> candidate, from most preferred to least preferred, using the electronic
> voting system regularly used for ALAC voting.
> 
> **Election timetable:*
> *
> During its August 4 meeting, the ALAC adopted timetable for the Liaison
> elections (now modified to allow call to occur after Board Liaison
> election
> is completed yet still fit with ROP's):
> 
> Nominations Open/Election Call Issued: 5th October
> Nominations Close: 19th October
> Acceptance of Nominations Due By: 26th October
> ALAC Voting Begins: 1 November
> ALAC Voting Concludes: At ALAC Chair's discretion, generally votes are
> held
> over a 5 or 7 day period
> 
> 
> **Requirements and Obligations:**
> 
> Please click here <
> https://st.icann.org/alac-
> docs/index.cgi?obligations_and_requirements_of_alac_liaisons>
> for an overview on the general obligations and requirements for ALAC
> Liaison
> positions as specified by the organising instruments. Interested
> candidates
> may also want to review the Draft Position Description for ALAC Members
> and
> Liaisons <https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd> which was
> prepared by ALAC member Alan Greenberg and is currently open for
> comments
> from the At-Large community.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> **
> 
> *ALAC Officers*
> 
> According to the two motions of the ALAC, which were adopted during the
> 25
> November 2008 ALAC
> 
> Meeting <
> https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?25_november_2008_summary_minutes>
> the
> ALAC Officers consisting of a Chair, two Vice-Chairs, and a Rapporteur
> shall
> represent different ICANN Geographic Regions. As our adopted ROP's have
> not
> as yet been altered to reflect a method of ensuring this diversity this
> will
> be a subject for discussion and decision at the Seoul Meeting of the
> ALAC.
> 
> * *Election Timetables**
> 
> Nominations Open/Election Call Issued: 5th October
> Nominations Close: 19th October
> Acceptance of Nominations Due By: 26th October
> ALAC Voting Begins: 1 November
> ALAC Voting Concludes: At ALAC Chair's discretion, generally votes are
> 5-7 days in length
> 
> 
> * *Requirements and Obligations**
> 
> Please click here <
> https://st.icann.org/alac-
> docs/index.cgi?obligations_and_requirements_of_alac_officers>
> for an overview on the general obligations and requirements for ALAC
> Officer
> positions as specified by the organising instruments.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)ALAC Chair 2007-2009
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