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

Tue Oct 6 14:09:54 CDT 2009

Hello

I wish to continue as the IDN Liaison for another year.

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
http://isocmadras.blogspot.com

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Gareth Shearman <shearman at victoria.tc.ca>wrote:

> Although not required I would like to second Alan's self nomination as our
> GNSO liaison.
>
> I also support the nominations of Cheryl, Alan, Patrick and Sebastian that
> have been put forward earlier to-day.
>
> Gareth
>
>
>
> On 6-Oct-09, at 9:34 AM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>
>  I accept the nomination for Vice-Chair.
>>
>> Although seconds are not required according to our rules, I think it is
>> fine tradition and I support the nominations of Cheryl, Sebastien and
>> Patrick.
>>
>> In addition, I nominate myself for the position of GNSO Liaison. I do this
>> after due consideration and with just a bit of reluctance, but the following
>> is my rationale:
>> - The two roles combined will not exceed the workload that I was prepared
>> to take on as Board Liaison;
>> - I think that this year, with the restructured GNSO being seated in
>> Seoul, having an ALAC Liaison understanding the history of how we got here,
>> and the complex politics within the GNSO, is going to be extremely
>> important;
>> - I have established credibility with the majority of old GNSO Council
>> members, and I believe that this has been critical to our overall perceived
>> credibility in ICANN. Carrying this credibility to the new Council will be
>> very valuable and I think that I am in a good position to do this.
>>
>> At the same time, it is imperative that we start getting more ALAC and
>> At-Large people familiar with the GNSO and GNSO Council, and GNSO members
>> familiar with them. I would suggest that active participation of ALAC and
>> At-Large members in GNSO WGs is the key to this.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>> At 06/10/2009 01:13 AM, Sébastien Bachollet wrote:
>>
>>> 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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