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

Wed Oct 7 08:29:02 CDT 2009

Thanks Patrick for your nomination and Alan for seconding it and both for your support.
I hereby accept the nomination for Vice-Chair.

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 Patrick Vande Walle
> Envoyé : mardi 6 octobre 2009 11:35
> À : Cheryl Langdon-Orr
> Cc : ALAC Working List; At-Large Worldwide
> Objet : Re: [ALAC] ELECTION CALL ALAC Officers, Liaisons and
> Appointments for 2009 - 2010
> 
> All,
> 
> I second the nomination of Cheryl Langdon-Orr as the chair of the ALAC.
> I also second the nomination of Alan Greenberg as vice-chair.
> 
> And because we have two vice-chairs, I nominate S�bastien Bachollet for
> a
> vice-chair appointment.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
> On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:03:56 +1100, Cheryl Langdon-Orr
> <langdonorr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > *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.
> 
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