[At-Large] Election for a Vice-Chair - Nominations Periods ends 2 April

Tue Apr 1 18:01:09 EDT 2008

I would support Sebastien Bachollet nomination too.

On 02/04/2008, Hawa Diakite <hawadiakite at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Community,
>
> as Sebastien was candidat, may I propose him again to this poste of vice
> chair if he wants of course.
>
> Regards
> Hawa
>
> 2008/3/31, At-Large Staff <staff at atlarge.icann.org>:
>
> >
> > Dear Community:
> >
> > This email is to remind you of the  formal ŒElection Call¹ issued by the
> > Chair of the ALAC on 19th March, as required by Rule 10.12 of the Rules
> of
> > Procedure of the ALAC due to a vacancy amongst the Officers of the ALAC.
> >
> > The 14-day nomination period, as provided by Rule 9.2, will end on 2nd
> > April.  All nominations must, per that Rule, be received on the ALAC
> > public
> > list at alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org not later than 14 days.
> >
> > I can confirm that to date, no nomincations have been made.
> >
> > Nominations may be made as provided in Rule 9.
> > The Criteria for Officers of the ALAC may be found in Rule 3.
> > Election of Officers is covered by Rules 2, 9, and 10
> >
> > NOTE: The Election Procedures make clear reference to it being necessary
> > for
> > part of the process to be conducted at an ICANN International Meeting.
> > These
> > provisions are designed to fill regular appointments, and not interim
> > appointments. The Chair intends to present relevant amendments to the
> > Rules
> > of Procedure at the next ALAC Telephonic meeting in April to allow for
> > interim elections to be conducted without the necessity of waiting for
> the
> > next ICANN International Meeting.
> >
> > The full Rules of Procedure may be found at:
> >
> >
> https://st.icann.org/data/workspaces/alac/attachments/rules_of_procedure:200
> > 71023183147-0-6223/files/ALAC%20ROP's%20Adopted%20October%202007.doc
> >
> > The Rules above referenced are reproduced below.
> >
> > Rule 2 - Election of Officers
> >
> > 2.1         The ALAC shall elect a Chair, at least two (2) Vice-Chairs
> and
> > a
> > Rapporteur by the mechanism outlined in Rule 10.
> > 2.2         All officers are normally elected at an Annual General
> Meeting
> > of ICANN .
> > 2.3         The election can take place by electronic mail, online
> > balloting, written balloting, or any other means deemed convenient and
> > accurate
> > 2.4         All officers serve for a term of one year starting from the
> > closure of an AGM and ending at the closure of the following AGM.
> > 2.5         Officers shall be freely chosen by the ALAC, according to
> the
> > following criteria:
> > 2.6         They shall accept to serve on behalf of the AT LARGE
> COMMUNITY
> > by acting for the good of the entire Committee, working to bridge
> > differences and build consensus, but also recognizing difference and
> > enabling different opinions to be shared;
> > 2.7         They shall accept, while acting in their capacity as ALAC
> > officer, to put the collective views of the Committee always in front of
> > their own.
> >
> > Rule 3 - Qualification Criteria for Officers
> >
> > 3.1 All officers must be members of the ALAC.
> > 3.2 A conflict of interest statement must be filed;
> > 3.3 A person shall not serve, at the same time, in two different officer
> > positions;
> > 3.4 The Chair shall be ineligible to serve on ICANN's Nominating
> Committee
> > in any year in   which they serve on the ALAC;
> >   3.5 All officers can be removed before the end of their term by a vote
> > of
> > recall according to   rule 11.
> > 3.6 All officers have a duty of performing their roles with diligence
> and
> > loyalty to the   Committee, and are bound to meet the minimum
> > participation
> > requirements set forth in rule 21.  In case of failure to do so, the
> Chair
> > shall call a vote of recall.
> > 3.7  Only standing members of the At-Large Advisory Committee are
> eligible
> > to serve as Chair. If at any point in time the Chair leaves the
> membership
> > of the ALAC for any reason, he / she shall immediately cease the
> function
> > of
> > Chair as well.
> >
> > Rule -9 Procedures for the Presentation of Candidatures
> >
> > 9.1 No earlier than one calendar month and no later than three weeks
> > before
> > the beginning of an ICANN Meeting where an ALAC officer has to be
> elected,
> > the current Chair of the ALAC will send to the public ALAC list an
> > ³election
> > call² message, listing the officers that are to be elected at that ICANN
> > Meeting, asking for nominations, and stating the deadline according to
> the
> > following paragraph 9.2.
> > 9.2 The deadline for nominations for all open officer positions shall be
> > 14
> > (fourteen) days after the date of the ³election call². Only delegates
> can
> > nominate or self-nominate, by posting a message to the public ALAC list.
> > Anyone who will or has a chance to meet eligibility requirements after
> the
> > next ICANN Annual General Meeting can be nominated; it is not necessary
> > for
> > nominees to meet eligibility requirements at the moment of the
> nomination,
> > but, if elected, they will have to meet them before taking their
> position.
> > Nominations of individuals who certainly will not be able to meet the
> > eligibility requirements after the closure of the next Annual General
> > Meeting are invalid.
> > 9.3 Nominations must be accepted by the nominee by sending a message of
> > acceptance to the public ALAC list (or to the person who nominated them,
> > who
> > will then forward it to the public ALAC list, if they do not have
> posting
> > privileges to the public ALAC list at the time) by the deadline of 7
> > (seven)
> > days after the deadline for nominations. Nominations that are not
> accepted
> > are invalid.
> > 9.4 After the deadline for nomination acceptance and before the
> beginning
> > of
> > the ICANN Meeting, the Chair will post to the public ALAC list an
> > ³election
> > summary² message. This message will contain a summary of all valid
> > nominations for any open position. In such message, the Chair will also
> > notify the day and time in which the actual vote will happen; such day
> and
> > time must be comprised between the beginning and the closure of the
> ICANN
> > Meeting, except when the Meeting is also the Annual General Meeting. In
> > this
> > latter case, the day and time of the vote must be comprised in the first
> > 48
> > (forty-eight) hours after the closure of the Annual General Meeting;
> thus,
> > the electorate will include the delegates whose term starts at the
> closure
> > of that Annual General Meeting, and will not include the former ALAC
> > members
> > whose term ends at the closure of that Annual General Meeting.
> > 9.5 Nominations shall then be discussed on the public ALAC list and at
> the
> > physical ALAC meetings during the ICANN Meeting.
> > 9.6 At the day and time of the vote, delegates will be provided (by
> staff
> > or
> > delegated disinterested third party) with a mechanism for voting that
> > meets
> > the following requirements:
> > o  It allows for each delegate to cast their vote in a confidential
> > manner,
> > so that no other delegate or officer shall know it;
> > o  It allows for delegates who are not physically present to cast their
> > vote
> > remotely (also in advance of the day and time of the vote, if they are
> > unavailable at that moment
> > o  Each delegate can cast up to one preference for each open position,
> > picking among the list of   validly nominated individuals published at
> > rule
> > 9.4. Votes for other individuals are considered equivalent to
> abstention.
> >
> > Rule 10. Procedures for the Candidate Elections
> >
> > 10.1 A quorum must exist for the election to be valid.
> > 10.2 All Voting in Elections will be CONFIDENTIAL
> > 10.3 The ALAC can designate an independent third party to conduct the
> > mechanics of an electoral vote.
> > 10.4 Instant-runoff voting
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting> (IRV) will be used
> as
> > the voting system to determine the winner. (ref - Wikipedia -
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting>  )
> > 10.5 Voters rank candidates in order of preference.
> > 10.6 If no candidate receives an overall majority of first preferences
> the
> > candidates with fewest votes are eliminated one by one, and their votes
> > transferred according to their second and third preferences (and so on),
> > until one candidate achieves a majority.
> > 10.7 After votes have been collected, a Œdisinterested person¹ will
> > examine
> > them and call the result.
> > 10.8 The newly elected officers assume their position at the closure of
> > the
> > Annual General Meeting.
> > 10.9 In case two or more candidates receive the same, highest number of
> > preferences, a tiebreak vote is to be conducted.
> > 10.9.1 The Chair will select a new date and time for a new vote on that
> > position, at least 7 (seven) days later than the current vote; in such
> > vote,
> > only the candidates that received the same, highest number of
> preferences
> > will be eligible to receive preferences. The Chair will then immediately
> > send a new ³election summary² message according to rule 9.4, and the
> > procedure will then restart from rule 9.5
> > 10.10 In case no candidate could be elected for any other reason (lack
> of
> > valid nominations, lack of five valid preferences...), the Chair will
> > immediately post a new ³election call², thus reopening nominations. The
> > procedure will then restart from rule 9.6
> > 10.11 Incumbent officers shall continue to serve in their position in
> full
> > standing until a valid result is obtained for the election and a new
> > officer
> > is elected.
> > 10.12 If for any reason whatsoever (including lack of quorum, lack or
> loss
> > of eligibility requirements, resignation, or recall) an officer position
> > becomes vacant before the end of the term, the Chair will promptly start
> > an
> > election to fill it, by sending an ³election call² message and starting
> > the
> > procedure from rule 9.1
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Nick Ashton-Hart
> > Director for At-Large
> > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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