[At-Large] [ALAC-Announce] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2016 ALAC Leadership Team

Sun Oct 11 19:16:21 UTC 2015

So true Maureen, and it has been a 'baine of many of us' for some time now
<insert *huge sigh*> ...  However I trust that this will be a soon to be
'non issue' as we move to our new Web sire and can effectively archive much
of our earlier docs within the Wiki more efficiently...
On 11 Oct 2015 09:36, "Maureen Hilyard" <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com> wrote:

> The confusion of trying to locate the most up to date versions of key
> documents and workspace pages is a real problem on community.icann. The
> search engine can take you to totally irrelevant pages if you dont know the
> exact title of the page you want.
> On 11/10/2015 11:14 am, "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
>> Seun,
>>
>> The PDF pointed by your first link is the current Rules of Procedure
>> (RoP) and the one that was quoted in earlier messages. A simpler URL for
>> the current RoP is http://tinyurl.com/ALAC-RoP-2013-04.
>>
>> It is pointed to by
>> https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Rules+of+Procedure which
>> also includes the various other documents that are pointed to by the RoP.
>>
>> Your second link is to a wiki workspace (mobile version) for the group
>> that revised the RoP several years ago. Near the top are two links that are
>> equivalent to the two links above. The rest of that workspace had many
>> links to the previous Rules Ror instance *ALAC/2007/1/1.Rev11 - EN*
>> <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2262614/AL-2007-1-1-Rev11%20ALAC%20Internal%20Rules%20of%20Procedure%20-%20EN%20.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1334600024000&api=v2>
>> points to the previous set of rules as described by the text just above the
>> link. Later in the page are pointers to pages for individual sections that
>> were used by the drafting committee. This entire page is preserved to
>> document the process and will not be changed. The links at the top were
>> added to make sure people could find the current rules.
>>
>> I will suggest that a warning be added so that people do not mistake the
>> old rules for the current set.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>> At 10/10/2015 04:57 PM, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
>>
>> Dear Chair/ALAC,
>>
>> I observed the PDF document at the url below is consistent with the
>> section quoted by Alan but not the text posted in the wiki.
>>
>> PDF:
>>
>> https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2262672/ALAC%2BRoP-06April2013.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1378914284000&api=v2
>>
>> ALAC RoP on the wiki:
>> https://community.icann.org/m/mobile.action#page/2262614
>>
>> I suggest that the 2 documents be reconciled.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Sent from my Asus Zenfone2
>> Kindly excuse brevity and typos.
>> On 10 Oct 2015 21:23, "Christopher Wilkinson" <
>> cw at christopherwilkinson.eu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Alan:
>>
>> Without wishing to disturb these otherwise calm waters, may I enquire:
>>
>> -as I understand it, the ALAC Chair is eligible for a second term.
>> That does not necessarily mean that the 'reconduction' is automatic,
>> unless there are no other candidates.
>> Normally, I would expect the staff also to call for nominations for the
>> Chair.
>>
>> -At Large is naturally aware that the current Chair is eligible and
>> willing to be elected for a second term
>>
>> -(I am not a candidate for any of the announced positions).
>>
>> However it is increasingly evident that ICANN needs a far more crisp,
>> informed and critical ALAC than we have experienced in recent years.
>> There is a potential vacuum in the representation of civil society and
>> users' interests: It is likely that GAC will abstain from voting
>> participation in the 'Member'. Civil society participants in GNSO have not
>> reined in the contracted parties. Discussion in CCWG is moving towards
>> codifying how the SO and AC are accountable to the 'non-ICANN community'.
>>
>> At Large should lead the way.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Christopher
>>
>>
>> On 10 Oct 2015, at 17:06, ICANN At-Large Staff <staff at atlarge.icann.org
>> > wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Please see below the call for nominations for members of the 2016 ALAC
>> Leadership Team (ALT) sent on behalf of Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC.
>>
>> ===========================================
>> ALAC LEADERSHIP TEAM
>>
>> Now that it is confirmed that the ALAC Chair, Alan Greenberg, will
>> continue for another term, he has requested that a call for nominations be
>> issued for the other four members of the ALAC Leadership team (ALT) from
>> the four remaining regions:
>>
>> - Africa
>> - Asia, Australasia and Pacific Islands
>> - Europe
>> - Latin America and Caribbean Islands
>>
>> The ALAC Rules of Procedure call for up to two Vice-Chairs, at the
>> discretion of the incoming ALAC Chair, and Alan has indicated that he would
>> prefer two Vice-Chairs as was the case during the past year.
>>
>> Nominations are now open for individuals to serve as the two Vice-Chairs
>> of the ALAC and the two non-titled ALT positions.  Nominations may be made
>> by any current ALAC Member. Nominees need not be an ALAC Member at the time
>> of the nominations, but must have an expectation of being an ALAC Member
>> after the completion of the upcoming Dublin ICANN Meeting.
>>
>> Requirements for ALT members can be found in Section 6 of the ALAC Rules
>> of Procedure ( http://tinyurl.com/ALAC-RoP-2013-04).
>>
>> Nominations will close on Saturday,  17 October 2015 at 23:59 UTC.
>>
>> Nominations need not be seconded, but it is an ALAC tradition that others
>> may second the nomination as a show of agreement with the nomination.
>>
>> Nominations other than self-nominations must be accepted within seven
>> days after the close of nominations. Acceptance should be sent to the
>> alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org< mailto:alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org
>> <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>>.
>>
>> Nominees without access to that list should send their acceptance to
>> staff at atlarge.icann.org< mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org
>> <staff at atlarge.icann.org>>.
>>
>> Staff will forward all acceptances to
>> ALAC-Announce at atlarge-lists.icann.rog<
>> mailto:ALAC-Announce at atlarge-lists.icann.rog
>> <ALAC-Announce at atlarge-lists.icann.rog>>.
>>
>> Following the close of the nominations period and the acceptance or
>> rejection of all nominations, candidates from regions where the position is
>> not contested will be declared to  have won by acclamation.
>>
>> If there are multiple candidates from any region, the candidates, in
>> conjunction with the ALAC, will be given the opportunity to resolve the
>> situation. Failing that, an secret vote of the ALAC will decide the winner.
>>
>> If the resultant ALT includes two members nominated to be Vice-Chairs,
>> those two will serve in those positions. If there are less than two or more
>> than two nominated as Vice-Chairs, the ALAC Chair will decide who will
>> occupy the Vice-Chair positions.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie
>> Peregrine and Terri Agnew
>> ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
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