[EURO-Discuss] [EURO-ALS] Revised elections process - IMPORTANT PLEASE READ

Wed May 9 17:50:03 EDT 2007

Just I don’t understand the way the vote will be organize for the Alac?

Why you change the first way it was set-up?

We were needed an other way for the board to rank all the candidates easily
because in the same time we don’t know the number of seats. It is not the
case for the Alac delegates. 

Sébastien Bachollet

Président

HYPERLINK "mailto:sebastien.bachollet at isoc.fr"sebastien.bachollet at isoc.fr

HYPERLINK "http://www.egeni.org"www.egeni.org

HYPERLINK "http://www.isoc.fr"www.isoc.fr

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De : euro-als-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org
[mailto:euro-als-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Nick
Ashton-Hart
Envoyé : mercredi 9 mai 2007 10:08
À : euro-als at atlarge-lists.icann.org; Europe Discuss
Objet : [EURO-ALS] Revised elections process - IMPORTANT PLEASE READ

Dear All:

I have revised the page on the wiki reflecting the elections process in two
regards:

1) To take account of the fact that the GCs office has said that Ms. Cretu's
candidature is in order;

2) To take into account that the voting system can accomodate the
preference-casting system decided in Lisbon and also on the teleconference

3) To take into account an error in my understanding of what was discussed
on the teleconference. I had mistakenly understood that the ALAC seats would
be selected via voters casting two votes for their preference, and the top 2
vote getters would be elected. In fact, the preference-based system to be
used for the Board seats was retained also for the ALAC members, which means
that only one system is needed for the entire ballot (simpler to understand
for voters).

I reproduce the page from the Wiki below. The wiki page again is at:
HYPERLINK
"https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007"https://st.ican
n.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007

2007 EURALO Election Details

As posted by email by the ICANN staff, incorporating the decisions
recommended to the region on the teleconference of HYPERLINK
"https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?4_may_2007"4 May 2007.

ELECTION PERIOD: Noon UTC, Friday 11 May to Noon UTC, Wednesday 16th May.

VOTERS: The designated voters (1 per ALS) of ALSes who have signed the
Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN either in-person at the Lisbon ICANN
meeting or digitally via electronic mail - at any time before the beginning
of the voting - Text available from the HYPERLINK
"https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?ralo_organising_instruments"RALO
Organising Instruments page. Current list of MOU signatories can be found
at: the HYPERLINK "https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?mou_signatories"MoU
Signatories page.

CANDIDATES: All those nominated up to the end of the teleconference on 4th
May 2007 (see below for complete list)

NUMBER OF BOARD SEATS: The strong recommendation of those on the
teleconference was that there should be 7 members of the initial board. If
there is any objection to this number, then the call's strong recommendation
is that there should be a section on the ballot for each voter to pick from
amongst the following options for the number of total seats: 5, 7, 9

Voting For the ALAC Candidates:

1.      The ballot will work as follows:

1.      Each voter will rank, in order of preference, ALL the ALAC
candidates.

2.      The voting system will then produce a list, which incorporates the
preferences expressed. The candidate receiving the highest preference across
all preference votes cast will show at the top of the list; the next-highest
directly underneath, and the third preference at the bottom.

2.      Since the GC office has ruled that the candidature of Ms. Cretu is
in order, there will be three candidates.

3.      The terms of the two seats are staggered. Whichever candidate
receives the highest preference from amongst all the ranked votes cast shall
have the two-year term. The candidate receiving the next-highest ranking
shall receive the one year term.

4.      The two candidates receiving the highest aggregated preference votes
shall be elected. The remaining candidate, (if any) will be subject to
election to the Board (see below for details)

Voting For the EURALO Board:

1.      The ballot for the board will list all of the current nominees for
board seats, of which there are twelve (12) (reproduced below and also at
HYPERLINK
"https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?meeting_notes_4_may_2007"Meeting
Notes 4 May 2007.

2.      This list includes the three candidates for ALAC seats.

3.      The candidate for an ALAC seat who does not get elected, may be
seated as a board member (but see below). No candidate for ALAC may be
elected to both an ALAC seat AND a board seat, however.

4.      The actual ballot will work as follows:

1.      Each voter will rank, in order of preference, ALL the board
nominees.

2.      The voting system will then produce a list, which incorporates the
preferences expressed.

3.      The board members who will be elected are the top 'N' listed, from
the top of the list on down. The Number 'N' shall be either:

1.      In the case that no objection is raised to the call's recommendation
of seven (7) members: 7

2.      In the case that an objection is raised, then the number shall be
that number from the selection above (5,7,9) which receives the most votes.

TERM OF BOARD MEMBERS:

It was not decided on the call how to determine which board members would
receive one year terms, and which would receive two, as per the Bylaws,
Clause 9.5.2. Therefore, the staff recommends the following:

1.      The top 1/2 of the list of preferences from the board election
(rounded to the nearest whole number, depending upon the number of seats),
will receive two-year terms, and the bottom 1/2 will receive one-year terms.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCEDURE as this is simply a staff
proposal. Keep in mind, however, that it might be viewed as less than ideal
to have another ballot, immediately after the first, to decide who shall
have what length of term from amongst those elected.

VOTING MECHANISM:

At-Large uses a voting system provided by BigPulse (HYPERLINK
"http://www.bigpulse.com"www.bigpulse.com). The authorised voter will
receive an individualised email, with a clickable link as well as manual
login instructions, which are individually-generated. The system will be
setup to provide a secret ballot, and the ICANN staff will ensure that the
system produces a reminder email 48 hours before the vote closes, and then
again 24 hours before the vote closes, to any voter who has not yet voted to
help ensure that they do cast a vote. We will also setup a URL where anyone
will be able to see the results of the vote for themselves to ensure
transparency with respect to the results. This URL will be forwarded to both
European email lists.

CANDIDATES LIST

Christian
Name

Surname

ALS
(Country of ALS)

Country
of Residence

Nationality

Sub-Region

Board
Candidate

(Y/N)

ALAC
Candidate
(2 seats)

Notes

Patrick

Vande Walle

ISOC Luxembourg
(Luxembourg)

Luxembourg

Western Europe

SN: 07/04/07

Sébastien

Bachollet

ISOC France
(France)

France

Western Europe

Nom: Dessi

Veronica

Cretu

network new media
(Germany)

Moldava

Eastern Europe

Nom: Wolfgang

Rudi

Vansnick

ISOC Belgium
(Belgium)

Belgium

Belgium

Western Europe

Yes

Vittorio

Bertola

ISOC Italy
(Italy)

Italy

Italy

Western Europe

Yes

Christoph

Bruch

GCLU
(Germany)

Germany

Germany

Western Europe

Yes

Desiree

Miloshevic

United Kingdom

Serbia (?)

Eastern Europe

Yes

Bill

Drake

Switzerland

USA

Western Europe

Yes

Jeanette

Hofmann

Germany

Germany

Western Europe

Yes

Karen

Banks

UK

Australia

Western Europe

Yes

Wolf

Ludwig

Switzerland

Germany

Western Europe

Yes

member of Communica.ch, an ALS candidate organisation

Paco

de Quito

ISOC CAT
(Spain)

Spain

Spain

Western Europe

Yes

Patrick

Vande Walle

ISOC Luxembourg
(Luxembourg)

Luxembourg

Western Europe

Yes (ALAC Candidate)

Sebastien

Bachollet

ISOC France
(France)

France

France

Western Europe

Yes (ALAC Candidate)

Veronica

Cretu

network new media
(Germany)

Moldova

Moldova

Eastern Europe

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