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

Wed May 9 18:06:23 EDT 2007

I don't understand the rational for that. There are 2 seats we vote for 2
seats.
And the rank will be established by the number of votes by candidates. 

Sébastien Bachollet
Président
sebastien.bachollet at isoc.fr
www.egeni.org
www.isoc.fr

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Envoyé : jeudi 10 mai 2007 00:00
À : Sébastien Bachollet
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Objet : Re: [EURO-ALS] Revised elections process - IMPORTANT PLEASE READ

The 'new' way is actually what was decided in Lisbon - I had
mistakenly thought that this was changed on the last telecon, but that
wasn't correct.

On 09/05/07, Sébastien Bachollet <sebastien.bachollet at isoc.fr> wrote:
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> Just I don't understand the way the vote will be organize for the Alac?
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> Why you change the first way it was set-up?
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> 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.
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>
> Sébastien Bachollet
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> Président
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> sebastien.bachollet at isoc.fr
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> www.egeni.org
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> www.isoc.fr
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>  ________________________________
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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
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> Dear All:
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> I have revised the page on the wiki reflecting the elections process in
two
> regards:
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> 1) To take account of the fact that the GCs office has said that Ms.
Cretu's
> candidature is in order;
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> 2) To take into account that the voting system can accomodate the
> preference-casting system decided in Lisbon and also on the teleconference
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> 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).
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> I reproduce the page from the Wiki below. The wiki page again is
> at: https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007
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> 2007 EURALO Election Details
>
> As posted by email by the ICANN staff, incorporating the decisions
> recommended to the region on the teleconference of 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 RALO Organising Instruments page.
> Current list of MOU signatories can be found at: the 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
> 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 (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
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>
>
>
> Sébastien
>
>
> Bachollet
>
> ISOC France
>  (France)
>
>
> France
>
>
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>
>
> Western Europe
>
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>
>
> Nom: Dessi
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> Veronica
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>
> Cretu
>
> network new media
>  (Germany)
>
>
> Moldava
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> Eastern Europe
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> Nom: Wolfgang
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> Rudi
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> Vansnick
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> ISOC Belgium
>  (Belgium)
>
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> Belgium
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>
> Belgium
>
>
> Western Europe
>
>
> Yes
>
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> Vittorio
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> Bertola
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> ISOC Italy
>  (Italy)
>
>
> Italy
>
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> Italy
>
>
> Western Europe
>
>
> Yes
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> Christoph
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> Bruch
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> GCLU
>  (Germany)
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> Germany
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> Germany
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> Western Europe
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> Yes
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> Desiree
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> Miloshevic
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> United Kingdom
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> Serbia (?)
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> Eastern Europe
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> Yes
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> Bill
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> Drake
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> Switzerland
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> USA
>
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> Western Europe
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> Yes
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> Jeanette
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> Hofmann
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> Germany
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> Germany
>
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> Western Europe
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> Yes
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> Karen
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> Banks
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> UK
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> Australia
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> Western Europe
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> Yes
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> Wolf
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> Ludwig
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> Switzerland
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> Germany
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> Western Europe
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> Yes
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> member of Communica.ch, an ALS candidate organisation
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> Paco
>
>
> de Quito
>
> ISOC CAT
>  (Spain)
>
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> Spain
>
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> Spain
>
>
> Western Europe
>
>
> Yes
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> Patrick
>
>
> Vande Walle
>
> ISOC Luxembourg
>  (Luxembourg)
>
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> Luxembourg
>
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>
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> Western Europe
>
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> Yes (ALAC Candidate)
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> Sebastien
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> Bachollet
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> ISOC France
>  (France)
>
>
> France
>
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> France
>
>
> Western Europe
>
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> Yes (ALAC Candidate)
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> Veronica
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> Cretu
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> network new media
>  (Germany)
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> Moldova
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> Moldova
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> Eastern Europe
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