[EURO-Discuss] Updates to the Elections Page and Details (https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007)

Fri May 11 10:11:50 EDT 2007

Dear All:

My apologies that this has taken a couple of hours to get done, but  
it has been an extremely busy day. Here is the state-of-the-art with  
respect to the elections process. I hope that the improvements to the  
table (requested by various ALSes) are helpful:

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: Five Calendar Days, beginning at Noon UTC on the  
date when the ballot has completed testing, and ending on at Noon UTC  
on the 5th day.

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. Since there were objections 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:

The ballot will work as follows:
Each voter will rank, in order of preference, ALL the ALAC candidates.
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.
Since the GC office has ruled that the candidature of Ms. Cretu is in  
order, there will be three candidates.
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.
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:

The ballot for the board will list all of the current nominees for  
board seats, of which there are eleven (11) (reproduced below and  
also at Meeting Notes 4 May 2007.
This list includes two of the three candidates for ALAC seats,as one  
candidate has withdrawn his name from consideration for a Board seat.
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.
The actual ballot will work as follows:
Each voter will rank, in order of preference, ALL the board nominees.
The voting system will then produce a list, which incorporates the  
preferences expressed.
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 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:

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
Nominating ALS
Board
Candidate

(Y/N)

ALAC
Candidate
(2 seats)

Notes
Patrick
Vande Walle
ISOC Luxembourg
(Luxembourg)

Luxembourg
Belgium
ISOC Luxembourg (Self)

SN: 07/04/07

Sébastien
Bachollet
ISOC France
(France)

France
France
ISOC Bulgaria (D Pefeva)

Nom: Dessi

Veronica
Cretu
netzwerk neue medien
(Germany)

Moldava
Moldova
Medienstadt Leipzig (W Kleinwachter)

Nom: Wolfgang

Rudi
Vansnick
ISOC Belgium
(Belgium)

Belgium
Belgium
ISOC Belgium (Self)
Yes

Vittorio
Bertola
ISOC Italy
(Italy)

Italy
Italy
ISOC Italy (Self)
Yes

Christoph
Bruch
GCLU
(Germany)

Germany
Germany
ISOC Italy (V Bertola), Medienstadt Leipzig (W Kleinwachter)
Yes

Desiree
Miloshevic

United Kingdom
Serbia
Medienstadt Leipzig (W Kleinwachter)
Yes

Bill
Drake

Switzerland
USA
Medienstadt Leipzig (W Kleinwachter)
Yes

Jeanette
Hofmann

Germany
Germany
Medienstadt Leipzig (W Kleinwachter)
Yes

Karen
Banks

UK
Australia
netzwerk neue medien (A Muehlberg)
Yes

Wolf
Ludwig

Switzerland
Germany
netzwerk neue medien (A Muehlberg)
Yes

member of Communica.ch, an ALS candidate organisation
Paco
de Quito
ISOC CAT
(Spain)

Spain
Spain
ISOC Bulgaria (D Pefeva)
Yes

Sebastien
Bachollet
ISOC France
(France)

France
France
N/A (ALAC Candidate)
Yes (ALAC Candidate)

Veronica
Cretu
netzwerk neue medien
(Germany)

Moldova
Moldova
N/A (ALAC Candidate)
Yes (ALAC Candidate)

For the two ALAC seats

Patrick Vande Walle
Sebastien Bachollet
Veronica Cretu
For the EURALO Board

Rudi Vansnick
Vittorio Bertola
Christoph Bruch
Desiree Miloshevic
Bill Drake
Jeanette Hofmann
Karen Banks
Wolf Ludwig
Paco de Qinto
Patrick Vande Walle
Sebastien Bachollet
Veronica Cretu

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