[EURO-Discuss] Results of At Large Board Selection design team (ABSdt) conference call

Tue Nov 2 08:27:23 UTC 2010

well done

wolfgang

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Von: euro-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org im Auftrag von Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
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An: Discussion for At-Large Europe
Cc: absdt at atlarge-lists.icann.org; ICANN AtLarge Staff
Betreff: [EURO-Discuss] Results of At Large Board Selection design team (ABSdt) conference call

Dear European At Large Structures,

the At Large Board Selection design team (ABSdt) met virtually by
teleconference this afternoon to discuss the proposals which were sent
to the ALAC by EURALO, asking for a delay in the At Large Board Seat 15
selection process.

A copy of EURALO's original message was sent to the EURALO List by Wolf
Ludwig and is archived at:
http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/euro-discuss/2010-October/001927.html

The ABSdt conference call, originally due to last one hour, finally
lasted two full hours, from 13:00-15:00 UTC, such was the intensity and
thoroughness of the debate taking place.

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Consensus was reached on the following:

* seating of the At Large selected candidate on the Board
The candidate should be seated at the end of the Cartagena Meeting, as
originally planned.

* new time-line for the selection process:
28 October:  BCEC to announce slate of 3-7 candidates and SOI details;
28 October - 15 November: Campaigning period for candidates;
On or before 7 November: RALO petition processes to be completed;
12 - 15 November (early UTC time on ): A community call with the final
slate of candidates will be held;
15 - 22 November (RALOs can extend this deadline until 25 November if
desired) : RALO discussions on candidates
22 - 25 November: First round of online voting on final slate of candidates;
26 -- 28 November: Second round of online voting on final slate of
candidates (only if necessary)

* VISA issues
All candidates on the final slate are expected to be already proceeding
with VISA formalities, should they be required in their case. The delay
to the final vote is therefore not a problem for VISAs.

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Petitioning:
We therefore have until the end of this week, plus the week-end for
petition processes. Bearing in mind this process has started on 28th
October, this provides EURALO with 10 days for petitioning - in-line
with the 10 day time-line which was desired by some of our members.
May I remind everybody too, that the BCEC's selection process has been
very thorough indeed. It was always the ABSdt's aim that addition of
candidates by petition should be an exceptional occurrence, therefore
requiring the support of three or more RALOs. It is therefore imperative
that any petitioning candidate's) should follow-up directly with RALOs
and that RALOs announce their support for any petitioning candidate(s)
no later than 7 November, in time for the petitioning candidate(s) to be
included in the community call line-up.

RALO selection process:
An election process will be taking place at EURALO for members to direct
the vote(s) of our Chair Wolf Ludwig.
This will start on 15 November, and will be open all the way until 25
November assuming Wolf casts his vote on the last possible voting day
for the first round. This gives European At Large Structures 10 days of
voting - in-line with the 10 day time-line which was desired by some of
our members.

Should additional rounds of voting be required, Wolf Ludwig will already
have full instructions in his hand thanks to ALSes voting by
"preference", that is, their No.1 candidate, No.2, etc.

I am also now including, for the sake of completion and in order to
fully explain to you how the process will take place, the new ALAC Rules
of Procedure Version 11 which explain the election process.
The Reference for this document is:
https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2950983/AL-2007-1-1-Rev11+ALAC+Internal+Rules+of+Procedure+-+EN+.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1288047424000

The voting process to be followed by the 15 ALAC voting delegates and
the 5 RALO Chairs is explained in that document as follows:

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27.8 Voting Process
a) All votes shall be by secret ballot. Votes may be cast
electronically, in person, telephonically or some combination thereof.
For votes cast in person or telephonically, the services of a trusted
third party will ensure the secrecy of the ballot. Proxies are allowed
only in accordance with explicit ALAC Rules of Procedure governing their
use, or with explicit BSPC rules governing their use.
b) If there is only one candidate on the Final Candidate List, that
candidate shall be acclaimed the winner.
c) If there are more than three candidates on the Final Candidate List,
the first vote shall be using an accepted voting method which allows the
three most preferred candidates to be selected.
d) When there are three candidates remaining, there shall be vote of the
electorate. Should one candidate receive greater than 50% of votes cast,
that candidate shall be declared the winner. If not, the candidate with
the least votes shall be removed. If there is a tie for last position, a
random selection by a method determined in advance by the BSPC shall be
used to identify the candidate to be removed.
e) When there are two candidates remaining, there shall be vote of the
electorate. Should one candidate receive greater than 50% of votes cast,
that candidate shall be declared the winner. If there is a tie, a random
selection by a method determined in advance by the BSPC shall be used to
identify the winner.
f) In any cases where a random selection is called for in sub-sections
d) and e), if sufficient time remains, the BSPC, will run the tied
election over again in case voter positions have changed. In any given
step of the process, this can be done just once.
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I hope that this answers the questions which have been asked by several
members, and that the process is now clear.

We should be happy that we are now afforded 10 days each for both the
petitioning process and the At Large Structure voting process. I trust
that this will ease the time pressure on our ALSes and hope that this
will ensure that all European ALSes will take an active part in this
very important election.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask, either by
emailing me, or posting to the list.

Warmest regards,

Olivier Crépin-Leblond
EURALO Secretary

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