[NA-Discuss] Ramping up for the election - General Procedures

Fri May 31 19:08:22 UTC 2013

As an unaffiliated member relatively new to this, sounds OK. Happy to hear
counterarguments, though.
Peter

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Thompson, Darlene <DThompson1 at gov.nu.ca>wrote:

> Actually, last year Staff set up a voting system for the unaffiliated
> members to vote for their rep who then voted on their behalf along the
> lines that you outlined below.  Unaffiliated members may wish to do the
> same this year.  If that is the desire, I would be pleased to help out in
> that process.
>
> D
>
> Darlene A. Thompson
> Community Access Program Administrator
> Nunavut Dept. of Education / N-CAP
> P.O. Box 1000, Station 910
> Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0
> Phone:  (867) 975-5631
> Fax:  (867) 975-5610
> E-mail:  dthompson at gov.nu.ca<mailto:dthompson at gov.nu.ca>
>
> From: evanleibovitch at gmail.com [mailto:evanleibovitch at gmail.com] On
> Behalf Of Evan Leibovitch
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 1:05 PM
> To: Garth Bruen
> Cc: Thompson, Darlene; NARALO Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Ramping up for the election - General Procedures
>
> ... and unaffiliated members will be polled, and Alan will cast a single
> vote collectively on their behalf -- based on, but not necessarily directed
> by -- that poll.
>
> Come to thing of it... going forward, we probably need to have a   process
> amongst the unaffiliated members for selecting their reprentative.
>
> In the past I seem to recall this was done by consensus.
>
> - Evan
>
> On 31 May 2013 12:50, Garth Bruen <gbruen at knujon.com<mailto:
> gbruen at knujon.com>> wrote:
> Thank you Darlene. To strip this down to the bare bones:
>
> Any documented NARALO member can run for office, and any NARALO member can
> nominate.
>
> As for the vote itself, each ALS has ONE vote.
>
>
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> na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org> [mailto:
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> Darlene
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> Subject: [NA-Discuss] Ramping up for the election - General Procedures
>
> Hi all,
>
> As we will soon be having elections, I am just passing on to you some
> general procedures about how these are run.  Specifics on actual elections
> timings, positions that are available and re-election qualifications will
> be sent out soon.
>
> Who can run for these positions?
>
> Paragraph 9 of our Rules of Procedures state that:  “The candidates shall
> be unaffiliated individuals or members of different ALSs and must live in
> the region.”  So, basically, any member of any of our ALSs or individual
> members can run in these elections.
>
> Who can nominate?
>
> Our Rules of Procedures are silent on this matter but it has always been
> seen as good form to have a nomination and a seconder from two different
> organizations, however this is not a rule.  People can also run without
> nominations.
>
> Who can vote?
>
> Each active ALS in the NARALO is entitled to one vote.  As well, the
> individual members are entitled to one vote from their membership.  Our
> Rules of Procedure are clear on what makes an ALS active or not.  Paragraph
> 16 states:  “When an ALS representative does not vote in 3 consecutive
> NARALO elections or does not contribute a comment on ICANN policy through
> collaboration on the At-Large discussion lists in 12 consecutive months, it
> automatically loses its voting rights and active status within the NARALO.”
>  Staff is presently compiling a list of active ALSs so that we can know
> which have voting rights and for quorum.
>
> If anybody has any questions, please let me know,
>
> D
>
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