[NA-Discuss] On special election for the election of our boardseat

Houle Louis Louis.Houle at isocquebec.org
Tue Feb 18 04:41:48 UTC 2014


Well then I put my name as a candidate for number 2, and in the barrel 
for number 3.

Louis Houle
Président
Société Internet du Québec - ISOC Québec
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Le 2014-02-13 11:41, Eduardo Diaz a écrit :
> My recommendation is to go for #2.
>
> -ed
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Garth Bruen <gbruen at knujon.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello NARALO'ers (-ites?),
>>
>> There was a brief discussion on Monday's call about a pending election. I
>> realize the discussion and issue is very confusing so I will hope to sort
>> it
>> out here for everyone. IF I HAVE MADE ANY FACTUAL ERRORS IN THE PROCESS
>> PLEASE TELL ME.
>>
>> The ICANN Board of Directors has one seat for an At-Large representative
>> ("Seat #15"). The term of our current Board member ends this year. This
>> person is voted on by leadership in the At-Large Advisory Council (ALAC)
>> and
>> the five (5) RALO chairs under rule #27.7.
>>
>> Current Board is here: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board
>>
>> ALAC members running for the Board may NOT vote in the election. This means
>> a proxy voter must be selected  and affirmed by a vote under rule #
>> 19.10.1.
>> The vote is a requirement, but how the alternate voters are selected is not
>> defined.
>>
>> Two of our ALAC members: Alan Greenberg and Evan Leibovitch, are both
>> running for seat #15 so we need TWO replacement voters from NARALO.
>>
>> Since I am the Chair and I am already voting. I cannot have second vote.
>>
>> These are some of my sugestions for selecting alternative voters:
>>
>> 1. Assign the votes to our two other leadership positions: Louis Houle
>> (NOMCOM) and Glenn McKnight (Secretary)
>>
>> 2. Select two (2) alternate voting candidates though a VOTE from ALL of the
>> NARALO ALS operators, excluding the ALAC reps and NARALO Chair - affirm two
>> alternates by vote.
>>
>> 3. Select two (2) alternate voting candidates RANDOMLY from ALL of the
>> NARALO ALS operators, excluding the ALAC reps and NARALO Chair - affirm two
>> alternates by vote.
>>
>> I will entertain other suggestions.
>>
>> To be clear, there are several "votes" involved here:
>>
>> A) Potential vote for method of selecting alternative seat #15 voters (vote
>> not required, can be done through consensus)
>> B) An official vote for two (2) alternate seat #15 voters (ALL ALS
>> representatives vote in this process)
>> C) A vote for the Board seat #15 representative (Voting by Eduardo Diaz -
>> ALAC, Garth Bruen - Chair, Alternate #1, Alternate #2)
>>
>>
>> There are many who would prefer that we select a Board representative
>> through a vote by ALL ALSes or ALL At-Large particiapants, but that is a
>> separate discussion.
>>
>> Thanks, Garth
>>
>>
>>
>>
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