[NA-Discuss] Nomination period open for interim NARALO rep to ALAC

[Evan Leibovitch]

Hello all,

As many of you may have read, this morning Robert Guerra sent a message 
to the global At-Large mailing list announcing his resignation from the 
position of NARALO representative to ALAC. As a result, we have a 
vacancy that requires filling.

At the NARALO conference call this past Monday, I indicated to the group 
that Robert had emailed me with his intent to step down; in anticipation 
of that action we agreed upon a replacement procedure that would be both 
expedient and reasonably transparent. This is because Robert's 2-year 
term expires this June and the position will be up for election in May 
anyway. The person appointed now will be expected to participate in ALAC 
activities starting immediately upon appointment, attend the ICANN 
meeting in Mexico as part of ALAC rather than the Summit (the two 
schedules are not identical) as well as the ICANN meeting to be held 
June in Sydney. (Travel expenses will be covered.)

According to the process decided on Monday, I will be accepting 
nominations for the vacancy up until the end of Sunday (January 18). 
Self-nominations are acceptable; you do not need a seconder and should 
submit your nomination to me directly by email. I will obviously not be 
standing for nomination myself.

If I receive no nominations by Sunday I will start actively soliciting 
people until I get one willing to serve.

If I receive one nomination by Sunday I will immediately appoint that 
person to serve the vacancy.

If I receive more than one nomination by Sunday I will request the 
nominees to produce a brief (500 words or less) summary of why they they 
should be selected. Those summaries should be circulated on this mailing 
list. By Friday Jan 23 I will start polling NARALO members to determine 
a consensus selection, and appoint that person to the position. If there 
is no clear consensus I will appoint the person I believe to have 
attracted the most support. I myself will only participate in the 
selection process in order to resolve a lack of consensus.

- Evan