[NA-Discuss] Narrowing Candidate List for special voting

[Glenn McKnight]

Hi

I endorse the list proposed by Garth

Glenn

On Thursday, February 27, 2014, Garth Bruen <gbruen at knujon.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Sorry to make this more complex, but I have been informed that having all
> ALS reps on an actual ballot is too cumbersome, so we need to narrow the
> ballot through a brief and informal nomination process. So, I would like to
> have nominations of up to four (4) names to go on the ballot for alternate
> board seat voters (this is for the VOTE casters only and not the actual
> board seat). Only names which are SECONDED will go on the ballot. You may
> nominate yourself, but the following people CANNOT be among the
> nominations:
> Alan Greenberg, Evan Leibovitch, Eduard Diaz, and Garth Bruen - these names
> either already have a vote or are excluded because they are candidates.
>
> My nominations for the two (2) alternate VOTE casters are:
>
> Glenn McKnight
> Louis Houle
> Avri Doria
> Darlene Thompson
>
> Please second my list or submit your own and do this before midnight UTC
> Sunday so the actual election can begin.
>
> Sorry for all the back and forth on this.
>
> -Garth
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Garth Bruen [mailto:gbruen at knujon.com <javascript:;>]
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 11:15 AM
> To: na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org <javascript:;>
> Subject: On special election for the election of our board seat
>
> 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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