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

Thompson, Darlene DThompson1 at GOV.NU.CA
Thu Feb 13 17:11:25 UTC 2014


I too think that #2 is the most fair and transparent.

D

Darlene A. Thompson
Community Access Program Administrator
Nunavut Dept. of Education / N-CAP
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Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0
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From: na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Eduardo Diaz
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 11:42 AM
To: Garth Bruen
Cc: NA Discuss
Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] On special election for the election of our board seat

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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