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Re: [council] Proposed draft schedule for GNSO Chair and Vice Chair elections


Hi,

Apologies for misunderstanding.
We had discussed another option in the meeting - i.e. there had been a discussion of whether it would be easier to just extend our terms until the elections were held under the bi-cameral rules, but i argued against this for the reasons given in my previous. Since you were not in that meeting, I mistakenly I thought you were brining up that option. 

a.

On 8 Nov 2008, at 09:44, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
The approach you describe is what I was assuming Avri. I was simply recommending that it might be good to elect you using the existing election procedures. 

Chuck


-----Original Message-----
From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:01 AM
To: Gomes, Chuck
Cc: Glen de Saint Géry; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [council] Proposed draft schedule for GNSO Chair
and Vice Chair elections

Hi,

Thanks for this sentiment.  And yes, if the council is
willing to have me serve a while longer I am willing to do so.

However;

We did talk about it some.  The ICANN by-laws require a
yearly election and it seems easier to hold that election
whether it is one candidate or more.  Getting a waiver or a
change in the by-laws may be over kill at this point.

Once we have changes in the new by-laws and have defined the
election of a chair for the bi-cameral and have seated the
new council, it seems reasonable that at this point the
council would hold elections and upon election of a new
chair, any current chair from the old system would be replaced.

So my recommendation in the meeting was that we hold
elections as normal and then hold elections again once we
have the new council mid year.

In terms of myself, if nominated, I will stand again knowing
that the by-laws will change under the new system and that
another election will occur during the year.  Since my term
as a council member ends at the end of the annual meeting of
2009, I will not be standing for election once the bi-cameral
system is put into place (assuming I am not replaced before
then under a more rapid suggestion of NCA exchange).

a.



On 7 Nov 2008, at 16:35, Gomes, Chuck wrote:



My apologies for having to leave early and miss this

meeting. I have

been thinking for some time that it might be helpful to

continue with

Avri as chair until June when we initiate the bicameral Council,
assuming of course that she is willing.  Was there any

discussion of

this in the afternoon meeting yesterday.

Chuck


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glen de

Saint Géry

Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:39 AM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [council] Proposed draft schedule for GNSO Chair and Vice
Chair elections


Dear All,

Proposed draft schedule for GNSO Chair and Vice Chair elections

Call for nominations for GNSO Council Chair Monday 1 December
2008 to Monday 15 December 2008 (2 weeks)

Possible interviews with the candidates Tuesday 16

December candidate

slate announced

Proposed period to interview candidates
16 December - 23 December 2008

Voting for GNSO Council chair
Monday 5 January to 14 January 2009

Thursday 15 January 2009 announce the result of the GNSO Council
Chair

Call for nominations for GNSO Council Vice Chair Thursday

15 January

2009 to Thursday 22 January 2009

29 January 2009 GNSO Council meeting
Confirmation of the GNSO Council Chair Vote for GNSO Council Vice
Chair

30 January 2009 end of term for current Chair and Vice Chair

Thank you.
kind regards,
Glen

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org