[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org]
Dear Council Members,
The nomination period, for the election of GNSO Council vice chair for the
period running concurrently with GNSO Council chair, from 1 February 2009 until
the newly structured GNSO Council is seated and a new chair is elected, is closed.
Chuck Gomes is the only candidate, nominated by Olga Cavalli, a
Nominating Committee Appointee, and seconded by Stéphane van Gelder a Registrar
constituency representative.
Chuck Gomes has provided a candidate statement which can be
viewed at:
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg06121.html
VOTING PROCEDURE
The voting will be by a roll call vote at the GNSO Council meeting on 29
January 2009. The candidate must receive at least 14 affirmative
votes.
Absentee voting will be required from those councilors who are
not able to be present on the call.
GNSO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:
All GNSO Council members are eligible to vote, that is, 3 representatives from
each constituency, Registrars, gTLD registries, Commercial and Business Users
(CBUC), Non Commercial Users (NCUC), Intellectual Property (IPC), and Internet
Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) and the 3 Nominating
Committee appointees.
Liaisons from the ALAC, and the GAC and the ccNSO Observer do
not vote.
Please note the GNSO Council meeting on 29 January 2009 as an important date
because there must be quorum for the vote.
Thank you
Kind regards,
Glen
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org