Re: [council] DNSO schedule for ICANN Director elections

[Dennis Jennings <Dennis.Jennings@ucd.ie>]

Andrew,

We are all working hard on this - although there are difficult issues 
to resolve.  The main one is a safe election process that will give 
the results required fairly and democratically.

Another issue that is not clear in my reading of the bye-laws is the 
issue of the required geographically diverse outcome.  The bye-
laws imply no constraint on the three directors elected by the 
DNSO, only a constraint on the aggregate set of directors.  Is this 
a correct interpretation of the current bye-law situation ?  Would it 
be prudent of the DNSO to make sure that the three directors 
come from (are residents/citizens) of separate geographical 
regions?  (IMO it should be residents by the way)

Another issue concerns the time required to consult the 
Constituencies.  This is not given much priority by the majority of 
the Names Council (as far as I can ascertain) but is certainly given 
a high priority by the ccTLD Constituency (to judge by todays 
AdCom teleconference).

Advice on the above would be appreciated.

Dennis

Date sent:      	Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:40:25 -0400
From:           	Andrew McLaughlin <mclaughlin@pobox.com>
Subject:        	[council] DNSO schedule for ICANN Director elections
To:             	council@dnso.org
Send reply to:  	mclaughlin@pobox.com

> To the Names Council:
> 
> Could one of you please update me on the status of your schedule for ICANN
> Director elections?  Has a schedule been set for the nomination and
> elections process?
> 
> As you know, the ICANN Bylaws require the SOs to elect their three Directors
> to the ICANN Board "as soon as feasible after formation..."  [Bylaws, Art.
> V, Sec. 2]  In particular, the Board has asked the SOs to have their
> Directors elected in time to be seated at the next ICANN meetings in Los
> Angeles, November 2-4.  Accordingly, as a practical matter, the DNSO
> Directors need to be chosen by the Names Council no later than October 15.
> In anticipation of that date, ICANN staff suggested a September 15 deadline
> for constituency group proposals for final recognition -- has the Names
> Council adopted or modified that date as part of its schedule?  If I am to
> be able to schedule a Board teleconference to consider final applications, I
> need to know whether and when to expect them.
> 
> The other two SOs appear to be confident of their ability to have their
> Directors elected in time -- I trust the Names Council is working diligently
> to ensure that the DNSO is not left unrepresented on the ICANN Board any
> longer than necessary.
> 
> Let me know if I can provide any assistance in moving things forward.
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> --Andrew
> 
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