[council] Caroline's app form

[Amadeu Abril i Abril <Amadeu@nominalia.com>]

"Chicoine, Caroline" wrote:

It sounds very reasonable, Caroline.

The only think I miss is a statemnt of itnerests in DNSO and other
ICANN- rel<ted affairs, as they could easily go beyond the nature of
the organixation he(she beongs to.

Amadeu
> 
> If we want to get nominations moving and posted by Elisabeth, I think we
> should have a link to the ICANN bylaws so that nominees are informed as
> to their obligations as an ICANN Board member.
> 
> In the "applicaiton", they should:
> (1) provide full name and email address
> (2)  indicate the individuals and organizations (along with the
> organization's geographic region, if applicable) supporting the
> nomination  (while we will be establishing a minimum as to the number of
> supporters, I think all supporters should be listed so we can see how
> broad of support each nominee has)
> (3) to the extent that a nominee is a member of any Constituency, at
> least one of the supporters of their nomination must come from outside
> such Constituency (????  I do not want to create any barriers but I
> think we should have some low threshold)
> (4) indicate citizenship and residency (in case the rules change)
> (5) indicate your acceptance of the nomination
> (6) provide a concise summary no more than two pages (???) indicating
> your qualifications.
> 
> Just some ideas that were discussed with respect to getting our
> elections going in the IPC.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Roberts [mailto:nigel@nic.gg]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 7:02 AM
> To: Amadeu Abril i Abril
> Cc: Dennis.Jennings@ucd.ie; council@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [council] Some Thoughts on the Elections Process
> 
> > > This is the simplest Condition.  Some simple mechanism needs to be
> > > found to allow people to nominate.  Probably we need a seconding and
> > > support statement mechanism.  The suggestion that the person needs
> > > the formal support of 10 other people is fine (but does not really
> add very
> 
> 10 members of the GA OR a constiuency would be my recommendation.
> The names of the nominators to appear on the ballot.
> 
> Constiuencies ought also formally to be able to issue statements of
> support to one or more candidates. Such 'supported by' statements
> to appear on the ballot.
> 
> ---------------------
> > We should establish perhaps an electoral committee, but in the
> > meanwhile nominations can be snet to the Secretariat, who could set up
> > a special page with the status of the process.
> 
> As I have already declared that I have no intention of being a candidate
> 
> for the ICANN Board and as I do have some small experience of public
> elections
> (for those of you who don't know, I was a candidate for the United
> Kingdom's
> House of Commons in the 1997 UK General Election), I will volunteer to
> organise such an electoral committee.
> 
> ------------------------
> 
> >
> > As for the four weeks period. Well, you know the anser: it is not
> > possible, as we must elect the directors by October 15 (thdone by the
> > permanent NC).
> 
> Alithough I note Joe's comments I have still to see a formal memo
> instructing us to do this by the Board.
> 
> I would like to see this, since I do not like the idea of us doing
> business simply as the result of "what someone said to someone else in
> Santiago".
> 
> I do agree with Joe about the desirability of early elections, and I
> will work hard to help the NC meet this deadline.
> 
> > I would prefer open balots voer secret ones. Transparency, Ithink they
> > call it ;-))
> 
> Actually, not in the case of elections.
> 
> The secret ballot in carrying out elections is something which is
> enshrined
> in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
> 
> Open ballots do not promote transparency, in fact the reverse.
> (Open balloting was the norm in UK public elections prior to the Reform
> Act
> of 1832, before which, parliamentary election results were, shall we
> say,
> less a matter of democracy, than of undue influnce.)
> 
> The elections /must/ be by secret ballot of the NC members, though of
> course
> in the normal course of campaigning, they may wish to make their views
> public and are entirely free to do so.
> 
> Nigel
> 
> 
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Amadeu, nearlky completing this round of backlogged em-mails....