RE: [council] Election mechanism

[Javier <javier@aui.es>]

Dennis,

I will agree with whatever was decided, but my understanding was that they 
were all to be published for public comment, giving people outside the NC 
time to comment on them.

I would like to know what was the understanding of other member of the NC 
on this matter.

javier


At 00:19 16/09/99 +0100, Dennis Jennings wrote:
>Javier,
>
>We agreed to send them to the Berkman Centre for advice - not to publish
>them.  We need to agree what we are doing before we publish confusing
>messages.  After next week's teleconfernce we will publish theelection
>procedures.
>
>Please respect the agreements we reached today.
>
>Thanks
>Dennis
>
>On Wednesday, September 15, 1999 9:52 PM, Javier [SMTP:javier@aui.es]
>wrote:
> > Council,
> >
> > I have simplified my proposal based on the resolutions and
>recommendations
> > of the Names Council teleconference.
> >
> > Please find it here.
> >
> > Dennis and Nigel, can you please send to the secretariat the proposals
>that
> > you want published in the website.
> >
> > Javier
> >
> > PROPOSAL FOR
> > ELECTION MECHANISM FOR ICANN BOARD DIRECTORS
> >
> > 1) Nomination of candidates will be done in the manner already
>established
> > by the Names Council.
> >
> > 2) Elections will take place during a time not inferior to five working
> > days. Each member of the Names council will vote for three candidates.
> > Votes will be sent to an address specially set up by the DNSO
>secretariat.
> > The secretariat will keep the votes secret until the end of the election
> > period, and the end of which it will send, privatelly, to the Names
> > Council, a list of all votes received by each candidate, specifying which
>
> > Names Council members have voted for them.
> >
> > 3) The following candidates will be recognized as DNSO ICANN Board
>members
> >
> > a) The candidate with the largest number of votes (Board Member "A").
> >
> > b) The candidate with the largest number of votes who is a citizen of a
> > region  different from the region of Board Member "A"   (Board Member
>"B").
> >
> > c) The candidate with the largest number of votes who is not a citizen
> > of  the  regions of Board members "A" and "B"  (Board Member "C").
> >
> > 4) In case of a tie in any of the first three positions that leaves
>unclear
> > who the elected members of the ICANN Board are, the Names Council will
>hold
> > a three-day mini-election with the candidates who are in the tie.
> >
> > 5) In case any of the three elected members of the Board has not received
>
> > the support of at least 50% of the members of the Names Council, the
>Names
> > Council will hold a confirmation vote for all three candidates together.
>If
> > the three candidates do not receive the support of at least 50% of the
> > Names Council, the elections will be considered invalid and the whole
> > election process will be repeated.
> >
> > 6) If confirmed by the Names Council, Board member "A" will serve for
>three
> > years. Board member "B" will serve for two years and Board "Member "C"
>will
> > serve for one year.
> >
> > 7) After the election process has finished, the Names Council will send
>to
> > the ICANN Board the names of the DNSO Board members as well as the terms
> > that each one will serve. It will also make public the results of the
> > elections, including the number of votes received by each candidate.