RE: [council] Election mechanism

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

Theresa,

My understanding of my summary of the discussion during the 
teleconference was that we agreed that we would get the advice of 
the Berkman centre on all the proposals and only post the agreed 
outcome.  Anything else would add considerable confusion.  I didn't 
check the notes of the meeting - indeed I have not yet given my 
schedule - so I assume that my summary is recorded there.

Today I hope we reach agreement and then post the result.

Dennis

Date sent:      	Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:17:16 -0400
From:           	Theresa Swinehart <Theresa.Swinehart@wcom.com>
Subject:        	RE: [council] Election mechanism
To:             	Dennis.Jennings@ucd.ie, 'Javier' <javier@aui.es>
Copies to:      	council@dnso.org
Send reply to:  	Theresa.Swinehart@wcom.com

> Dennis -
> 
> I understood from the call, as a result of points I raised, that there was
> agreement that these mechanisms were to be posted while they were being
> finalized so that everyone is aware of what is occurring. Javier's
> specifically said in his note that you and Nigel should also forward yours.
> I'm not sure what the difficulty is, unless I'm missing something, we'd
> agreed to do this - I also don't know how we could keep to anytime frame
> commitments if nothing about this discussion was posted in any of the
> versions.
> 
> Theresa
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	owner-council@dnso.org [mailto:owner-council@dnso.org] On Behalf Of
> Dennis Jennings
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 15, 1999 7:19 PM
> To:	'Javier'
> Cc:	council@dnso.org
> Subject:	RE: [council] Election mechanism
> 
> 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.
> 


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