[council] Time table for ICANN Board election this year

[DNSO Secretariat <DNSO.Secretariat@dnso.org>]

Council,

The term of Amadeu Abril i Abril, ICANN Board Director
elected by the DNSO Names Council in 1999 expires on 
30 September 2001.
The remaining two DNSO elected Directors are Alejandro Pisanty
(LatinAC) and Jonathan Cohen (NorthAm).

This year election will be open to candidates from
3 geographic regions: Europe, AsiaPac and Africa.

According to the procedures for election, the proposed time
table, validated with Philip Sheppard is: 

Nominations = 3 weeks:
Start: Monday 23 July 2001
End:   Monday 13 August 2001

Endorsements = 3 weeks:
Start: Monday 13 August 2001
End:   Monday 03 September 2001

Break for Montevideo ICANN Meetings

Vote by the NC = 4 days:
Start: Wednesday 12 September 2001
End:   Saturday 15 September 2001 - telecon to confirm results

We MUST provide results to ICANN no later than 16 September
(it was checked with Louis Touton last year for legal reasons).

The ICANN Board election associated web pages are under 
preparation and will be ready next week.

DNSO Secretariat
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