Re: [council] Time table for ICANN Board election this year

[ken stubbs <kstubbs@digitel.net>]

i like the august 28th date but that is my personal choice.. it puts less
"stress " on the process and would also give us a choice before the meeting in
uruguay ..

ken

Elisabeth Porteneuve wrote:

> Ken,
>
> We have difficult case this year because of Montevideo dates.
>
> Here is the calnedar:
>
>          Jul                    Aug                    Sep
>  S  M Tu  W Th  F  S    S  M Tu  W Th  F  S    S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
>  1  2  3  4  5  6  7             1  2  3  4                      1
>  8  9 10 11 12 13 14    5  6  7  8  9 10 11    2  3  4  5  6  7  8
> 15 16 17 18 19 20 21   12 13 14 15 16 17 18    9 10 11 12 13 14 15
> 22 23 24 25 26 27 28   19 20 21 22 23 24 25   16 17 18 19 20 21 22
> 29 30 31               26 27 28 29 30 31      23 24 25 26 27 28 29
>                                               30
>
> If we move one week up, and start the process Monday 16, then it means
> we MIGHT start to vote Tuesday August 28th.
>
> In this case we are less our backs to the wall, because
> depending on number of candidates, we may decide to vote before Montevideo
> (before the end of August), or after Montevideo (I take your point,
> 2 days starting 13 September would be OK).
>
> I would not recommend to vote in September 4th-6th, because several
> of us will be on the way to Montevideo, or already sitting on meetings
> in Montevideo (some starts on 5th morning). To be safe I would avoid
> any date in September prior to Montevideo.
>
> Would it be better ?
>
> Elisabeth
> --
>
> >
> > we are pushing our backs to the wall here !!!
> >
> > timetable is quite difficult as many will be travelling on the 11 & 12
> > of september and it may be difficult to assemble
> >
> > personally i believe it would be better to move the whole process up one
> > week and start the nominations july 16 and the election on august 28  or
> > september 4th -6th (remember we are only voting for 1 person and could
> > have 2 votes/day if we wished
> >
> > comments please ...
> >
> > ken stubbs
> >
> > DNSO Secretariat wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > > --
> >
> >