[council] NOTICE: NC vote to waive rule NC chair election about to start

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

[To: council@dnso.org]

Council,

The Names Council vote - ballot   b10 - is about to start.

This vote is about waiving the NC Rules of Procedure,
as published in
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010220.NCprocedures-v4.0.html.

Solely for the purposes of the NC Chair election taking place on February
14, 2002, the NC moves to waive the provision of Section 1.1 of the Rules
of Procedure for the DNSO which prohibits a retiring NC Chair from running
for re-election for a period of one year.

Motion moved by Caroline Chicoine, seconded by  Marilyn Cade.

Each of 21 NC members will receive a ballot appearing as from
"ncvote@dnso.org" - please make your choice and reply.

The time for this NC vote is:
    Starting Thursday,  31 January 2002, 12:00 Paris time (11:00 UTC), now
    Ending   Tuesday, 05 February 2002, 23:59 your local time
             or when all 21 ballots from the NC have been received,
             whatever occurs first.
The results will be provided no later than Wednesday 05 February 2002,
12:00 Paris time (11:00 UTC).

On Wednesday 05 February 2002 the nomination period opens for nominations
for the Names Council Chair.

Nominations close on Wednesday 13 February 12.00 Paris time, 11.00 UTC.

The vote will take place during the Names Council teleconference on Thursday
14 February at 15.00 CET (Paris time) 14.00 UTC.

DNSO Secretariat

===start waiver to rules ===

WHEREAS the current Rules of Procedure for the DNSO (version 4) adopted by
 the Names Council on 26 February 2001 (see
 http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020117.NCprocedures-v4.0.html), provide:

 "1. Names Council Chair
 1.1 Election.  The NC Chair will be elected by the members of the NC by
 simple majority vote and will hold office for a period of six months. One
 renewal, subject to a fresh vote, of six months will be allowed.
A retiring Chair will  not be eligible for re-election for a period of one
year."

 WHEREAS, under these rules, the current NC Chair, Philip Shepard, is
 ineligible to run for re-election to the NC Chair;

 NOW, THEREFORE, the NC moves as follows:

 Solely for the purposes of the NC Chair election taking place on February
 14, 2002, the NC moves to waive the provision of Section 1.1 of the Rules
of Procedure for the DNSO which prohibits a retiring NC Chair from running
for re-election for a period of one year.

=== end waiver to rules ===
DNSO Secretariat