[council] Proposed process to elect ICANN Board seats 13 and 14

["Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>]

Hello All,

Here is a draft process to elect the ICANN Board seats 13 and 14 based on our discussion in the last call.  This will be on the agenda for the teleconference on 20 Feb 2003 to resolve.

I welcome feedback.

Regards,
Bruce


PROCESS FOR ELECTION OF ICANN BOARD SEATS 13 and 14

20 Feb 2003: call for nominations by members of the GNSO Council (14 day period)
6 March 2003: 14 day email vote for seat 14 on ICANN Board
	(- note the resulting director will sit on Board from mid 2003 until 2nd quarter 2005)
25 March 2003: ratify the email vote for seat 14 at the GNSO Council meeting in Rio de Janeiro
26 March 2003: call for any additional nominations by members of the GNSO Council (7 day period) taking into account result of vote for seat 14 and the need for geographic diversity between the holder of seat 13 and 14
2 April 2003: 14 day email vote for seat 13 on ICANN Board
(- note the resulting director will sit on the Board from mid 2003 until 2nd quarter 2004)
17 April 2003: ratify email vote for seat 13 at GNSO Council teleconference

Each nomination must be accompanied by a brief description of how the candidate meets the following selection criteria (from http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-appa-31oct02.htm#VI)

ICANN Directors shall be:

1. Accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and intelligence, with reputations for sound judgment and open minds, and a demonstrated capacity for thoughtful group decision-making;

2. Persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the potential impact of ICANN decisions on the global Internet community, and committed to the success of ICANN;

3. Persons who will produce the broadest cultural and geographic diversity on the Board consistent with meeting the other criteria set forth in this Section;

4. Persons who, in the aggregate, have personal familiarity with the operation of gTLD registries and registrars; with ccTLD registries; with IP address registries; with Internet technical standards and protocols; with policy-development procedures, legal traditions, and the public interest; and with the broad range of business, individual, academic, and non-commercial users of the Internet; 

5. Persons who are willing to serve as volunteers, without compensation other than the reimbursement of certain expenses; and

6. Persons who are able to work and communicate in written and spoken English.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no official of a national government or a multinational entity established by treaty or other agreement between national governments may serve as a Director. As used herein, the term "official" means a person (i) who holds an elective governmental office or (ii) who is employed by such government or multinational entity and whose primary function with such government or entity is to develop or influence governmental or public policies.