RE: [council] Schedule for the rounds of Convention Style Voting

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@Neustar.us>]

Is this procedure set in stone?  I was hoping to have written statements
from each of the candidates as well as a chance to have my constituency meet
(at least virtually) with some of the candidates prior to voting.  Plus, to
be honest, I am not too familiar with this convention style voting.  If this
is the way it has been done in the past, please forgive my questioning as I
am new to the group (and a Board election has not occurred since
Montevideo).

I therefore would propose that we be given at least a full week prior to the
closing of the first round in order to avoid a rushed voting schedule.  

Thanks.

Jeff



-----Original Message-----
From: DNSO SECRETARIAT [mailto:DNSO.SECRETARIAT@dnso.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:38 PM
To: council
Subject: [council] Schedule for the rounds of Convention Style Voting


[To: council@dnso.org]

Dear Council Members,

Please note the Schedule for the rounds of Convention Style voting.
Further notification will be sent when the nominations have closed on
Thursday 11:00 UTC.

The GNSO Council will vote by e-mail between March 6 and March 20, 2003 and
the vote will be confirmed at the GNSO Council meeting in Rio de Janeiro on
March 25, 2003

For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Each GNSO Council member will be sent an individual ballot which must be
completed with one (x) and returned to the address on the ballot.

The votes will be weighed according to the ICANN bylaws
http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-15dec02.htm#X
Registrar and Registry Constituency members' votes will count for 2 for each
constuency member, while in the remaining 4 constituencies, each
constituency member's vote will count for 1.

SCHEDULE FOR THE ROUNDS OF CONVENTION STYLE VOTING
     1a. March 6, 15:00 UTC - First-round ballot distributed by
 secretariat
     1b. March 11, 15:00 UTC - All ballots from first round must be
 returned to secretariat
     1c.  March 11, 18:00 UTC - Secretariat announces results of
 first-round ballot

 (as needed:)
     2a.  March 11, 18:00 UTC - Second-round ballot distributed by
 secretariat
     2b.  March 13, 15:00 UTC - All ballots from second round must be
 returned to secretariat
     2c.  March 13, 18:00 UTC - Secretariat announces results of
 second-round ballot

 (as needed:)
     3a.  March 13, 18:00 UTC - Third-round ballot distributed by
 secretariat
     3b.  March 15, 15:00 UTC - All ballots from third round must be
 returned to secretariat
     3c.  March 15, 18:00 UTC - Secretariat announces results of
 third-round ballot

 (as needed:)
     4a.  March 15, 18:00 UTC - Fourth-round ballot distributed by
 secretariat
     4b.  March 18, 15:00 UTC - All ballots from fourth round must be
 returned to secretariat
     4c.  March 18, 18:00 UTC - Secretariat announces results of
 fourth-round ballot
 (as needed:)

     5a.  March 18, 18:00 UTC - Fifth-round ballot distributed by
 secretariat
     5b.  March 20, 15:00 UTC - All ballots from fifth round must be
 returned to secretariat
     5c.  March 20, 18:00 UTC - Secretariat announces results of
 fifth-round ballot

For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Each GNSO Council member will be sent an individual ballot which must be
completed with one (x) and returned to the address on the ballot.

The votes will be weighed according to the ICANN bylaws
http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-15dec02.htm#X
Registrar and Registry Constituency members' votes will count for 2 for each
constuency member, while in the remaining 4 constituencies, each
constituency member's vote will count for 1.

At the start of the e-mail voting procedure, only the 17 current
members may vote.

GNSO Secretariat