[ga] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] CIRA press release on election

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Jamie, all assembly members, stakeholders and/or interested parties,

  Thank you for making us all aware of this CIRA announcement and
regarding on-line elections in Canada by actual stakeholder/users.
Hopefully the ICANN BoD and staff can learn something from this.
However, somehow I doubt that they will learn anything positive
or productive...

  BTW, a number of our Canadian members are registered voters
in CIRA and will be casting their ballots...

James Love wrote:

> Apparently the CIRA's BOD appointed nominating committee proposed six
> candidates and two additional candidates were nominated by the members.
> Only three will be elected.  I expect there will be some publicity over this
> when the elections are finished on Thursday.   Jamie
>
> http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/74.html
>
> June 6, 2002
> Voting for CIRA Board of Directors Elections Begins
> Tomorrow (Friday, June 7, 2002)
> Online elections give dot-ca domain name holders opportunity to participate
> in the governance of Canada's name space.
>
> Ottawa, June 6, 2002 - Online polls for the Canadian Internet Registration
> Authority's (CIRA) second online Board of Directors elections will open
> tomorrow, June 7, 2002, at 12:00 noon (EDT). All 140,000 CIRA members, who
> also are dot-ca Internet domain name holders, will be able to begin voting
> for up to three candidates to fill three seats on the CIRA Board of
> Directors by visiting CIRA's web site at www.cira.ca.
>
> "This election is important to Canada because it gives dot-ca domain name
> holders, who are CIRA members, a direct say in the governance of Canada's
> Internet domain by selecting its Board members," said Professor David G.
> Macneil of the University of New Brunswick's Faculty of Computer Science,
> CIRA's Returning Officer.
>
> The CIRA election process started in February with the appointment of a
> Nomination Committee. Members, candidates, and the general public also
> participated in an online Question and Answer Forum addressing dot-ca
> governance issues. Questions and answers posted on the Forum are available
> at www.cira.ca/bb2002/index.html. The voting period starting today is the
> final stage of the election process.
>
> A total of eight candidates will be listed on the CIRA online ballot. The
> CIRA Nominations Committee, appointed by the CIRA Board, nominated six
> candidates. CIRA members nominated two candidates through an online
> nominations process. Candidates' names and election statements are available
> through www.cira.ca/en/elections-2002.html. The three candidates garnering
> the most votes will serve three-year terms on the CIRA Board.
>
> Each CIRA member will require a CIRA user account number and password to
> vote. Members who have misplaced their user account number and/or password
> should contact their registrar as soon as possible to obtain a replacement.
>
> Online voting begins at 12:00 noon (12:00 EDT) on June 7, 2002 and will
> close at 8:00 pm (20:00 EDT) on June 13, 2002. Election results will be
> posted at www.cira.ca by June 20, 2002.
>
> About CIRA
> CIRA is the not-for-profit corporation mandated to operate the dot-ca
> top-level domain for all Canadians. It is responsible for setting policy and
> managing the 292,000 dot-ca domain name database as well as registering
> domain names through its network of certified registrars. Additional
> information is available at www.cira.ca.
>
> -30-
>
> Media Inquiries:
> Gabriel Ahad, Director of Communications
> 613-237-0300 (ext. 235), gabriel.ahad@cira.ca
>
> --------------------------------
> James Love mailto:james.love@cptech.org
> http://www.cptech.org +1.202.387.8030 mobile +1.202.361.3040
>
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Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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