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Mr. Farrar,

Middle of the page for announcements.  Also there exists a link to the
WD list.
Worthwhile reading.

Note that this is the announcement for the GA Chair elections, would you
be inclined to
accept a nomination?


http://www.dnso.org/dnso/announce/Arc01/msg00105.html
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[announce] Reminder about GA voting roster for GA Chair


[ To: council@dnso.org ]
[ To: ga@dnso.org, announce@dnso.org ]

[ cf. http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2002.DNSO-GAchair.html ]

ICANN/DNSO

   DNSO election of a Chair and an Alternate Chair to the General Assembly
                             for the year 2002
                        November 2001 to January 2002

23 November 2001

  I. The ICANN Bylaws http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm, Article VI-B,
     Section 2 (i) states that the Names Council shall elect the Chairman of
     the GA annually.

 II. On 17th of November
     http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc06/msg00403.html, the Names
     Council was asked by the GA Chair to manage an election process to
     select a nominee for appointment by the NC to the position of GA Chair.

III. The Secretariat determined with the DNSO GA Chair, and with Philip
     Sheppard, NC Chair, that the 2002 election will take place between 23
     November 2001 and 14 January 2002 with the following agenda:
        o Friday,   23 Nov - Reminder about voting roster, two weeks to
          register
        o Friday,   07 Dec - Call for nominations issued, two weeks to
          nominate
        o Friday,   21 Dec - Call for endorsements issued, two weeks to
          endorse
        o Friday,   04 Jan - List of candidates closes
        o Saturday, 05 Jan - Vote of the GA voting registry initiated, one
          week to vote
        o Saturday, 12 Jan - Vote of the GA voting registry closes
        o Monday,   14 Jan - Results calculated
        o Thursday, 17 Jan - NC elects the Chair and Alternate from the
          candidates ranked by the GA vote

     All nominations, acceptances and endorsements will be provided in the
     sections below.

 IV. On 16th of March 2001
     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.GA-chair-election-rules-v0.2.html,
     Harald Alvestrand, the GA Alternate Chair in 2000, proposed the
     Election Rules for the DNSO GA. These rules were voted on and accepted.

     The Electorate will be those GA members who subscribed to the GA voting
     registry, cf. http://www.dnso.org/secretariat/rosterindex.html.

  V. A nomination watchdog committee has been formed to police the
     nomination process to help detect and cure any instances of fraudulent
     activity in connection with the nomination process.

     Any instances of fraudulent nominations or endorsements should be
     reported to this committee at the following email address:
     ga-watchdog@dnso.org, with a copy to the Names Council at
     council@dnso.org, This committee and the Names Council shall have the
     sole discretion as to how to deal with any such reported activity.

     Watchdog Committee list archive in
     http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-watchdog/Arc00/

     The members to the Watchdog Committee in 2002 election are:
        o Roberto Gaetano
        o Harald Alvestrand
        o Kent Crispin
        o Dany Vandromme
        o Alexander Svensson
        o Izumi Aizu

 VI. Nomination of candidates for election to the Chair of the General
     Assembly,

          Opens  on Friday 07 December 2001, 17:00 UTC (18:00 Paris),
          Closes on Friday 21 December 2001, 17:00 UTC (18:00 Paris)

          The acceptance period closes on 21 December 2001, 20:00 UTC
          (21:00 Paris)

          (For local time in other places see
          http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/)

             * Nominations must be sent by e-mail to
               ga-nominations@dnso.org.

               Please use a Template for nomination:

                  1a. Full name of the nominee:
                  1b. E-mail address of the nominee:
                  2a. Full name of the nominator:
                  2b. E-mail address of the nominator:
                  2c. Type of GA membership:
                      (GA-ga subscriber, GA-announce subscriber,
                       GA-voting registry, Working Group subscriber,
                       or DNSO Constituency member)

               Each nominee will be requested for acceptance statement
               by the Secretariat.

             * Acceptances must be sent by e-mail to
               ga-nominations@dnso.org.

               Please use a Template for acceptance:

                  1a. Full name of the nominee:
                  1b. E-mail address of the nominee:
                  1c. Background information about the nominee:
                  1d. Statement of the nominee's objectives
                      in the role as Chair of the GA:
                      (including his or her views of the role
                      of the GA and its relationship with the
                      Names Council and Constituencies of the DNSO)

             * Archives of nominations and acceptances received:

               http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-nominations/Arc05

               On Friday 21 December 2001, 17:00 UTC (18:00 Paris), the
               ga-nominations list will close.

          -------------------------------------------------------------

          Nominees who accepted their nomination for the Chair of the
          General Assembly (GA) (date of reception at the dnso.org,
          Paris)

               (list updated daily)

          -------------------------------------------------------------

VII. Endorsement of candidates for election to the Chair of the General
     Assembly,

          Opens on Friday 21 December 2001, 21:00 UTC (22:00 Paris),
          Closes on Friday 04 January 2001, 21:00 UTC (22:00 Paris)

          (For local time in other places see
          http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/)

             * Endorsements must be sent by e-mail to
               ga-endorsements@dnso.org.

               Please use a Template for endorsement:

                  3a. Full name of the endorser:
                  3b. E-mail address of the endorser:
                  3c. Full name of the accepted nominee
                      you wish to endorse:
                      (specific statements of endorsements
                      may also be submitted and are encouraged)

             * Archives of endorsements received:

               http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-endorsements/Arc02

               On Friday 04 January 2001, 21:00 UTC (22:00 Paris), the
               ga-endorsements list will close.

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          Candidates for the Chair of the General Assembly (GA)

               (list updated daily)

          -------------------------------------------------------------

VIII.Election of the Chair and Alternate Chair to the General Assembly by
     the General Assembly - this procedure is an advisory vote by the GA to
     advise the Names Council of its preferences.

          Opens  on Saturday 05 January 2001, 17:00 UTC (18:00 Paris),
          Closes on Saturday 12 January 2002, 17:00 UTC (18:00 Paris)

          (For local time in other places see
          http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/)

          The results will be announced no later than
          Monday 14 January 2002, at 23:00 UTC (24:00 Paris),
          and will be published on the web site in
          http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2002.GA-chair-election-ranking.html

 IX. Election of the Chair to the General Assembly by the Names Council

          During the NC teleconference, 17 January 2002, 14:00 UTC
          (15:00 Paris)

          (For local time in other places see
          http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/)

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                 Information from:  © DNSO Names Council



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