Re: [ga] Nomination Procedure for nominating ICANN Board Director candidates

[Elisabeth Porteneuve <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>]

Bret,

I do not see Article V as easy adapted to the exceptional
situation when you have to coordinate actions in ALL 3 SOs.
Not much doubt for myself, it requires Board action (but
I am not a lawyer).

But my real point in not there.

The acting Board Director need to be reelected, and to have
a strong support to achieve the work on Reform. What if extension
of 90 days is not sufficient ? 
How long does it take to have a request for extension ready
and ratified by the Board ?

Please note that after Shaghai the Board will be reduced 
to SOs Directors only (see below), and probably until
the first ICANN meeting in 2003. The time is necessary
to set up the Nominating Committee representing 19 various groups 
of interest and respecting the geographic diversity.
Once this Nominating Committee is set up, it will have to find 
and seat Board Directors.

Am I pessimistic on implementation ? Maybe.

Anyway, it is easier in my opinion to have SOs Directors
in place and to replace all of them by new structure, when
ready.

To be clear: I think that the DNSO election underway is in 
support of Mr Pisanty.

Elisabeth
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1. Article V, Section 1. INITIAL BOARD
   ...
   The remaining four "At Large" members of the Initial Board 
   shall serve until the conclusion of the Annual Meeting of 
   the Corporation in 2002. No At Large member of the Initial 
   Board shall be eligible for additional service on the Board 
   until two years have elapsed following the end of his or her 
   term on the Board.

   Will leave: Hans Krajinenbrink, Linda Wilson, Jun Murai 
   and Frank Fitzsimmons

2. Article II, about FIVE "AT LARGE" DIRECTORS elected IN THE YEAR 2000

   Section 3. TERMS OF "AT LARGE" DIRECTORS

   The five "At Large" Directors seated as described in 
   Section 2 shall serve terms that expire at the conclusion of 
   the Annual Meeting of the Corporation in 2002.

   Will leave: Nii Quaynor, Ivan Campos, Masanobu Katoh, Karl Auerbach, 
   Andy Mueller-Maguhn




> From owner-ga@dnso.org Fri Aug  9 23:37 MET 2002
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> Subject: Re: [ga] Nomination Procedure for nominating ICANN Board Director
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> From: Bret Fausett <fausett@lextext.com>
> To: Elisabeth Porteneuve <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>, <ga@dnso.org>
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> There's more than one way to do this...without throwing ourselves into
> anarchy. Here are just three alternatives, each possible under the current
> bylaws:
> 
> (1) Ask each of the DNSO-elected Directors to resign now but effective at
> the close of the Board meeting on 31 October 2002. Hold elections now for
> two replacements (plus one alternate in the event that three Directors are
> required under ICANN 2.0). The current bylaws permit the DNSO to fill a
> vacancy under Article V, Section 12.
> 
> (2) Vote now to remove the sitting DNSO Directors under Article V, Section
> 11 effective at the close of the Board meeting on 31 October 2002. Then, as
> described in (1), hold new elections.
> 
> (3) Have the Council vote to extend the term of Mr. Pisanty, with the
> blessing of the Board, for a period of 90 days, which ought to be sufficient
> to finalize reform and hold new elections within the new GNSO.
> 
> Elisabeth Porteneuve wrote:
> > Today Bylaws set up obligations on each SOs, one of them is to proceed
> > on time and to elect ICANN Board directors.
> > 
> > Until we receive the clear implementation schedule and timeline
> > for ICANN 2 (whatever it is, as amended in Bucharest, work in progress,
> > letters to DoC in progress, see your own blog), we have to follow rules.
> > Otherwise it is anarchy.
> 
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