Re: [registrars] **** _no_ **** EMERGENCY NC NOMINATION / ELECTION

["Paul M. Kane" <Paul.Kane@REACTO.com>]

Michael

Your timing is _very_bad_.......

I believe Erica Roberts is to remain as an advisor/consultant employed by
Melbourne IT and thus she will remain eligible to represent the Registrar
Constituency at this very important time.

May I respectfully suggest that until the dust settles there are NO knee jerk
reactions to replace her as that leaves us (the Registrar Constituency) and the
ICANN process in a weaker position so less of the EMERGENCY please.

Let us build the stability of ICANN (organization and process) and demonstrate
to the broader internet community we don't make a "crisis" out of the simple
inaccessibility of an email account....

Below is the latest communication from Erica....

"erica.roberts" wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> Yes - lots of changes are underway for me - and for M-IT.  I will continue to
> work for M-IT on a consultancy basis with particular focus on ICANN and auDA
> matters

Best

Paul.



"Michael D. Palage" wrote:

> Hello people,
>
> I know most of you are probably busy preparing registry applications prior
> to the October 2 deadline, however, there is an emergency that has arisen
> within the constituency. It appears that Erica Roberts no longer works for
> Melobourne IT. Under the ICANN rules, people NOT companies are elected to
> ICANN positions. Therefore she may be technically our representative.
> However, this must be analyzed in light of our by-laws that require memebers
> to be a ICANN accredited registrar. Depending on how this legal situtation
> is resolved I believe it is vital that we maintain our full names counsel
> representation during this time. Assisiting us in maintaining our full names
> counsel representation is an item that we voted on early in the year that
> established a proper chain of command in the case of the inability of a
> Names Counsel representativeto fulfill his/her duties. Luckily this and the
> efforts of Paul Kane helped us maintain our full block of voting power
> yesterday. Now that Ken Stubbs has returned from London, he will be actively
> involved as well in protecting our collective interests.
>
> Depending how this issue is resolved I believe it would be prudent to start
> accepting nominations for any person who is NOT a citizen from North America
> or Europe and would be interested in running for the third Names Counsel
> seat. If Erica resigns or it is determined that she cannot be our
> representative because she is not working for an ICANN accredited
> registrars, then next Friday I will start a voting process that will last
> for seven days if there are multiple candidates. In this case voting would
> be scheduled to end on September 29, 2000.
>
> Mike