Re: [registrars] GNSO vote

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

I suppose that then that this warrants a pre-congratulations to Mike - and
settles the matter of our request.

Thanks for the info Paul.

Regards,


                      -rwr


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Stahura" <stahura@enom.com>
To: <registrars@dnso.org>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:37 PM
Subject: RE: [registrars] GNSO vote


> >From ICANN watch
>
> "The GNSO Council ousted Alejandro Pisanty from the Board
> and voted in Michael Palage in the first round of voting. "
>
> http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/044205&mode=thread
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Tonkin [mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:33 AM
> To: registrars@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [registrars] GNSO vote
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> With regard to the GNSO election:
>
> There has been only one round of email voting.
> See
> http://www.dnso.org/elections/2003.GNSO-ICANN-seat14-voting-proc.html
> for voting procedures.
>
> The registrars reps voted in that round after the email vote amongst
> registrars.  This occurred on 12/13 March 2003 (depending on which
> timezone you were in).
>
> I expect the interim results of the first round to be published soon.
>
> The results are not finalised until the GNSO Council has ratified the
> vote during a physical meeting or teleconference.
>
> It is a bit difficult to comment on who I voted for at this stage, as we
> are really in the midst of the election, and results have not yet been
> made public.  Given the recent discussion about registrar voting
> processes, note the the GNSO council does not display the voting
> preferences of members of the council until the vote is ratified.  Each
> council member is allocated a code, and each member of council can check
> that their vote has been correcly recorded.
>
> All I will say at this stage, is that I voted as a member of council,
> representing the registrars constituency.  As a council member I was
> involved in accessing each candidate and interviewing each candidate.
> As a council member I must act in the best interests of ICANN as a
> whole.   Under the ICANN structure, the registrars constituency cannot
> "direct" council members on how to vote, just as the GNSO Council cannot
> direct its nominees (seats 13 and 14) to the ICANN Board on how to vote.
>
> As a representative of the registrars constituency, I also consulted
> with members of the registrars constituency and paid close attention to
> the registrar vote.  This is in accordance with the registrar
> constituency by-laws:
> http://www.icann-registrars.org/pdfs/bylaws1.pdf
> That state:
> "As far as is practical, Council representatives shall consult all
> relevant matters and decisions with the registrars constituency"
>
> Note also that there are two seats to fill (seat 13 and seat 14).  We
> are currently in the midst of an election for seat 14.
>
> Once the election results are final, I will be happy to inform the
> registrars constituency of how I voted, and the reason for my decision.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nikolaj Nyholm [mailto:nikolajn@ascio.com]
> Sent: Monday, 17 March 2003 12:57 AM
> To: 'Ross Wm. Rader'; 'Ken Stubbs'
> Cc: 'Registrar Constituency'
>
> > Also Ken, we haven't heard back from the Names Council reps per our
> > request earlier this week to split the vote 2/3 in favor of Palage
> > 1/3 in favor of
> > Pisanty. I had figured that perhaps our reps were just busy and not
> > able to acknowledge, but now I see that you are indeed here (or are
> > here now). :-)
> >
> > Can you shed some light on the status of this request for the benefit
> > of the membership?
>
>
> As Ross and others, I would also like to enquire into the voting
> practices of our reps. Kindly advise.
>
> /n
>
>