RE: [registrars] GNSO vote

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@palage.com>]

Thank you Ross, Paul, and others for the supportive emails that I have
received.

However, being from Palm Beach County Florida, the home of the hanging chad
in the 2000 Presidential election, I believe that Bruce's proposal to wait
until the vote is ratified is the most prudent course of action at this
time.

Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Ross Wm. Rader
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:52 PM
> To: Paul Stahura; registrars@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [registrars] GNSO vote
>
>
> 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
> >
> >
>