[announce] Call for Nominations for GA Chair

[DNSO Secretariat <DNSO.Secretariat@dnso.org>]

16 March 2001.

Call for Nomination of candidates for election to the Chair 
of the General Assembly of the DNSO.


The Secretariat determined with Roberto Gaetano and Harald Alvestrand,
the DNSO GA Chairs, and Philip Sheppard, NC Chair, that the 2001 
election will take place between 2nd March and 10 April 2001, 
with the following agenda: 
     Friday,   02 Mar - Remider about voting roster, two weeks to register 
     Friday,   16 Mar - Call for nominations issued 
     Friday,   23 Mar - Call for endorsements issued 
     Friday,   30 Mar - List of candidates closes 
     Saturday, 31 Mar - Vote of the GA voting registry initiated 
     Saturday, 07 Apr - Vote of the GA voting registry closes 
     Sunday,   08 Apr - Results calculated 
     Tuesday,  10 Apr - NC elects the Chair and Alternate from 
                        the candidates ranked by the GA vote 

The nomination period is:
    open  Friday 16 March 2001, 18:00 CET (Paris time), 17:00 UTC
    close Friday 23 March 2001, 18:00 CET (Paris time)
The acceptance period close on Friday 23 March 2001 at 21:00 CET
(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)

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)

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

Archives of nominations and acceptances received: 
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-nominations/Arc01

Please consult
       http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.DNSO-GAchair.html
for more information on the DNSO GA Chair election.

DNSO Secretariat