[announce] Vote by the GA - preferences for a Chair and an Alternate Chair

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

GA Members,

Starting today, 31 March 2001, the members of GA Voting Registry 
are voting to advise the Names Council of its preferences
for a Chair and an Alternate Chair to the General Assembly.

The Basic Outline of the Election Process has been sent out
to the members of GA Voting Registry, followed by individual
ballots.

The adopted Election Rules state:
    Voting is secret; only the secretariat and the watchdogs get to
    see the votes.
The members to the Watchdog Committee in 2001 election are: 
    * Roberto Gaetano 
    * Harald Alvestrand 
    * Kent Crispin 
    * Dany Vandromme 
    * Alexander Svensson 
    * Izumi Aizu 

The attached is a schedule and a summary of the ongoing vote.

DNSO Secretariat

[ To: ga@dnso.org, announce@dnso.org ]
[ To: council@dnso.org ]

[ cf. http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.GA-chair-election-ranking.html ]

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DNSO General Assembly 
Vote by the GA to advise the Names Council of its preferences 
for a Chair and an Alternate Chair to the General Assembly
b04 



31 March 2001

Vote by the GA to advise the Names Council of its preferences 
for a Chair and an Alternate Chair to the General Assembly

Four candidates determined in Nominations-Acceptances-Endorsements 
process http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.DNSO-GAchair.html 

Listed in order of acceptances: 
    * Danny Younger 
    * Eric Hugh Dierker 
    * Jonathan Weinberg 
    * Patrick Corliss 

Basic outline of Vote by the GA to advise the Names Council 
of its preferences for a Chair and an Alternate Chair to the 
General Assembly

    * Basic outline 
      http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.GA-b04-outline.html 

Electorate and Voting Registry 

    * Electorate. Voting roster 
      http://www.dnso.org/secretariat/b04rosterindex.html, 
      as of 31 March 2001, at the time the ballot was sent out. 
    * Voting Registry 
      http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2000.GA-voting-registry.html 

Election Rules used by the DNSO General Assembly 

    * Election rules 
      http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.GA-chair-election-rules-v0.2.html 

Time for the vote

    * Begins: Saturday 31 March 2001, 16:00 UTC, 18:00 CET (Paris), 
      (8:00 LA, 11:00 New York, 18:00 Paris, 01:00 next day Tokyo) 
    * Ends: Saturday 7 April 2001, 16:00 UTC, 18:00 CET (Paris) 
      (9:00 LA, 12:00 New York, 18:00 Paris, 01:00 next day Tokyo) 

Results -- to be published on 8 April 2001, 22:00 UTC, 24:00 Paris.


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