[announce] Call for nomination of candidates for election to the DNSO GA Chair

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

CALL FOR NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE DNSO GENERAL
ASSEMBLY CHAIR

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

7 December 2001

Call for nomination of candidates for election to the DNSO General Assembly
Chair
On 17th of November
     http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc06/msg00403.html, the Names
     Council was asked by the GA Chair to manage an election process to
     select a nominee for appointment by the NC to the position of GA Chair.

III. The Secretariat determined with the DNSO GA Chair, and with Philip
     Sheppard, NC Chair, that the 2002 election will take place between 23
     November 2001 and 14 January 2002 with the following agenda:
        o Friday,   23 Nov - Reminder about voting roster, two weeks to
          register
        o Friday,   07 Dec - Call for nominations issued, two weeks to
          nominate
        o Friday,   21 Dec - Call for endorsements issued, two weeks to
          endorse
        o Friday,   04 Jan - List of candidates closes
        o Saturday, 05 Jan - Vote of the GA voting registry initiated, one
          week to vote
        o Saturday, 12 Jan - Vote of the GA voting registry closes
        o Monday,   14 Jan - Results calculated
        o Thursday, 17 Jan - NC elects the Chair and Alternate from the
          candidates ranked by the GA vote

The nomination period is:
    open  Friday 07 December 2001, 17:00 CET (Paris time), 16:00 UTC
    close Friday 21 December 2001, 17:00 CET (Paris time), 16:00 UTC
The acceptance period close on Friday  21 December 2001 at 20:00 UTC (21:00
CET Paris time)
(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 GA Chair:
       (including his or her views of the role
       of the GA and its relationship with the
       Names Council and DNSO Constituencies)

Each nominee will be requested to give an acceptance statement to the
Secretariat.

Archives of nominations and acceptances received:
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-nominations/Arc05


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

DNSO Secretariat