ICANN/DNSO

Motion to be considered during the DNSO Names Council on September 15th, 1999

Motion for procedure concerning elections of 3 delegates from the DNSO to the ICANN Board

After receiving Tony's and Dennis's comments, I have ammended my motion to comply with two points:

  1. Set up a procedure to handle cases of ties.
  2. Assure that we comply with the 50% support rule.

Please see points 7 through 9.

In order to deal with this issue as fast as possible in the teleconference, I propose that all ammendments be sent at least 24 hours before the teleconference, and, if not accepted before, be voted on right before the motion is voted.

Javier Sola

I propose the following motion for our next teleconference:

Resolved that:

  1. Any person nominated by a member of the GA and supported by at least nine other members of the DNSO before october 8th, 1999 will be considered as candidate for ICANN Board membership by the DNSO.
  2. A public comment e-mail address will be opened immediatly. All nominations a support for nominations should be sent to this address. No other nominations or shows of support will be considered.
  3. A public call for nominations in the GA list and other ICANN lists will be done as soon as the list is set up.
  4. The election will take place between october 8th and october 15th, 1999. Each member of the Names Council will cast three votes for three different candidates. Votes must be sent to the Names Council mailing list.
  5. After the closing of the voting period, the secretariat of the DNSO will send to the Names Council a list of the Candidates with the number of votes received by each one of them. The following candidates will be recognized as DNSO ICANN Board members:
    1. The candidate with the largest number of votes (Board Member "A").
    2. If there are candidates from regions different from the region of Board Member "A", the candidate from another region with the largest number of votes will also become a DNSO member of the ICANN Board (Board Member "B"). If there are no candidates from other regions, the candidates in second and third place will become Board Members "B" and "C".
    3. If there are candidates from regions different to those of Board Members "A" and "B", the candidate with the largest number of votes who is not from those regions will be considered Board member "C". If there are no candidates from other regions, the candidate with the largest number of votes (excluding Board members "A" and "B") will become Board Member "C".
  6. Board member "A" will serve for three years. Board member "B" will serve for two years and Board "Member "C" will serve for one year.
  7. In case of a tie in any of the first three positions that leaves unclear who the elected members of the ICANN Board are, the Names Council will hold a three-day mini-election with the candidates who are in the tie. In case of a new tie, the mini-election will be repeated up to three times until the tie is broken. If after three time the tie is not broken, a new full one-week election will be held for the vacant position(s), excluding those who have been clearly elected, and including all other original candidates, except those from regions that are already represented by dully elected DNSO ICANN Board members.

    If the tie occurrs in second position, Board Member "A" will -immediatly after the main election- be considered as a valid member of the ICANN Board (unless he has not received support from at least 50% of the Names Council, see point 8). If the tie takes place in third position, Board members "A" and "B" will -immedialty after the main election- be considered as members of the ICANN Board (unless they have not received support from at least 50% of the Names Council, see point 8)

  8. In case one of candidates elected does not receive the vote of a least 50% of the members of the Names Council, the NC will hold a single three-day YES/NO vote to see if this candidate receives the affirmative support of at least 50% of the Names Council. If he does not receive it, he will be eliminated from the list of candidates and the post-voting procedure (points 5, 6, 7 and 8) will be repeated, excluding the name of this candidate. Of course candidates who have received, in the main election, a 50% affirmative support, will -immedialty after the main election- be considered members of the ICANN Board, as they will also be elected under the new tally.
  9. In case the election process does not yield three valid candidates, a new election will be held for the vacant positions, including a two-week nomination period and a one-week voting period.
  10. The Names Council will send to the ICANN Board the names of its elected representatives as soon as their names are known. In case of a tie or a vote of support, the Names Council will send to the Board the names of the clearly elected representatives, and communicate when it believes the other names will be available.

Javier

Just for the sake of making sure we can discuss Jaiver's motion along with any other porposal, I second his motion as amended by himself.

Amadeu