Alan, First of all, thank you very much for this wonderful work. Please find below my comments: 27.2 * The name of the BSPC (not important matter) could be refined to reflect its mission. I propose Selection Process Supervision (or Supervising) Committee (SPSC). * The composition of this committee is not addressed here (number of members? how they are appointed? are they volunteers or not? is the committee open to any At-Large member? etc.) 27.7 * Can a candidate (on the final slate) be a voter among the electorate members? * Consider the case of a candidate (on the final slate) who is an ALAC member or a RALO Chair 27.8 a. Why the electronic vote is not considered? b. c. d. ... greater than or equal to 50%.... e. How can possibly be a tie if the condition is greater than 50%. I assume you mean greater then or equal to 50% 27.9 Among the things that should be preserved the White paper. Besides, I even think that we should mention it in the very beginning of the rule 27 Again, thank you Alan. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tijani BEN JEMAA Executive Director Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations Phone : + 216 70 825 231 Mobile : + 216 98 330 114 Fax : + 216 70 825 231 ------------------------------------------------------------------ -----Message d'origine----- De : alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Alan Greenberg Envoyé : mercredi 18 août 2010 22:40 À : Vanda UOL; 'ALAC Working List' Objet : Re: [ALAC] ALAC Rule of Procedure for Selecting Director AS I mentioned, we should only use proxies if we settle on the rules in detail ahead of time. We tried to use them for the ATRT selection, and it did not work well at all, because we had not agreed ahead of time who could hold a proxy and we even had the situation of the person given a proxy not being able to vote and giving a third person their proxy. Alan At 18/08/2010 04:39 PM, Vanda UOL wrote:
Just to remind that the basic problem we had in LACRALO was due to the lack
of clear proxy procedure
best
vanda
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[mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Alan Greenberg
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:18 AM
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Subject: [ALAC] ALAC Rule of Procedure for Selecting Director
While drafting my comments on the draft Bylaws associated with the At-Large
Director, I realized that we will need to formally put our selection
procedures into the ALAC Rules of Procedure (RoP).
I have done a first draft which can be found at
https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_rule_27. I am also attaching a PDF
version for your convenience.
The current RoP (Rev10) is pointed to at
The new draft rule includes Rationale's for some of the sub-rules.
These rationales would not be part of the final rule, but are there to
explain what I am proposing.
With a few exceptions, the draft corresponds to the process that has been
agreed upon and has been given to the Board SIC. They are specified in
general terms, to allow the process to be refined based on what we learn
during this current process, and without having to formally alter the RoP
each time.
There are two new parts that I am suggesting.
First, although we have had some general discussions about proxy voting, we
have never agreed on any rules, and we never discussed this in the context
of the At-Large Director selection process. I am suggesting that we allow
proxies *IF* we come up with some general rules (applicable for all votes)
or if we develop some for the Director selection process only. Essentially
this rule says that proxies are allowed *IF* we define exactly how they will
work. If we do this, it will ensure that we do not disenfranchise some
RALOs.
Second, our voting methodology said that we will use random selection in the
case of a tie. I think that it would be a really poor outcome if we end up
selecting our Director by a random selection. I am proposing that if there
is a tie, that the vote can be held a second time which would allow some
voters to alter their vote. This *may* reduce the need for random selection.
I am suggesting that we discuss this on the list and schedule a vote for the
next ALAC meeting. I suggest that staff take any messages posted to the list
and add them as comments to the wiki. If we cannot come to closure in the
remaining time, the vote could be delayed, but it is important that we have
the rule in place sometime in the near future.
To adopt a new rule or change existing rules, it takes a 2/3 vote of all
ALAC members who are voting in that ballot.
I look forward to hearing comments on this.
Alan
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