*ELECTION CALL Nominations are currently open for:* *- ALAC Liaison (other than the Board Liaison {finalised}); - ALAC Appointments (such as WHOIS AND IDN);* *- ALAC Officer Positions.* Please refer to ROP's here http://tinyurl.com/levxyf which in brief state that:- - Only ALAC members serving after the Seoul meeting may be nominated for Officer positions. - Only current ALAC members may submit nominations. - Self nominations are allowed. - For Liaisons and Appointments there are no formal restrictions regarding ALAC membership, but the ROP's say "They shall normally be persons who are current or former members of the ALAC, or are anyway familiar with the activities and functioning of ICANN and of the ALAC." It should be noted that budget allocation for travel to ICANN Meetings is only assured for serving ALAC Members and therefore a non-ALAC Member Liaison or Appointment nominee should certify to the ALAC their ability to undertake all aspects of their job descriptions (including attendance at all three ICANN Meetings), without receiving travel support to do so. *All nominations and acceptances etc., are to be sent to the public ALAC List* "ALAC Working List" <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> All details and the repository for nominee details is found at https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?at_large_elections_2009 <https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?at_large_elections_2009> Relevant text from this page is copied below: <Start SNIP> * Other Liaison positions * The elections for ALAC Liaisons to the Bylaw mandated GNSO and ccNSO Councils as well as the SSAC, GNSO User House/NCSG/NCUC {subject to discussions at Seoul meeting and agreement from the receiving party} and the liaison appointments to IDN and WHOIS Policy Processes will be conducted through a single, global election process. The ALAC will vote on the list of candidates using the Instant Runoff Voting system< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting>, as provided in Rule 10.4 of the ALAC Rules of Procedure. This means they will rank each candidate, from most preferred to least preferred, using the electronic voting system regularly used for ALAC voting. **Election timetable:* * During its August 4 meeting, the ALAC adopted timetable for the Liaison elections (now modified to allow call to occur after Board Liaison election is completed yet still fit with ROP's): Nominations Open/Election Call Issued: 5th October Nominations Close: 19th October Acceptance of Nominations Due By: 26th October ALAC Voting Begins: 1 November ALAC Voting Concludes: At ALAC Chair's discretion, generally votes are held over a 5 or 7 day period **Requirements and Obligations:** Please click here < https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?obligations_and_requirements_of_ala...> for an overview on the general obligations and requirements for ALAC Liaison positions as specified by the organising instruments. Interested candidates may also want to review the Draft Position Description for ALAC Members and Liaisons <https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd> which was prepared by ALAC member Alan Greenberg and is currently open for comments from the At-Large community. ------------------------------ ** *ALAC Officers* According to the two motions of the ALAC, which were adopted during the 25 November 2008 ALAC Meeting < https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?25_november_2008_summary_minutes> the ALAC Officers consisting of a Chair, two Vice-Chairs, and a Rapporteur shall represent different ICANN Geographic Regions. As our adopted ROP's have not as yet been altered to reflect a method of ensuring this diversity this will be a subject for discussion and decision at the Seoul Meeting of the ALAC. * *Election Timetables** Nominations Open/Election Call Issued: 5th October Nominations Close: 19th October Acceptance of Nominations Due By: 26th October ALAC Voting Begins: 1 November ALAC Voting Concludes: At ALAC Chair's discretion, generally votes are 5-7 days in length * *Requirements and Obligations** Please click here < https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?obligations_and_requirements_of_ala...> for an overview on the general obligations and requirements for ALAC Officer positions as specified by the organising instruments. -- Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)ALAC Chair 2007-2009