OK  under Rule 10 of the ROP’s you find the following which covers this point ( amongst others) and I have sent to this list previously a copy of the ROP’s (on 13/10/2007) which can also be found on the ALAC Wiki Web site -> link off the home page to the Working Groups page, then select the ALAC Sub- Committee –> Rules of Procedure  SC,  then the file is found via a link at the top of that page...

Excerpts from ADOPTED  ROP’s for ALAC.

10.10 In case no candidate could be elected for any other reason (lack of valid nominations,

lack of five valid preferences...), the Chair will immediately post a new “election call”,

thus reopening nominations. The procedure will then restart from rule 9.6

So to help with the rules we now operate in, being made clear *to everyone*  here is a copy of the section (Rule 9) that is also relevant to what we have done so far,  and what we need to do between now and the ALAC voting.

Pleased note also that Candidates as referred to in Rule 9 (as listed in the original Election Call)  are the Officers of the ALAC and the Liaisons of the ALAC (other than the ALAC ICANN Board Liaison which requires earlier election processing see Rule 4.2  The Board Liaison, is normally elected at the ICANN Meeting preceding the Annual General Meeting )...   All other appointments are just that appointments  and the mechanism for such is covered  in  Rule 7 of the ROP’s so volunteers who have made themselves available to this list will be considered in the affirmation – reaffirmation process we need to undertake at the AGM in LA and following on from that as required.

CLO

RULE -9 PROCEDURES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATURES

9.1 No earlier than one calendar month and no later than three weeks before the

beginning of an ICANN Meeting where an ALAC officer has to be elected, the current

Chair of the ALAC will send to the public ALAC list an “election call” message, listing

the officers that are to be elected at that ICANN Meeting, asking for nominations, and

stating the deadline according to the following paragraph 9.2.

9.2 The deadline for nominations for all open officer positions shall be 14 (fourteen) days

after the date of the “election call”. Only delegates can nominate or self-nominate, by

posting a message to the public ALAC list. Anyone who will or has a chance to meet

eligibility requirements after the next ICANN Annual General Meeting can be

nominated; it is not necessary for nominees to meet eligibility requirements at the

moment of the nomination, but, if elected, they will have to meet them before taking

their position. Nominations of individuals who certainly will not be able to meet the

eligibility requirements after the closure of the next Annual General Meeting are

invalid.

9.3 Nominations must be accepted by the nominee by sending a message of acceptance to

the public ALAC list (or to the person who nominated them, who will then forward it

to the public ALAC list, if they do not have posting privileges to the public ALAC list at

 the time) by the deadline of 7 (seven) days after the deadline for nominations.

Nominations that are not accepted are invalid.

9.4 After the deadline for nomination acceptance and before the beginning of the ICANN

Meeting, the Chair will post to the public ALAC list an “election summary” message.

This message will contain a summary of all valid nominations for any open position.

In such message, the Chair will also notify the day and time in which the actual vote

will happen; such day and time must be comprised between the beginning and the

closure of the ICANN Meeting, except when the Meeting is also the Annual General

Meeting. In this latter case, the day and time of the vote must be comprised in the first

48 (forty-eight) hours after the closure of the Annual General Meeting; thus, the

electorate will include the delegates whose term starts at the closure of that Annual

General Meeting, and will not include the former ALAC members whose term ends at

the closure of that Annual General Meeting.

9.5 Nominations shall then be discussed on the public ALAC list and at the physical ALAC

meetings during the ICANN Meeting.

9.6 At the day and time of the vote, delegates will be provided (by staff or delegated

disinterested third party) with a mechanism for voting that meets the following

requirements:

o It allows for each delegate to cast their vote in a confidential manner, so that

no other delegate or officer shall know it;

o It allows for delegates who are not physically present to cast their vote

remotely (also in advance of the day and time of the vote, if they are

unavailable at that moment

o Each delegate can cast up to one preference for each open position, picking

among the list of validly nominated individuals published at rule 9.4. Votes

for other individuals are considered equivalent to abstention.

From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Michele Neylon :: Blacknight
Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2007 3:02 AM
To: 'Nick Ashton-Hart'; 'carlos aguirre'
Cc: 'At-Large Worldwide'
Subject: Re: [At-Large] Nominations for ALAC Officer, Liaison, and Working Group Chairs

So what happens about the positions for which there was no nominee?

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