Dear Mikey, Many thanks for the vote of confidence. I think the role of the Vice Chair is dependent on who ends up being elected Chair of the GNSO. If the Chair has strong leadership skills, including being able to handle work load, draft language and possibly mediate some, the Vice Chair role would not be as burdensome. In case the elected Chair avoids confrontation, cannot mediate and will end up passing drafting language onto the Vice Chairs, the latter will have to not only pick up the slack but will have to devote much time in mediating and communicating (on lists and privately between the CSG and NCUC. At present there are 3 candidates for Chair have attached emails in this regards from the Council list and also pasted a relevant one below. In regards Vice Chair the NCUC and the soon CSG may have to come up with a compromise on who they collectively will back as Vice Chair. BC may wish to consider and provide ideas. Dear Councillors, Council wide nominations are closed. http://gnso.icann.org/elections/election-procedures-12oct09.htm There are 3 candidates who have been duly nominated, seconded and submitted candidacy statements: Olga Cavalli http://gnso.icann.org/elections/cavalli-statement-12oct09.htm Stéphane van Gelder http://gnso.icann.org/elections/van-gelder-statement-14oct09.htm Chuck Gomes http://gnso.icann.org/elections/gomes-statement-14oct09.htm We have now reached the Part 2 where each House determines a Candidate. This process closes on Wednesday, 21 October at 23:00 UTC and the result should be announced and sent to the council mailing list and <gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> by Wednesday 21 October 2009 at 23:00 UTC. Part 2 _Each House determines a Candidate_ After council wide nominations are closed, each house will be allowed to select one candidate for GNSO Council Chair from the pool of nominees. A candidate for GNSO Council Chair does not need to be a member of the house selecting the candidate. Should the non voting NCA be elected as chair he/she would be a non-voting chair. Each house must announce their chosen candidate by 21 October 2009 at 23 UTC. The two houses may, separately, select the same candidate from the nominee pool if they so wish. The candidates from each of the houses shall have the opportunity of meeting with Council Members at the GNSO Working Group sessions in Seoul on Saturday morning, 24 October 2009. (Proposed agenda: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_24_oct_2009) B. PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE VOTING For this election, the voting will take place at the public Council meeting in Seoul on Wednesday, 28 October 2009. Avri Doria, current GNSO Council chair, will serve as non-voting chair of the bicameral Council meeting on 28 October until such time as a new chair is elected, at which time the new chair will assume the chair responsibilities. If an absentee ballot is required to complete the chair's election, this will be a 24 hour ballot scheduled to end on 29 October. If no chair has been elected by the end of the Annual meeting on 30 October, the vice-chairs will assume the chair responsibilities as defined in the Bylaws and a runoff will be scheduled as determined in the Council Procedures. The winning candidate needs 60% of the votes of each house. The Council shall inform the Board and the Community appropriately and post the election results on the GNSO website within 2 business days following the election. In the event that the GNSO Council has not elected a GNSO Council Chair by the end of the previous Chair's term, the Vice-Chairs will serve as Interim GNSO Co-Chairs until a successful election can be held. (Note: The Election of Vice chairs is house specific and will be defined elsewhere) Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org Sincerely, Zahid Jamil Barrister-at-law Jamil & Jamil Barristers-at-law 219-221 Central Hotel Annexe Merewether Road, Karachi. Pakistan Cell: +923008238230 Tel: +92 21 5680760 / 5685276 / 5655025 Fax: +92 21 5655026 <http://www.jamilandjamil.com/> www.jamilandjamil.com Notice / Disclaimer This message contains confidential information and its contents are being communicated only for the intended recipients . If you are not the intended recipient you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this message by mistake and delete it from your system. The contents above may contain/are the intellectual property of Jamil & Jamil, Barristers-at-Law, and constitute privileged information protected by attorney client privilege. The reproduction, publication, use, amendment, modification of any kind whatsoever of any part or parts (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means whether or not transiently or incidentally or some other use of this communication) without prior written permission and consent of Jamil & Jamil is prohibited. From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Mike O'Connor Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:51 AM To: zahid@dndrc.com Cc: Marilyn S. Cade; owner-bc-gnso@icann.org; Philip Sheppard; bc - GNSO list Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] GNSO Council chair elections? hi Zahid, i know how hard it is to take on even more work, especially when the workload is already high. but i think you would make a fabulous Vice Chair, and would be happy to take on any behind-the-scenes scut work that could help you find time to take this on. mikey On Oct 14, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Zahid Jamil wrote: Dear All, My name for Vice Chair is still something I am considering. Just thought I'd let everyone know. Workload is of some concern. Also the choice of Chair may impact how much workload is by default going to have to be handled by Vice Chair. Sincerely, Zahid Jamil Barrister-at-law Jamil & Jamil Barristers-at-law 219-221 Central Hotel Annexe Merewether Road, Karachi. Pakistan Cell: +923008238230 Tel: +92 21 5680760 / 5685276 / 5655025 Fax: +92 21 5655026 www.jamilandjamil.com Notice / Disclaimer This message contains confidential information and its contents are being communicated only for the intended recipients . If you are not the intended recipient you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this message by mistake and delete it from your system. The contents above may contain/are the intellectual property of Jamil & Jamil, Barristers-at-Law, and constitute privileged information protected by attorney client privilege. The reproduction, publication, use, amendment, modification of any kind whatsoever of any part or parts (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means whether or not transiently or incidentally or some other use of this communication) without prior written permission and consent of Jamil & Jamil is prohibited. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device _____ From: Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:46:48 -0400 To: Philip Sheppard<philip.sheppard@aim.be>; bc - GNSO list<bc-gnso@icann.org> Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] GNSO Council chair elections? Thank you for this brief update. I think that the members of the BC really need to be kept up to date on such topics. What are the duties of the Vice Chair, for instance, and how will this new duty affect the representation of the BC? I am sure that we are all interested in supporting a BC Vice Chair for the 'house', but am not at this point clear on how that process works, and how the preferences and interests of the members are taken into account. _____ From: philip.sheppard@aim.be To: bc-gnso@icann.org Subject: [bc-gnso] GNSO Council chair elections? Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:20:52 +0200 There are two chair nominations to date: Stephan Van Gelder (registrar) - supported by the R&Rs, Olga Cavalli (non com) - supported by NCSG. We have proposed Zahid as vice chair of our House. BC members input most welcome. Philip - - - - - - - - - phone 651-647-6109 fax 866-280-2356 web www.haven2.com handle OConnorStP (ID for public places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.)