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
Sincerely,
Zahid Jamil
Barrister-at-law
Jamil & Jamil
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From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf
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Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:51 AM
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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
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219-221 Central Hotel Annexe
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From: Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009
09:46:48 -0400
To: Philip
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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
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