From: BC Secretariat
Date: January 31st, 2013
CC: ICANN GNSO Secretariat
bcvotes@hotmail.com
Re: BC 2013 Officers Election Process
Please note that
this is the announcement for the BC elections for the BC Officers
positions (Chair, Vice Chair Finance & Operations, Vice Chair
for Policy Coordination, CSG Representative). The election
process opens on today, Jan. 31st, 2013. The election will be
conducted by myself, BC Secretariat, fulfilling the role of Voting
Officer for the duration of the election process. For the election
process, all communications regarding elections will go to a separate
email – bcvotes@hotmail.com. The ICANN GNSO
Secretariat will serve as Verifying Officer to verify the vote
count, and validate the Election Process. Detailed
information regarding the election procedure can be found in
the election procedure document attached, which
includes:
The attached election procedure covers:
• time-frames
for the three stage process outlined in the BC Charter
• description
of open seats;
• who is
eligible to nominate, or accept a nomination
• how to
nominate;
• how to accept
a nomination,
• candidate
statements
• when the
elections will be held,
• outcomes of
election announcement
• as exception:
ties in any election
The BC Charter
provides the basis for the elections and is referenced in the
relevant sections of the Elections Process, in particular Sections
4.2-4.7, 5, and 8.2.3. Eligibility for participation in the
elections process is referenced in Section 11, regarding payment
of Membership fees. Eligibility to stand for election is
referenced in section 4.7 of the Charter.
Questions about
status of payment of dues should be sent to bc-secretariat@icann.org, but final status
is determined by the BC ExComm who will make final determinations
based on payments received.
The detailed
description of the Elections and Voting process is provided in the
attached document so that all members are fully informed of the
Elections Process and can avail themselves fully of the
opportunity to nominate or stand for office, and vote, if
eligible.
Dates of Nomination and Election:
The 4 weeks for
this year’s BC Officer elections opens today, Jan. 31st, 2013,
and close on February 28th. The phases of the Election process
are detailed in the Election Procedure attached. All
communications regarding the election is conducted by a separate
email, password protected, and available only to the Voting
Officer, and to the Verifying Officer at bcvotes@hotmail.com.
Elections Process:
Questions
regarding the Elections process, as of today should be sent to bcvotes@hotmail.com and the Voting
Officer/Verifying Officer will be able to respond to questions
regarding the Elections Process.
Once again, please refer to the attachment
for the full details regarding this election.
Transmitted by the
BC Secretariat: Benedetta Rossi to bc-gnso@icann.org
Copy to: Glen De
Saint Gery, GNSO Secretariat, acting as Verifying Voting Officer,
and to bcvotes@hotmail.com
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Kind Regards,
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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