Dear Gabi, Councillors

I fully second the review. Having had an experience of going through an election and experiencing the problem of outdated (if not unresponsive) African ccNSO members' admin & technical contacts, I certainly felt our election process is probably not as sustainable as it could be.

Yet I thought this was probably only a problem for the African region – so I kept quiet – but now that AP & EU have had similar experiences, the review should proceed.

Regards,

Vika Mpisane | Tel: +27 11 314 0077

From: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek@icann.org>
Date: Wednesday 21 November 2012 7:05 PM
To: 'ccNSO Council' <ccnso-council@icann.org>
Subject: [ccnso-council] Call for Approval to review Process of election and voting guidelines

Dear Councillors,

The latest elections to the ccNSO Council demonstrated that there are a number of problems and issues that need to be addressed in order to be able to conduct future elections smoothly.

The issues that were identified are noted in following reports:

Nomination and Election Report for ccNSO Council 2013: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/35701

Extraordinary Nomination and Elections European Region: http://www.ccnso.icann.org/node/35699

The Council is therefore asked to approve and open a review on the current process of election and voting guidelines.

Unless any objection is received by 28 November 2012, this call will be considered approved.

At the same time, I would be grateful if those interested in participating in such a study group could let me know.

Kind regards,

Gabi