Dear Councillors,, I am forwarding an email to you as per the request of Eberhard Lisse. Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO policy advisor joke.braeken@icann.org Begin forwarded message: From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el@lisse.NA> Date: 16. October 2019 at 23:55:21 CEST To: Joke Braeken <joke.braeken@icann.org> Cc: "ccnso-members@icann.org" <ccnso-members@icann.org>, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el@lisse.NA>, "dns-admin@na-nic.com.NA" <dns-admin@na-nic.com.NA>, "cctldcommunity@cctld-managers.org" <ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org>, "cctldworld@icann.org" <cctldworld@icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Re: [ccnso-members] candidate list ICANN Board Seat 11 and next steps Reply-To: <el@lisse.NA> Dear Joke, Please refer this matter/email to Council, as I can not post directly to the Council List, and this is directed really towards Council, rather than you. As I have previously discussed with you one seconder (Mr Immossi from .GI) has seconded two candidates. You have then responded that only the first first secondment can be taken into consideration, and the second one cannot. This decision violates the idea that someone may change their mind, and I can also not find any rule permitting this decision. I would be very uncomfortable, in principle, if this decision were to have been taken by the election manager, ie ICANN Staff. While I am in dispute with the Chair of Council about the rules of the ccNSO (and what she terms "guidelines" and/or "procedures" for which I can find no provision in the Rules or Bylaws, making none of them binding on ccNSO Members) Guideline: ccNSO Nominations process ICANN Board seats 11 and 12, Version 3 states in 3.4 Call for Candidates [...] Each ccNSO member can nominate one person for a seat to be filled on the ICANN Board and each member can second one person. [...] It does *not* state, Each ccNSO member can nominate one person for a seat to be filled on the ICANN Board and each member can second one person, any subsequent nomination or secondment is invalid. I therefor formally challenge the nomination of Mr Phair, who I can not recall ever having seen or heard of, by the way. I know that the Council nominates a/the candidate to the chair, but as I wrote above, none of any "guidelines" or "procedures" conform to the Rules as per the bylaws, and I am starting to find myself in agreement with Bill Semich, that most of what Council has done over the last years is in violation of the Bylaws. That said, I also agree with him that we should not re-litigate the past, but do it right from now on. Please acknowledge receipt and forwarding hereof by return email. greetings, el On 2019-10-11 10:12 , Joke Braeken wrote: Dear All, On Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 23.59 UTC, the recent call for nominations for the position of ICANN Board seat 11 was closed. In accordance with the applicable rules, the following candidates were nominated, seconded and have accepted their nomination: Calvin Browne Nigel Phair Patricio Poblete The candidates are listed in alphabetical order. All 3 candidates accepted their nomination, and due diligence verifications will be starting shortly. [...] -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Saar) el@lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 / Bachbrecht, Namibia ;____/