Dear Eberhard, Thank you for your email. The change requests were meant to be sent to ICANN’s web development team, and not the Council and ccNSO members mailing lists. Apologies for the confusion. Your concerns regarding the validity of the secondment and the validity of the applicable guideline and the option “none of the above” have been noted, have been forwarded to the ccNSO Council and will be recorded in the report on the selection process, which I will submit to Council once the selection process has been completed. Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org On 13/01/2020, 11:02, "Dr Eberhard W Lisse" <el@lisse.NA> wrote: Dear Joke, I am confused by the below email, in particular the change requests. please bring to the attention to Council that on behalf of the ccTLD Manager for .NA I object to the Candidate list and hence the ballot, on the grounds that I have stated earlier in my correspondence with Katrina which the lists have read in copy (in short, I do not agree with Mr Phair being seconded properly, and I believe that the guideline quoted below creating a "None of the Above" is invalid. My concerns about the validity of this ballot, and the consequences thereof thus remain, and I am not aware this correspondence reflects the opinion of Council for example by way of a resolution, and hence I would expect that this be debated and decided by Council formally as a matter of urgency prior to the ballot. greetings, el On 13/01/2020 10:20, Joke Braeken wrote: > Hello. > > = = change 1 > Could you please publish the attached announcement below on the ccNSO > HomePage? Date: 13 January 2020 | Title: Election Notice, ICANN Board > Seat 11 > > = = change 2 > Please remove the following 2 bullets from the highlights section on > the ccNSO HomePage: > > * Candidate list ICANN Board Seat 11<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_en_anno... > > * Candidate list ccNSO Council 2020<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_en_anno... > > > = = change 3 > please add the following bullet to the highlights-section on the ccNSO > HomePage: > > * Election Notice, ICANN Board Seat 11 > Kindly link this bullet to the previously created announcement > > = = change 4 > on https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_en_abou... please add the > following bullet to the top of the list: > > * Election Notice, ICANN Board Seat 11 (13 January 2020) > Kindly link this bullet to the previously created announcement > > Thank you! > > Best regards, > > = = = = = = = = = = = = > > Dear ccNSO Members, > > This is to inform you about the elections for the position of ICANN > Board seat 11 starting on Tuesday, 14 January 2020 (00:01 UTC) - and > closing on Friday, 31 January 2020 (23:59 UTC). In accordance with > the applicable rules, three candidates were nominated, seconded and > have accepted their nomination. There are no concerns resulting from > the due diligence review regarding the candidates. Consequently, an > election will be held according to the timeline previously agreed upon > by the ccNSO Council. > > Candidates (in alphabetical order) > > Calvin Browne > Nigel Phair > Patricio Poblete > > The candidates were invited to submit candidate statements to the > ccNSO members (see link section below). They interacted with the > ccNSO members and broader ccTLD community at a Q&A session, held > during the ccNSO Members Meeting at ICANN66 in Montreal. A link to > the recording of the session is published > here<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=111391889>. > > Election opening and closing > > Voting starts Tuesday, 14 January 2020 (00:01 UTC) and closes on > Friday, 31 January 2020 (23:59 UTC). > > Election procedure > > > * The vote will be by confidential email. > * Voting ballots will be sent by > tally@icann.org<mailto:tally@icann.org> to the e-mail address of the > primary contact of each ccNSO Member, as listed in the ccNSO Members > database. If you are unable to locate the ballot, consider checking > your spam folder. Contact the Nomination Manager, Joke Braeken > (joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org>), if you have > questions or concerns regarding the email address of the primary > contact for your ccTLD. > * Since the election is for one seat, each ccNSO member will be > entitled to vote for up to one candidate. > * Each eligible primary contact will receive 1 ballot only. You can > vote an unlimited number of times, but only the last vote submitted > will be counted. > * The ballot will include the names of the candidates and “None of > the above”. When selecting “None of the above”, a ccTLD Manager > believes that none of the candidates listed are qualified to serve > on the ICANN Board of Directors. > > > Next steps > > The election closes on Friday, 31 January 2020 (23:59 UTC). The > Nomination Manager will announce the voting on Monday, 3 February 2020 > (by 23:59 UTC). > > As per the relevant ccNSO > Guideline<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_sites_d... >: > > “[…] In the event only 50 % or less of the members have cast their > vote and opted for “None of the Above” the Board Nomination process, > there will be a second, final round. In the event the majority (50% > +1) of the members voted and of the majority of the votes cast opted > for “None of the Above” the Board Nomination process shall be > terminated as foreseen in section 3.9. In the event of a tied vote, a > run-off election vote or votes will be held, no later than one month > after conclusion of the first round of voting. […]” > > In case a second final round or a run-off election needs to be held, > this will occur according to the following timeline, as previously > agreed by the ccNSO Council: Start run-off elections or second round > elections, if any: Tue, 18 February 2020 (00:01 UTC) Close run-off > elections or second round elections, if any: Tue, 3 March 2020 (23:59 > UTC) > > The Nomination Report, which includes the results of the election, > will be sent latest 5 March 2020 to the ccNSO Council for adoption. > The Candidate that receives the majority of the votes cast (note that > there is no quorum rule) by the ccNSO members, shall be the Candidate > who is elected to be nominated by a majority vote of the ccNSO Council > to the ICANN Board seat 11. The term of the ccNSO nominated Director > fulfilling ICANN Board Seat 11 will start at the end of the ICANN69 > Annual General Meeting 2020 in Hamburg. > > Links > > > * Candidate list ICANN Board Seat 11<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_en_anno... > > * Candidate statement: Patricio Poblete<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_en_work... > > * Candidate statement: Calvin Scott Browne<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_en_work... > > * Candidate statement: Nigel William Phair<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_en_work... > > * Announcement call for nominations<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_en_anno... > > * Archive for nominations and secondments<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__forum.icann.org_lists_cc... > > * Relevant ccNSO guideline<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_sites_d... > > * Timeline<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_en_work... > > * ICANN66 ccNSO members meeting: Q&A > session<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=111391889>. > Agenda and remote participation details. > > Best regards, > > The Nomination Manager > > Joke Braeken > ccNSO Policy Advisor > joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> > > Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ccNSO&d=DwI... [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ccNSO&d=DwM...> > Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_ccnso_... [facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_ccnso_...> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ccnso.icann.org&d=DwIDaQ... [ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ccnso.icann.org&d=DwMGaQ...> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ccnso-members mailing list > Ccnso-members@icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccnso-members > _______________________________________________ > By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_privacy_p... ) and the website Terms of Service (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_privacy_t... ). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. > -- Dr. Eberhard W. 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