[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, The formal nomination period, for the election of the GNSO Council vice chair for the period running concurrently with GNSO Council chair from 1 february 2008 until 31 January 2009, open for two weeks from Wednesday 9 January 2008 to Wednesday 23 January 2008 at 12:00 noon UTC has now closed. There was 1 nomination: Chuck Gomes, nominated by Avri Doria, seconded by Olga Cavalli, accepted his nomination, http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04468.html seconded by Olga http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04485.html Chuck has accepted his nomination. VOTING PROCEDURE The voting will be by a roll call vote at the GNSO Council meeting on 31 January 2008 at 21:00 UTC. The winning candidate must receive at least 14 affirmative votes. GNSO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE: All GNSO Council members are eligible to vote, that is, 3 representatives from each constituency, Registrars, gTLD registries, Commercial and Business Users (CBUC), Non Commercial Users (NCUC), Intellectual Property (IPC), and Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) and the 3 Nominating Committee appointees. Liaisons from the ALAC and the GAC do not vote. Please note this as an important date because there MUST be quorum for the vote. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org