Dear Councillors,
As discussed at the Council meeting on Thursday,
23 July 2015, please find the
draft GNSO Chair election timetable and procedure that is published at:
http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-council-chair-election-24jul15-en.pdf
This will be an agenda item
for formal consideration and approval at the
next Council meeting on Thursday, 3 September 2015,
so you are encouraged to share any comments you may have on the dates
and the procedure on the
Council mailing list.
As a reminder, 'each house will be allowed to nominate one candidate for GNSO Council Chair. Each house is responsible for determining how to nominate its candidate. A candidate for GNSO Council Chair does not need to be a member of a house, but must be a member of the GNSO Council'. For further information, please see section 2.2 of the GNSO Operating Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures v3. 24 June 2015 <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf>)
Proposed procedure
in Dublin –October 2015
Each
candidate
will
have the opportunity
of
meeting with Council Members
during
the
GNSO working
sessions in Dublin on
the weekend
of 17/18 October 2015
(remote participation
possible).
Election of
the
chair by
voting
of the Council
will take place during
the
Council meeting
in Dublin
on Wednesday,
21 October 2015.
In
order
for the
vote to take
place, the
Council meeting
will
be split in two parts:
· Standard,
open
and public
Council meeting
with
the
current Council.
·
Adjourn
the meeting
·
Re-seat
the Council with
the
new
Councilors.
·
Re-start new
meeting,
with one
specific
agenda item:
Election of
the Chair
In summary, the timeline is as follows:
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Glen
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org