Because the chair ultimately has the primary leadership responsibility, it seems to make the most sense to me to first elect the chair and then, knowing those results, elect a vice chair (or two vice chairs). Chuck Gomes "This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized use, distribution, or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify sender immediately and destroy/delete the original transmission."
-----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Avri Doria Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 2:00 PM To: Council GNSO Subject: Re: [council] Next GNSO Council chair - and Vice-chairs ?
Hi,
I do not see this as a new management structure, but rather as way to enhance the scalability of the chair role. The role of the chair remains unchanged with the v-chair assists in carrying out the role.
We avoided talking about this a while back because we figured we would wait until the review, but i think this is really a minor thing that could be done by the council. I am not sure, however, that we have the time to do it before the current interim election.
The more difficult question for me is how to pick a v-chair;
- the person who gets the second most votes in the chair election, unless that is equal to 0 votes (or perhaps less then 4). - a separate election - picked by the chair.
For ease of process and to include the will of the largest minority, i would favor the first alternative, with the second as a fall back.
I would not favor the last alternative, though i essence that is what we could de-facto have if we do not formalize the selection. I.e. an overworked or vacationing chair essentially chooses the person who provides assistance or covers as chair.
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On 16 apr 2007, at 07.02, Ross Rader wrote:
Philip Sheppard wrote:
What do other Council members think ?
I'd like to see us separate the issue of naming a new chair from the issue of creating a new management structure for the council. I have historically favored a chair/vice-chair/other structure to ease management of the Council, but I don't know that jamming this all into our chair-election process is wise.
-ross