Given travel, etc. perhaps the Council should appoint Bruce as interim chair until an official election is held; I believe it may take more than one week, depending on how long nominations period needs to be open. Glen can inform us of what the required time frames are, and the Council resolution to appoint Bruce as interim chair can provide for a week, or two weeks, depending on what is needed for an election. -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 5:57 PM To: Council GNSO Subject: [council] Election of GNSO Council chair Hello All, Please note that my current term as GNSO Council chair, expires on 3 Dec 2006. From: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-21dec05.shtml "Decision 1: Bruce Tonkin elected as GNSO Council chair for the period 4 January 2006 to 3 December 2006." My apologies for not remembering to check this earlier. Given this is a week away, I am not sure how the Council would like to handle the election. One option would be for the Council to appoint me during a Council meeting in Sao Paulo as an interim chair for a week, while we go through the formal process of calling for nominations etc. Any comments/suggestions? Thanks, Bruce Tonkin