[To: council@gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, The voting for the ICANN Board Director to fill seat 14 will start tomorrow, Friday, 29 February 2008 at 15:00 UTC and close on Friday, 7 March 2008 at 15:00 UTC. The results will be confirmed at the GNSO Council meeting on 27 March 2008 at 19:00 UTC. http://gnso.icann.org/elections/election-procedures-2008.shtml There is one candidate, Rita Rodin. Voting will take place by secret e-mail ballot. The ballots will be sent out individually to each GNSO Council members' e-mail address and will come from tally@icann.org, so please check your spam filters! Please follow the detailed instructions and return the ballot to the e-mail address stated in the ballot. It is the same procedure that was used for the GNSO Council chair 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. All matters pertaining to the elections should be sent to the separate mailing list created for the purpose of managing elections going forward. This list will include the ALAC and GAC liaisons to the Council and the GNSO Secretariat. This list name is <gnso-elections@icann.org> and archives will be posted at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-elections/ following the conclusion of the election. Messages posted to the list should be treated as confidential until the end of the elections. The GNSO Secretariat may, however, disclose them to the General Counsel's office to the extent appropriate to obtain advice about how to handle procedural problems that arise during the voting process. The Council list should continue to be used for normal policy development work. The GNSO Council will confirm the results of the voting at the Council meeting scheduled on 27 March 2008. Once that occurs, the GNSO Secretariat will prepare and post a full record of all voting, including how each member voted in each round. Pursuant to ICANN Bylaws (http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm) Article VI, section 8.4, the GNSO should give notice of its selection no later than five months after the Annual General Meeting in 2007, which will be 2 April 2008. Let me know if you have any questions or issues with the ballots. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org