[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council members, The call for nominations by members of the GNSO Council for candidates to stand for ICANN Board seat 14 has formally opened today, 10 January at 00:00 UTC. and will run until 31 January 2008 at 17:00 UTC. Please refer to: http://gnso.icann.org/elections/call-for-nominations-03jan08.htm CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - GNSO Council Election for ICANN Board seat 14 January - April 2008 (also copied below in text) Nomination Template Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Nomination Template Nomination of Candidates Open: Thursday 10 January 2008 at 00:00 UTC Close: Thursday 31 January 2008 at 17:00 UTC For other places see world clock http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html Call for nominations by members of the GNSO Council In accordance with the ICANN Bylaws From Article VI, http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI 3. In carrying out their responsibilities to fill Seats 9 through 14, the Supporting Organizations shall seek to ensure that the ICANN Board is composed of members that in the aggregate display diversity in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective, by applying the criteria set forth in Section 3 of this Article. At any given time, no two Directors selected by a Supporting Organization shall be citizens of the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region. Bylaws Article VI, section 2.3, requires that "no two Directors selected by a Supporting Organization shall be citizens of the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region." Since Bruce Tonkin is a citizen of the Asia/Australia/Pacific region, and holds Board seat 13, the GNSO may not select another Director from that region. The GNSO is free to select a citizen of any of the four other regions, since each region will continue to have at least one Director per region and no region could have more than five as a result of the GNSO's pending selection. Nominations should be e-mailed to the following email address: gnso-nominations@gnso.icann.org Template for nomination: 1a. Full name of the nominee: 1b. E-mail address of the nominee: 1c. Country of citizenship of nominee 2a. Full name of the nominator: 2b. E-mail address of the nominator: All nominations must be seconded by another GNSO Council member before the close of nominations on Monday 3 March 2008 at 17:00 UTC. Template for seconding a nomination: 1 Full name of nominator whose candidate is being seconded: 2a. Full name of the candidate being seconded: 2b. E-mail address of the candidate being seconded: 3a. Full name of the seconder: 3b. E-mail address of the seconder: Seconds should be e-mailed to the following email address: gnso-nominations[at]gnso.icann.org Nominations and Seconding Nominations will be archived at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-nominations Each nomination must be accompanied by a brief description of how the candidate meets the following selection criteria http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-28feb06.htm Section 3. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF DIRECTORS ICANN Directors shall be: Accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and intelligence, with reputations for sound judgement and open minds, and a demonstrated capacity for thoughtful group decision-making; Persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the potential impact of ICANN decisions on the global Internet community, and committed to the success of ICANN; Persons who will produce the broadest cultural and geographic diversity on the Board consistent with meeting the other criteria set forth in this Section; Persons who, in the aggregate, have personal familiarity with the operation of gTLD registries and registrars; with ccTLD registries; with IP address registries; with Internet technical standards and protocols; with policy-development procedures, legal traditions, and the public interest; and with the broad range of business, individual, academic, and non-commercial users of the Internet; Persons who are willing to serve as volunteers, without compensation other than the reimbursement of certain expenses; and Persons who are able to work and communicate in written and spoken English. Section 4. ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 1. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no official of a national government or a multinational entity established by treaty or other agreement between national governments may serve as a Director. As used herein, the term "official" means a person (i) who holds an elective governmental office or (ii) who is employed by such government or multinational entity and whose primary function with such government or entity is to develop or influence governmental or public policies. 2. No person who serves in any capacity (including as a liaison) on any Supporting Organization Council shall simultaneously serve as a Director or liaison to the Board. If such a person accepts a nomination to be considered for selection by the Supporting Organization Council to be a Director, the person shall not, following such nomination, participate in any discussion of, or vote by, the Supporting Organization Council relating to the selection of Directors by the Council, until the Council has selected the full complement of Directors it is responsible for selecting. In the event that a person serving in any capacity on a Supporting Organization Council accepts a nomination to be considered for selection as a Director, the constituency group or other group or entity that selected the person may select a replacement for purposes of the Council's selection process. 3. Persons serving in any capacity on the Nominating Committee shall be ineligible for selection to positions on the Board as provided by Article VII, Section 8. Section 5. INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION In order to ensure broad international representation on the Board, the selection of Directors by the Nominating Committee and each Supporting Organization shall comply with all applicable diversity provisions of these Bylaws or of any Memorandum of Understanding referred to in these Bylaws concerning the Supporting Organization. One intent of these diversity provisions is to ensure that at all times each Geographic Region shall have at least one Director, and at all times no region shall have more than five Directors on the Board (not including the President). As used in these Bylaws, each of the following is considered to be a "Geographic Region": Europe; Asia/Australia/Pacific; Latin America/Caribbean islands; Africa; and North America. The specific countries included in each Geographic Region shall be determined by the Board, and this Section shall be reviewed by the Board from time to time (but at least every three years) to determine whether any change is appropriate, taking account of the evolution of the Internet. Only GNSO Council members may nominate, second and vote for candidates, although GNSO Council members should consult with their constituencies with regard to suitable candidates. Accepting Nominations: The GNSO Secretariat will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance. The GNSO Secretariat shall convey the nomination and the acceptance thereof to the GNSO Council list. PLEASE NOTE: If you send a Nomination or Second you will receive an email from ICANN asking you to confirm that you have sent an email to gnso-nominations@icann.org. For your Nomination or Second to be valid you MUST respond to the email requesting confirmation. -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org