November 2010 - EURO-Discuss

WG: EURALO Petition to extend the At-Large voting slate
by Wolf Ludwig Nov. 8, 2010

Nov. 8, 2010

Dear all, thanks for your participation and support on our recent request for your opinions on the options for a EURALO petition to extend the At Large slate. Until yesterday PM, we had the following result: Option A: Stefan, Annette, Werner, Rena, Wolfgang, Yjrö, Sandra, Wolf = 8; Option B: Patrick, Adam, Manuel, Rudi = 4; Option C: Dessi, Monique (Sébastien) = 2 (3). Christopher told me that as a BCEC member he prefers to abstain from positioning – what I understand and support. This means, we had a strong majority for petitioning (Options A and B). And it was difficult for Olivier and me to decide on our course of action among the two options. Therefore, we tried to find a compromise – to be as inclusive as possible – by sending our EURALO petition for two candidates: Avri Doria and Jean-Jacques Subrenat who explicitly asked us for support. The other suggested candidate for option B Jordi was not seeking contact and support from us. I hope that our final compromise and course of action is acceptable for all those (12 members) at least who expressed themselves for petitioning. Please be aware that the member consultation for the directed vote of the Chair in this matter will start soon, and I am counting on a strong participation and your support again. Thanks and kind regards, Wolf Wolf Ludwig wrote Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:09: >Dear Fatima, >Dear Hong, >Dear Andrés, >Dear Evan, >Dear RALO members > >As you may be aware, there is an agreed procedure that EURALO members will be >consulted over the next weeks to vote on their preferred candidates to enable a >directed vote to the EURALO Chair. Some of our members indicated their >frustration and concern already about the given restricted choice of the >current selection made by the BCEC. We were therefore asked to launch an >inter-RALO petition to extend the At-Large voting slate again. According to the >rules of procedure, candidates can only be reintroduced on the final slate if >they get support from three RALOs at least. Therefore we would like to ask you >for your respective support on the reconsideration of the following candidates: > >- Avri Doria >In August 2010, EURALO supported Avri Doria's candidature because we believe >she would be an excellent Board Director for the user community in view of her >long-standing expertise, involvement at ICANN, sensitivity for user and >community concerns and her proven leadership capacities. When Avri submitted >her remarkable SoI, we were reaffirmed that she would be a highly qualified >candidate for this position. There was considerable disappointment in the EURALO >community when we learned from the At-Large slate published on 28 October 2010 >that she was not even nominated and many ALSes were surprised that the slate >was not gender diverse. > >- Jean-Jacques Subrenat >As a current ICANN Board member, it has become common knowledge by many >of our members that Jean-Jacques Subrenat was instrumental to the creation of >Seat 15 on the Board. This, in itself, demonstrates someone who would be able >to stand up on the Board and defend their convictions. Having been selected to >the Board in the past, Jean-Jacques' excellent credentials have already been >acknowledged and a measure of continuity with a new mission in his hand would >be welcome. > >We think it is important to note that petitioning on behalf of one or more >candidates on a slate does not indicate any prejudice or mean a promise to vote >for them – this responsibility remains in the well-understood sovereignty of >each RALO and its members. Decisions on voting should be based however on >variety of choice, equality of gender and chances and full consideration of the >candidates’ potentials. Under these conditions our members will have a broader >chance of selection to make up their minds. We are simply trying to give At >Large Structures the widest options in selecting the best candidate. > >We would appreciate any favourable consideration and forwarding of our petition >to your RALO and members and would be grateful for your support. > >Thanks and kind regards, >Wolf Ludwig >EURALO Chair > >comunica-ch >phone +41 79 204 83 87 >Skype: Wolf-Ludwig >www.comunica-ch.net > >Digitale Allmend >http://blog.allmend.ch - > >EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation >http://euralo.org > comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allmend http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org

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Your opinion needed on our course of action!
by Wolf Ludwig Nov. 8, 2010

Nov. 8, 2010

Dear all, as you may have realised (according to our previous mailings), there was much and controversial discussion on the recent Announcement of At-Large selected voting Board Director candidates and the fact that the EURALO suggested candidate (Avri Doria) was not considered. The EURALO Board is therefore discussing to take action and to petition on behalf of her -- and perhaps other suitable candidates from Europe who were not considered neither. We now need to know your opinions and comments on the following course of action – on the three options: a. EURALO to include petition for Avri ONLY. b. EURALO to include petition for Avri AND other qualified European candidates like Jean-Jacques Subrenat and Jordi Palet Martinez. c. EURALO not to petition at all. As we are under considerable time constraints and have to act until Sunday (7 November) latest, your comments are welcome and can be taken into account until tomorrow afternoon (15:00). Thanks for your support and kind regards, Wolf comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allmend http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org

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Notice of administrative error in posting of two SOIs for At-Large Board Director
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 6, 2010

Nov. 6, 2010

Dear All, Due to an administrative error, the statement of interest of John Yunker (available at: At-Large <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Director+…> Director Applicant - John Yunker.pdf) for the position of the At-Large selected Board Director was not posted on the At-Large Director Candidate Workspace (see: https://community.icann.org/display/DirCan/At-Large+Director+Candidate+2010…) along with the other applicants that had not been selected for the slate of candidates on 28 October. At the same time, the statement of interest of Ahmad Al‐Shagra, which the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee had judged to be too incomplete to merit further consideration prior to its first round of evaluations, was posted in error. The error has now been corrected on the At-Large Director Candidate Workspace. Please note that this administrative error occurred after the slate of candidates was announced on 28 October. The BCEC reviewed John Yunker’s SOI during their selection process. Staff have informed both parties and the BCEC. We sincerely apologize for this oversight. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] Your opinion needed on our course of action!
by FoeBuD e.V. Nov. 5, 2010

Nov. 5, 2010

Hi all, > We now need to know your opinions and comments on the following > course of action – on the three options: > a. EURALO to include petition for Avri ONLY. > b. EURALO to include petition for Avri AND other qualified European > candidates like Jean-Jacques Subrenat and Jordi Palet Martinez. > c. EURALO not to petition at all. we support option A. //Rena Tangens, FoeBuD e.V. Rena Tangens, FoeBuD e.V., Marktstr. 18, D-33602 Bielefeld Tel: +49-521-175254 www.foebud.org Fax: +49-521-61172 www.bigbrotherawards.de Mail: rena(a)tangens.de www.tangens.de ------------------------------------------------------------------ Für Bürgerrechte, Datenschutz und eine lebenswerte digitale Welt FoeBuD e.V. / Kto 2129799 / Sparkasse Bielefeld / BLZ 480 501 61 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Online spenden: https://www.foebud.org/spende/

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ATRT Issues Request for Public Comment on its Draft Recommendations
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 4, 2010

Nov. 4, 2010

Dear All, The Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) issued a request for public comment on a set of set of draft proposed recommendation today. You can find the full announcement (in English) and the draft proposed recommendations (available in the English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian and Arabic) under: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-03nov10-en.htm The Public Comment period will be open for 30 days and will close on December 3, 2010. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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Revised Timeline for Board Director Selection Process
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 4, 2010

Nov. 4, 2010

Dear All, During its extraordinary meeting on Monday, the At-Large Board Director Selection design team (ABSdt) confirmed the following, revised timeline for the Board Selection Process: Please note that petition by RALOs now has a closing date of 7 November 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3-7 candidates and SOI details; 28 October - 15 November: Campaigning period for candidates; On or before 7 November: RALO petition processes to be completed; 12 - 15 November*: A community call with the final slate of candidates will be held; 15 - 22 November** : RALO discussions on candidates 22 - 25 November: First round of online voting on final slate of candidates; 26 28 November: Second round of online voting on final slate of candidates (only if necessary) 10 December: Successful candidate takes seat on ICANN Board. (*) early UTC time (**) RALOs can extend this deadline until 25 November if desired Attached you find the updated flowchart for the At-Large Board Director Selection process. Detailed information about the candidates and the selection process are available under: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Director+Candidate+2010 +Workspace -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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FW: Seat 15: request for inclusion in the Final Candidate List.
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 3, 2010

Nov. 3, 2010

Please find below a message forwarded from Jean-Jacques Subrenat. You can find Jean-Jacques¹ Statement of Interest for Seat 15 of the ICANN Board under: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Director+A pplicant+-+Jean-Jacques+Subrenat.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=128832185600 0 Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ------ Forwarded Message From: "jjs.global(a)gmail.com" <jjs.global(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 04:02:42 -0700 To: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Subject: Seat 15: request for inclusion in the Final Candidate List. Dear At-Large Staff, this is to formally request that my Statement of Interest for Seat 15 of the ICANN Board, already presented to and considered by the BCEC, be submitted to the RALOs. The reference for my above request is ³ALAC Internal Rules of Procedure², section 27.6 on ³Final Candidate List². In support of my renewed candidature, I wish to underline three facts: - my candidature was already submitted to and considered by the BCEC for the establishment of its Slate of Candidates, so I am not sending you my Statement of Interest, which you hold and which is now also online; - the time between the online publication of the BCEC Slate of Candidates, and the upcoming deadline for candidatures to be considered and submitted by RALOs (7 November, if I¹m not mistaken), is now extremely short, which is why I request that you, as At-Large Staff, forward this request to the RALOs as soon as possible; - currently attending the ICANN Board Retreat in California, I am quite occupied with my duties as a Board Director. Would you be so kind as to acknowledge receipt of this e-mail, so that I can be certain it has reached you? Thanks. Regards, Jean-Jacques. ------ End of Forwarded Message

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FW: My Issues with the At-Large Election Process
by Heidi Ullrich Nov. 2, 2010

Nov. 2, 2010

Dear All, Please see below a message sent by Danny Younger on the subject of the At-Large Board Director selection process. Kind regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956 -----Original Message----- From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 6:11 AM To: ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: My Issues with the At-Large Election Process [Please forward to all the appropriate at-large and RALO lists] Dear members of the At-Large community, By now you are aware that in the At-Large Board Director selection process 43 Statements of Interest (SOIs) were received by the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC). Three of those SOIs were from current and sitting members of the ALAC; forty were not. By an amazing coincidence only current and former ALAC members were selected for the candidate slate. On this basis alone, there are some that might wonder whether the at-large director selection process has, in fact, been captured. Others will look at the fact that the BCEC was entitled to select as many as 7 candidates (which would have allowed for more than one gender to be considered, or would have allowed for some "non-insiders" to be considered), and yet the BCEC for some unfathomable reason decided to narrow the field of otherwise qualified candidates down to only the three that were sitting or prior ALAC members... still another reason to suspect capture. We know that the ICANN Board Governance Committee had concerns about capture; their meeting minutes state: "Reviewed the proposed At-Large Board member selection process and potential risks of capture identified within the process." While their assessment was that the risk of capture was low, the preliminary election results tendered can readily lead one to a different conclusion. One also has to look at the fact that 49% of all SOIs were rejected before the process even began (ostensibly because they were deemed to be too incomplete to proceed further). In what other election process are that many candidates rejected out of hand before the election even begins? Clearly there is something seriously wrong with this picture. If the Statement of Interest application form was so poorly written that almost half of all applications were improperly completed, then it is an inescapable conclusion that the process itself was seriously flawed. We know as well that ICANN Staff has provided a certain degree of support to some of the 22 candidates that hadn't fully completed their SOIs. At issue is why Staff didn't offer comparable support to the other 21 applicants who were initially rejected. Additionally, we are confronted with the fact that the at-large director selection process was announced on the internal ALAC-related lists on 21 July, but press releases in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Portugese (Brazilian), Russian and Spanish weren't issued until 26 August -- you will note that the deadline for applications was only 11 days thereafter (on 6 September). One has to wonder how many SOIs weren't received owing simply to the the short time span between the international press release date and the final application deadline. One also has to wonder about how much of an advantage was thereby given to "insiders" that were aware of the process for a full month longer than applicants who first heard about the election when the Press releases were issued in languages other than English. Recently, the ABSdt announced a revised timeline that requires the RALO petition process to be completed on or before 7 November, yet no e-mail notices have gone out to any of the candidates to advise them of the timeline changes. Is this fair to the bulk of the candidates that may not even know of the existence of the ABSdt mailing list? All of us intuitively understand that a flawed process can certainly yield a flawed outcome. So what do we do at this point? While I understand the rush to have an at-large director seated (just as I understand the rush to have new gTLDs launched), I also understand that as a community we are better served by "doing it right" than by adhering to the results of what may be perceived as a tainted or seriously flawed election process. Yes, I recognize that it is always exceedingly difficult to stop a moving train, but I remain of the view that this election process has already been damaged to the degree that it should be stopped dead in its tracks for the good of the at-large community. I understand that these views may not be popular with some, but this election process, in my opinion, has proven to be not as fair and properly orchestrated as it could have been. best regards, Danny Younger

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Results of At Large Board Selection design team (ABSdt) conference call
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Nov. 2, 2010

Nov. 2, 2010

Dear European At Large Structures, the At Large Board Selection design team (ABSdt) met virtually by teleconference this afternoon to discuss the proposals which were sent to the ALAC by EURALO, asking for a delay in the At Large Board Seat 15 selection process. A copy of EURALO's original message was sent to the EURALO List by Wolf Ludwig and is archived at: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/euro-discuss/2010-October/001927.h… The ABSdt conference call, originally due to last one hour, finally lasted two full hours, from 13:00-15:00 UTC, such was the intensity and thoroughness of the debate taking place. --- cut here --- Consensus was reached on the following: * seating of the At Large selected candidate on the Board The candidate should be seated at the end of the Cartagena Meeting, as originally planned. * new time-line for the selection process: 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3-7 candidates and SOI details; 28 October - 15 November: Campaigning period for candidates; On or before 7 November: RALO petition processes to be completed; 12 - 15 November (early UTC time on ): A community call with the final slate of candidates will be held; 15 - 22 November (RALOs can extend this deadline until 25 November if desired) : RALO discussions on candidates 22 - 25 November: First round of online voting on final slate of candidates; 26 -- 28 November: Second round of online voting on final slate of candidates (only if necessary) * VISA issues All candidates on the final slate are expected to be already proceeding with VISA formalities, should they be required in their case. The delay to the final vote is therefore not a problem for VISAs. --- cut here --- Petitioning: We therefore have until the end of this week, plus the week-end for petition processes. Bearing in mind this process has started on 28th October, this provides EURALO with 10 days for petitioning - in-line with the 10 day time-line which was desired by some of our members. May I remind everybody too, that the BCEC's selection process has been very thorough indeed. It was always the ABSdt's aim that addition of candidates by petition should be an exceptional occurrence, therefore requiring the support of three or more RALOs. It is therefore imperative that any petitioning candidate's) should follow-up directly with RALOs and that RALOs announce their support for any petitioning candidate(s) no later than 7 November, in time for the petitioning candidate(s) to be included in the community call line-up. RALO selection process: An election process will be taking place at EURALO for members to direct the vote(s) of our Chair Wolf Ludwig. This will start on 15 November, and will be open all the way until 25 November assuming Wolf casts his vote on the last possible voting day for the first round. This gives European At Large Structures 10 days of voting - in-line with the 10 day time-line which was desired by some of our members. Should additional rounds of voting be required, Wolf Ludwig will already have full instructions in his hand thanks to ALSes voting by "preference", that is, their No.1 candidate, No.2, etc. I am also now including, for the sake of completion and in order to fully explain to you how the process will take place, the new ALAC Rules of Procedure Version 11 which explain the election process. The Reference for this document is: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2950983/AL-2007-1-1-Rev11+… The voting process to be followed by the 15 ALAC voting delegates and the 5 RALO Chairs is explained in that document as follows: --- cut here --- 27.8 Voting Process a) All votes shall be by secret ballot. Votes may be cast electronically, in person, telephonically or some combination thereof. For votes cast in person or telephonically, the services of a trusted third party will ensure the secrecy of the ballot. Proxies are allowed only in accordance with explicit ALAC Rules of Procedure governing their use, or with explicit BSPC rules governing their use. b) If there is only one candidate on the Final Candidate List, that candidate shall be acclaimed the winner. c) If there are more than three candidates on the Final Candidate List, the first vote shall be using an accepted voting method which allows the three most preferred candidates to be selected. d) When there are three candidates remaining, there shall be vote of the electorate. Should one candidate receive greater than 50% of votes cast, that candidate shall be declared the winner. If not, the candidate with the least votes shall be removed. If there is a tie for last position, a random selection by a method determined in advance by the BSPC shall be used to identify the candidate to be removed. e) When there are two candidates remaining, there shall be vote of the electorate. Should one candidate receive greater than 50% of votes cast, that candidate shall be declared the winner. If there is a tie, a random selection by a method determined in advance by the BSPC shall be used to identify the winner. f) In any cases where a random selection is called for in sub-sections d) and e), if sufficient time remains, the BSPC, will run the tied election over again in case voter positions have changed. In any given step of the process, this can be done just once. --- cut here --- I hope that this answers the questions which have been asked by several members, and that the process is now clear. We should be happy that we are now afforded 10 days each for both the petitioning process and the At Large Structure voting process. I trust that this will ease the time pressure on our ALSes and hope that this will ensure that all European ALSes will take an active part in this very important election. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask, either by emailing me, or posting to the list. Warmest regards, Olivier Crépin-Leblond EURALO Secretary

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Petition Candidacy
by Avri Doria Nov. 2, 2010

Nov. 2, 2010

Hi, I have been asked about a rumor that indicated I did not want to petition for candidacy for the ALAC BoD. _Nothing_ could be further from the truth. I saw that Wolf was starting one and had communicated with him indicating my appreciation. Or at least I though I had. I also sent notes to the chair's of all the other RALO telling them I would appreciate a petition candidacy. In one case, that note was forwarded to the RALO, and in another I was asked to send a note to the RALO, which I did. I did not send a note to EURALO because I had already communicated with Wolf. I only approached the chairs, or in one case the person I thought was chair, and in one case the chair and the vice chair, because I did not have a good idea about the process involved in requesting a petition candidacy and figured I would petition the leadership and then leave it up to them and you all to figure out what I should do next. I am, however, both appreciative and supportive of any efforts EURALO and the other RALOs may take on behalf of my petition candidacy. thanks a.

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