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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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Fwd: [Euro-board] Action Item from ALAC Call / Board Selection Process
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Nov. 1, 2010

Nov. 1, 2010

Dear European At Large Structures, The ALAC has examined the EURALO letter which we have sent a few days ago, asking for an extension of the election process. As a result, the ALAC has decided that ICANN Staff should convene an At Large Board Selection Design Team (ABSdt) meeting to discuss the extension of the deadline of the Board Director Vote. This meeting, after an appropriate Doodle Poll of its Team members, will take place on Monday at 13:00 UTC. Both Patrick Vande Walle and I are on the ABSdt. I would therefore like to be advised on: 1. the rationale behind asking for 10 days of voting by EURALO ALSes 2. whether we would wish an "all or nothing" 30th November date, or whether we wish an extension which could be negotiated, and if so, what is the extension that would allow us to conduct a suitable election process in EURALO? 3. any other points which should be made clear and which we should insist on during the ABSdt call? I have a pretty good idea of how to answer (1) - which is that our At Large Structures (ALSes) will be polled to determine what candidate Wolf Ludwig, EURALO Chair will vote for, and that we therefore need to give ALSes enough time to get informed about the candidates and to vote. Is this enough, or are there more arguments that we can use? As for (2) and (3), please email your suggestions ASAP. Thanks, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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Announcement of At-Large selected voting Board Director candidates
by Heidi Ullrich Nov. 1, 2010

Nov. 1, 2010

Dear All, Please find below a message sent on behalf of Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Chair of the ALAC and the BCEC. ** Dear All, As Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and the At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC), it gives me great honor to announce that following the Board passing the resolution agreeing to the Bylaws amendments needed to allow for the seating of the At-Large selected voting Board Director during their meeting earlier today (resolution available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALAC+-+Board+Resolution+on+Byla…) the BCEC has selected a slate of 3 candidates for the position. They are identified below in alphabetical order by family name: · Sébastien Bachollet · Pierre Dandjinou · Alan Greenberg The Statements of Interest (SOI) from the 3 candidates as well as the 19 other applicants reviewed are available on the At-Large Candidate Workspace (workspace available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Director+Candidate+201…) The current time-line for the Board Director selected by the ALAC/At-Large Community is: · 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3-7 candidates and SOI details; · 28 October - 12 November: Campaigning period, including community call for candidate debate, and RALO discussions on candidates; · 15-19 November: RALO discussions on candidates continue and ALAC and RALO chairs vote for At-Large Director; · 10 December: Successful candidate takes seat on ICANN Board. A diagram of this time-line is available at Time-Line for At-Large Board Director Selection 2010.pdf<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/Time-Line+for+At-L…>. However, please note that this time-line may change slightly pending an extraordinary meeting of the At-Large Board Selection design team scheduled for Monday, 1 November. To provide you with more information on the selection process, a diagram of the 2010 At-Large Board Director Candidate Selection process is available at At-Large Candidate Selection Process 2010 Diagram.pdf<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Candidate…>. The BCEC warmly congratulate the slate of 3 candidates and look forward to a stimulating campaigning period. The BCEC were also delighted with, and were full of appreciation for, the extraordinarily high standard of all the conforming applicant SOI's received. Regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr Chair of the2010 BCEC, Chair of the ALAC 2007-2010 ** 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

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