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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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Fwd: [ALAC] APRALO Consultation on Board Director Candidates
by Adam Peake Nov. 1, 2010

Nov. 1, 2010

Seems like a reasonable approach. Adam >Delivered-To: ajp(a)glocom.ac.jp >Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 15:01:10 +0800 >From: Hong Xue <hongxueipr(a)gmail.com> >To: APRALO <apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, > At-Large Worldwide <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >X-Greylist: IP, sender and recipient auto-whitelisted, not delayed by > milter-greylist-4.0 (pechora5.lax.icann.org [208.77.188.40]); > Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:01:32 -0700 (PDT) >Cc: Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich(a)icann.org>, > At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> >Subject: [ALAC] APRALO Consultation on Board Director Candidates >X-BeenThere: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >List-Id: At-Large Advisory Committee <alac.atlarge-lists.icann.org> >List-Unsubscribe: <https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac>, > <mailto:alac-request@atlarge-lists.icann.org?subject=unsubscribe> >List-Archive: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac> >List-Post: <mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> >List-Help: <mailto:alac-request@atlarge-lists.icann.org?subject=help> >List-Subscribe: <https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac>, > <mailto:alac-request@atlarge-lists.icann.org?subject=subscribe> >Sender: alac-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > >Dear Colleagues, > >As noted during the APRALO call on 26 October 2010, the BCEC released >the final slate of candidates for the Board Director position (see >full announcement: >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac-announce/2010q4/000685.html) > >The current time-line for the Board Director selected by the >ALAC/At-Large Community is: > >· 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3 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. > >APRALO, in line with the above-mentioned tight schedule, now commences >the regional consultation officially. > >Please note the following steps and measures: > >a) Candidates/applicants' campaign > >A slate of 3 candidates and 19 other applicants may campaign to our >Community to seek support. We note that Not all the campaigners have >the posting rights on the APRALO list. > >APRALO, in order to ensure their equal opportunity for campaigning, >kindly asks all campaigners to send their statements or messages to >the Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>, who will then forward to the list >till the end of campaigning period, 12 November 2010. > >b) RALOs' petition for additional candidate(s) > >Petitioned applicant(s) can be added to the slate by a formal request >of at least three RALOs. APRALO will launch an online VOTING to let >all the ALSes to decide whether to petition for any applicant or >applicants out of the BCEC's slate to be a candidate or candidates. >Please note that even if APRALO decides to petition for any applicant, >the petition may not be successful if no other two RALOs support the >motion. > >Since APRALO, if decides to petition for any one, must consult at >least other two RALOs for joint action, the VOTE must be completed >timely to allow for cross-RALO consultation. Voting period is >tentatively set from 5 November to 12 November 2010. > >Hong >Chair of APRALO > > >-- >Dr. Hong Xue >Professor of Law >Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL) >Beijing Normal University >http://www.iipl.org.cn/ >19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street >Beijing 100875 China > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC mailing list >ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac > >At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org >ALAC Working Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac

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EURALO statement to ALAC on At Large Board Director Election Process
by Wolf Ludwig Oct. 23, 2010

Oct. 23, 2010

Dear all, as discussed last week - at our monthly call and after - below please find our final statement. Best, Wolf _______ EURALO request to ALAC on At Large Board Director Election Process 20/10/2010 Dear Cheryl and ALAC members Please be so kind to find the letter below for your consideration, sent on behalf of EURALO: At the EURALO Conference call on 19 October, the issue of timing for the At Large Board Director Election Process took most of the debate time. In fact, it became the most important issue, prompting the other issues to be re-scheduled for our next EURALO Conference call. As a result of further discussion which took place on the EURALO list since the conference call, we are writing to you with regards to the proposed schedule for the election of the At Large Selected Board Position. The issue at hand is the short amount of time which has been allocated for the whole election process to take place, from the time the BCEC selections are made, to the time the election takes place. The schedule which appears to have been proposed is: - 28 October 2010: Board Meeting, where the Board is expected to approve the Bylaw changes, and if so: - 3 November 2010: BCEC is scheduled to announce the slate of 3-7 candidates retained for election. - 3-12 November 2010 (10 days): candidates able to reach out to the At Large community (campaigning) - 15-19 November 2010 (5 days): Election takes place It is understood that the period 12-15 November (4 days) might be used for any RALO election process. If added to the 5 days scheduled for the election, this provides a total of 10 days for voting - assuming voting can be considered legitimate when candidates have barely had a change to present themselves. We refer you to the At Large January 2010 White Paper Recommendation 4: "The Board seat should be selected by the ALAC plus the RALO Chairs. The RALO-appointed ALAC members and the RALO Chairs may be directed by their ALSes if the RALO desires (and in accordance with their RoP). This methodology gives ALSes large control over who is selected, without the complexity of two-level vote weighting and centralized ALS elector verification. The vote should be by secret ballot." In the interest of empowerment of our ALSes, it is the desire of the EURALO Board to conduct a vote directing the EURALO Chair on his vote. Whilst no minimum vote timing is defined in the EURALO Rules of Procedures, clause 11.18.1 of the EURALO by-laws states that a sufficient amount of time is required for all members to record a vote on any matter. It is therefore good practice to provide at least 10 days of voting time for our ALSes. This appears to be clearly incompatible with the currently proposed ALAC schedule of only 4 days voting time. Whilst we understand that the proposed schedule takes into account a number of constraints in order to allow the At Large elected Director to take their seat on the last day of the Cartagena Meeting on Friday, 10 December 2010, we consider it unwise to hurry the process at the possible expense of a legitimate vote. ALSes need to be informed in time. Campaigning needs to be given enough time for Question/Answer sessions. Volunteers in ALSes need to find the time to make a sound decision for what is arguably one of At Large's most important decisions of recent years. Some of our members suggested that the seating of an At Large Elected Board Director be postponed until after the Cartagena Meeting. The consensus was, however, that this was not feasible for various reasons and was therefore likely to be rejected by ALAC. We are aware that an earlier start to the election process could ease the pressure by, for example, the BCEC announcing the final slate of candidates earlier than 3 November 2010. We feel, however, that whilst this will ease timing for candidate RALO petitions, should those be called for, it doesn't ease the pressure enough on RALOs desiring to conduct ALS consultations on the final voting rounds. We therefore suggest the following course of action: * The voting process be given more time, beyond the 15-19 November period. An extension of the Election until 30th November would provide more time for ALSes to cast their vote. Indeed, we believe that it would provide greater legitimacy to the process, thanks to a truly bottom-up empowerment. It will allow for voting time to fall closer in line with other ICANN processes requiring public input. We emphasize this further than standard procedure: it is a matter of credibility to our members and to the At Large community. * The issue of VISAS which has been suggested as being the reason for the 19 November deadline could be resolved in two ways: - all candidates who are announced as short-listed on 28th October should set contingency plans in motion if they were not planning to attend the conference in Cartagena in the first place. This includes VISA applications if those are required; - as an exception, even if the above is possible, ICANN should be informed that an At Large Elected Director taking its seat on the Board after the end of the Cartagena meeting might not be able to make it to the meeting in person due to VISA issues, and provisions should therefore be made by ICANN for that person to participate remotely. * A clear and concise explanation of the voting process and schedule should be published as soon as possible, with an explanation of the procedure for an ALS petition (if required) including a flow chart to help ALSes understand how the process will take place. A further explanation of the multiple round voting should be detailed, bearing in mind the possibility of RALOs needing to call upon their membership between each election round. Should ALS balloting by RALOs not be possible for each voting round, this should be explained as soon as possible in order for RALOs to devise alternative voting strategies at short notice (weighted voting being one possible solution) Thank you for your consideration on this very important subject. Getting this process right is of particular importance since it has a direct impact on the legitimacy of At Large and the At Large elected Board Director. Whilst we do not dispute the fact that it is important that an At Large elected Board takes its seat in Cartagena, we would like the process itself to be as equitable, transparent and credible to our stakeholders. Not rushing the process would be one great step in this direction. Wolf Ludwig EURALO Chair Olivier Crépin-Leblond EURALO Secretariat 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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EURALO Call 19 October 2010 Summary Minutes
by ICANN At-Large Staff Oct. 21, 2010

Oct. 21, 2010

Dear All, The summary minutes and action items from the EURALO teleconference on Tuesday have been posted under: https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/EURALO+19.10.2010+Teleconference The audio recording will be published in due course. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff

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