I would also like to start with the congratulations to the elected. Starting with te ALAC representatives, I particularly welcome Veronica, who is relatively new to the ICANN process. Veronica, I am sure that you will catch up, maybe with the help of your colleagues in the Committee, and prove that my concerns were wrong. Just before the opening of the vote, I claimed I could make a bet on the result. Unfortunately, I did not bet money, because below is my forecast, that I sent to Nick, who can confirm, was correct: ================ My pick on the most likely result: - Veronica - 31 to 33 - 2 years - Sebastien - 32 to 36 - 1 year - Patrick - 35 to 38 - 0 years ================ I don't know how far away I was on the score, but the ranking is indeed the one that came as a result. To the new ALAC members, just one advice, from past experience. We have been caught off base already a couple of times by the Ombudsman, we have again ALS applications that were not voted because of the high number of abstensions and the non-participation to vote. I would consider having a strong set of rules, and compliance to them, a priority. Congratulations also to the Board members. Also in this case, I am sure that my concern in having a too large Board will be answered by strong participation and effectiveness in the management of EURALO. According to the Bylaws, presence of 2/3 of the Board members is necessary to take decisions: with a board of 9, that means at least 6 people on every call. Wolfgang is right in stating that the first priority is to establish a work plan. Besides the two ICANN meetings in Europe in the years to come, there is already an important date to mark on the calendar: the Studienkreis in Warsaw in October. Wolfgang has repeatedly asked for an EURALO meeting in combination with that appointment, receiving no answer so far. Now that we have a management team in place, it will be time to answer positively, and start finalizing the venue. Cheers, Roberto
-----Original Message----- From: euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Kleinwächter, Wolfgang Sent: 22 May 2007 11:35 To: Nick Ashton-Hart; Europe Discuss; euro-als@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: policy@icann.org; At-Large Worldwide; secretariat@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] [EURO-ALS] At-Large EURALO 2007 Election Results
First of all congratulations to all elected. We went through a complicated process but at the end of the day we have been sucessful to to build a structure and to elect a leadership for our EURALO and to give legitimacy to our two reps in the ALAC.
Looking at the results I am also happy that at the end of the day the principle of geographical and cultural diversity is reflected in the final outcome. I am also satisfied that we have a good balance of different institutions in the EURALO Board. This gives us a great opportunity to move now from the discussion of procedural issues to issues of substance. I am sure that this discussion will produce much more unity than we had in the procedural debate.
I would also invite Patrick, even if he was not elected, to give his energy and knowledge to the EURALO process. There is no need to have a position to give input to the process. And the at large community lives to a high degree from individual contributions.
Next step would be the drafting of a workplan. I would also encourage a discussion on a strategy paper with some mid-term goals and milestones. As you have seen there are two European ICANN meeting scheduled now fro 2008 and 2009. This should be seen as a challenge for EURALO not only to show the face but to bring fresh ideas and actions to the ICANN process.
Hope we have some time in San Juan to discuss the next concrete steps.
Best wishes
wolfgang
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Von: euro-als-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org im Auftrag von Nick Ashton-Hart Gesendet: Mo 21.05.2007 16:43 An: Europe Discuss; euro-als@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: policy@icann.org; At-Large Worldwide; secretariat@atlarge-lists.icann.org Betreff: [EURO-ALS] At-Large EURALO 2007 Election Results
Dear All:
I'm pleased to report the results of the 2007 EURALO Elections.
ALAC COMMITTEE:
2-year Term: CRETU, Veronica 1-year Term: BACHOLLET, Sebastian
EURALO BOARD
Number of Seats Chosen: All Candidates (from a selection by ballot of 5, 7, 9, or all candidates)
Members Elected (in order of election, taking into account Bylaw requirement of nationality diversity with respect to first 5 seats)
HOFMANN, Jeannette LUDWIG, Wolf BERTOLA, Vittorio DE QUITO, Paco MILOSHEVIC, Desiree BRUCH, Christophe BANKS, Karen DRAKE, Bill VANSNICK, Rudi
Whilst Sebastian Bachollet and Veronica Cretu were also candidates for board seats, the elections process agreed on was that those elected to ALAC seats would not also occupy board seats, though they would be able to attend board meetings.
For those who wish to review the details of the election, and to ensure independent verification of the results published, the voting system provides a URL as follows:
http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=YZMs83SWNAgmq75TMXUb
The procedures related to the election can be found at:
https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007
Since one-half of the EURALO board was to be elected every year, as per the Bylaws for the region adopted in Lisbon, it was submitted for consideration by the ICANN staff that the top 1/2 (rounded to the nearest whole number) would serve a 2-year term, and the bottom 1/2 a 1-year term. Given the number of members of the board, that procedure would not resolve whether the top 4, or 5, would be serving 2-years. Perhaps the region will allow the board, in its first meeting, to decide this question.
On behalf of the staff of ICANN may I extend extend our congratulations to the newly-elected officers and wish them the best in their new roles. I look forward to working with them all.
-- Regards,
Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: <mailto:nick.ashton-hart@icann.org> Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart
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