Voting procedures and final documents
All, attached you will find the final text of the nomination and voting procedure for the EURALO Board and the EURALO ALAC members, as approved this morning. You might also notice that, on request of some people, we made a couple of minor edits to the MoU; we also finalized the Bylaws by fixing part 1 and adding a preamble which is an integral part of the document that we are going to sign. You might find that on the Wiki at: https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?draft_bylaws https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?draft_mou (please do not edit that any more...). Regards, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------
Dear All, I think we should use the drive we just picked up in forming EURALO to give all European ALSes and interested individuals the chance to join the follow up process. As far as I understood we wanted to have one big General Assembly (GA) online in which we discuss those issues we could not accomplish yet at the Lisbon meeting, such as incorporation and the nominations for the EURALO Board and the 2 european ALAC seats. I think we should stick to this procedure. For the time line: We have to consider that it is easter holiday. It is nice to start the GA right after the ICANN meeting but we have to make sure that everyone has a chance to participate. Therefore I think it is very important to give us some more time and *extend* the GA from the *1st - 30th of April!* (or start it later from the 10th - 30th of April) Concerning the minutes of the bylaws: In the discussion I had the chance to take part in virtually we decided that the name of the association is: "European Internet Users Forum" (no adding of "ICANN" in front) and to clarify the relation to ICANN we have chosen between the subtitles the following: "Regional At-Large Organisation of ICANN" (instead of: "consumer rights and civil liberties in information society"). Best Annette Vittorio Bertola schrieb:
All,
attached you will find the final text of the nomination and voting procedure for the EURALO Board and the EURALO ALAC members, as approved this morning.
You might also notice that, on request of some people, we made a couple of minor edits to the MoU; we also finalized the Bylaws by fixing part 1 and adding a preamble which is an integral part of the document that we are going to sign. You might find that on the Wiki at:
https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?draft_bylaws https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?draft_mou
(please do not edit that any more...). Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Annette Muehlberg ha scritto:
Dear All,
I think we should use the drive we just picked up in forming EURALO to give all European ALSes and interested individuals the chance to join the follow up process.
As far as I understood we wanted to have one big General Assembly (GA) online in which we discuss those issues we could not accomplish yet at the Lisbon meeting, such as incorporation and the nominations for the EURALO Board and the 2 european ALAC seats. I think we should stick to this procedure.
Actually, what we agreed is that: - we will have a certain procedure to appoint positions, which will include a quasi-GA (we agreed not to have a vote if not necessary, though we might still want to have an online GA to ratify the appointments) in the first week of May, to finalize elections of the EURALO Board and ALAC representatives; - we will task the newly elected EURALO Board with analyzing the issues of incorporation and individual membership; - we will have a formal (offline or online) GA before the end of 2007, to take a decision on these issues (and also on whether EURALO ALAC members should be a part of the EURALO Board). Of course nothing prevents the EURALO Board from calling another GA immediately having been elected, but I'd rather first discuss and come to agreement on these issues, and then call a GA for the formal adoption (if possible). You can find this in the agreed procedure for elections (which I mailed a couple of days ago) and in the final Bylaws, for which we're still waiting for a clean text by Nick, AFAIK, but these days have been crazy and I guess we'll have it in a few days - so this is the text agreed: ===== Preamble This document will be used for the time being as operating principles. The issues of the incorporation of the Association and of the possible addition of individual members to EURALO will be analyzed by the EURALO Board and discussed in a General Assembly at latest by the end of year 2007. For the time being, the EURALO representatives in the ALAC will be considered as additional non-voting members of the EURALO Board, pending discussion of the matter in a General Assembly at latest by the end of year 2007. ==== Anyway, the actual discussion could start now! I don't think that anyone is opposed to individual participation per se, what I've seen is people who do not see practical ways to give individuals the right to vote and not just to participate in discussions. If those who support individual membership would like to present a specific proposal about practical details of how this could work, I think that it would be a good starting point. Ciao, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------
Annette Muehlberg wrote:
As far as I understood we wanted to have one big General Assembly (GA) online in which we discuss those issues we could not accomplish yet at the Lisbon meeting, such as incorporation and the nominations for the EURALO Board and the 2 european ALAC seats. I think we should stick to this procedure. Based on my previous experience I am not sure we would have the time to discuss all this by phone. Further, we do not have a board yet, and the priority should be to have one, so we can go forward with the required legitimacy. Until that time, we have asked the ICANN staff to run the process on our behalf. In the discussion I had the chance to take part in virtually we decided that the name of the association is: "European Internet Users Forum" (no adding of "ICANN" in front) and to clarify the relation to ICANN we have chosen between the subtitles the following: "Regional At-Large Organisation of ICANN" (instead of: "consumer rights and civil liberties in information society"). The majority of those present physically and remotely at the meetings in Lisbon decided on "ICANN European Internet Users forum" and skip the subtitle altogether. If wanted to change the name, it would require to change the bylaws through a vote from the GA. The new board should convene a GA.
However, we should now start with content rather than the process. My suggestion is that the new board should set up working groups for the individual membership and incorporation issues. Once these groups have come up with a well-documented proposal, the GA will be in a position to vote on it. I want to avoid at all costs that proposals of a technical nature are being drafted by the plenary meeting. This generates lots of cacophony, but the results are quite low. WGs are just a suggestion. I leave it up to the Euralo board to decide. Patrick
Dear Annette, Agree to take this opportunity in forming the EuRalo to start to find more participants to the At-Large Work. About next date, In the document attached by Victorio we establish a process to have certain dates used for nomination, discussion and if needed vote. With some flexibility. But I dont think we can say that it will be a Big GA lasting one month. And we need to concentrate on election. Than the board will be able to work and to prepare any methodology to prepare any change to the membership and to the incorporation. About the name the MOU say. 2.1 EURALO European Regional At-Large Organization, as defined in the ICANN Bylaws, which shall be known as the ICANN European Internet Users Forum. Best regards Sébastien Bachollet Président HYPERLINK "mailto:sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr"sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr HYPERLINK "http://www.egeni.org"www.egeni.org HYPERLINK "http://www.isoc.fr"www.isoc.fr _____ De : euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Annette Muehlberg Envoyé : jeudi 29 mars 2007 15:19 À : Discussion for At-Large Europe Objet : Re: [EURO-Discuss] Voting procedures and final documents Dear All, I think we should use the drive we just picked up in forming EURALO to give all European ALSes and interested individuals the chance to join the follow up process. As far as I understood we wanted to have one big General Assembly (GA) online in which we discuss those issues we could not accomplish yet at the Lisbon meeting, such as incorporation and the nominations for the EURALO Board and the 2 european ALAC seats. I think we should stick to this procedure. For the time line: We have to consider that it is easter holiday. It is nice to start the GA right after the ICANN meeting but we have to make sure that everyone has a chance to participate. Therefore I think it is very important to give us some more time and *extend* the GA from the *1st - 30th of April!* (or start it later from the 10th - 30th of April) Concerning the minutes of the bylaws: In the discussion I had the chance to take part in virtually we decided that the name of the association is: "European Internet Users Forum" (no adding of "ICANN" in front) and to clarify the relation to ICANN we have chosen between the subtitles the following: "Regional At-Large Organisation of ICANN" (instead of: "consumer rights and civil liberties in information society"). Best Annette Vittorio Bertola schrieb: All, attached you will find the final text of the nomination and voting procedure for the EURALO Board and the EURALO ALAC members, as approved this morning. You might also notice that, on request of some people, we made a couple of minor edits to the MoU; we also finalized the Bylaws by fixing part 1 and adding a preamble which is an integral part of the document that we are going to sign. You might find that on the Wiki at: HYPERLINK "https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?draft_bylaws"https://st.icann.org/eur alo/index.cgi?draft_bylaws HYPERLINK "https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?draft_mou"https://st.icann.org/euralo /index.cgi?draft_mou (please do not edit that any more...). Regards, _____ _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list HYPERLINK "mailto:EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org"EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.ican n.org HYPERLINK "http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists. icann.org"http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlar ge-lists.icann.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date: 28/03/2007 16:23 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date: 28/03/2007 16:23
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Annette Muehlberg -
Patrick Vande Walle -
Sébastien Bachollet -
Vittorio Bertola