The MOU should say that selection occur "no later than" the annual meeting, which should allow us to move it up to an earlier time, whenever appropriate. In order to elect, we'll need a complete roster of approved At Large Structures and their designated representatives, which I assume we have someplace. Is that publicly posted (I assume?). What's the URL? Then we'll need appropriate notice and call for statements of interest.
Bret
On Jan 31, 2007, at 6:20 AM, Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:
I bring this up because the current draft Operating Principles would require that the regional representatives would be elected not upon signature of the MoU, but several months later at the ICANN International Meeting, scheduled for October 2007 in Asia.
Of course you are entirely free to adopt this procedure. I just wanted to highlight that you are not obligated to do so.