Hello all, Sorry to make this more complex, but I have been informed that having all ALS reps on an actual ballot is too cumbersome, so we need to narrow the ballot through a brief and informal nomination process. So, I would like to have nominations of up to four (4) names to go on the ballot for alternate board seat voters (this is for the VOTE casters only and not the actual board seat). Only names which are SECONDED will go on the ballot. You may nominate yourself, but the following people CANNOT be among the nominations: Alan Greenberg, Evan Leibovitch, Eduard Diaz, and Garth Bruen - these names either already have a vote or are excluded because they are candidates. My nominations for the two (2) alternate VOTE casters are: Glenn McKnight Louis Houle Avri Doria Darlene Thompson Please second my list or submit your own and do this before midnight UTC Sunday so the actual election can begin. Sorry for all the back and forth on this. -Garth -----Original Message----- From: Garth Bruen [mailto:gbruen@knujon.com] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 11:15 AM To: na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: On special election for the election of our board seat Hello NARALO'ers (-ites?), There was a brief discussion on Monday's call about a pending election. I realize the discussion and issue is very confusing so I will hope to sort it out here for everyone. IF I HAVE MADE ANY FACTUAL ERRORS IN THE PROCESS PLEASE TELL ME. The ICANN Board of Directors has one seat for an At-Large representative ("Seat #15"). The term of our current Board member ends this year. This person is voted on by leadership in the At-Large Advisory Council (ALAC) and the five (5) RALO chairs under rule #27.7. Current Board is here: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board ALAC members running for the Board may NOT vote in the election. This means a proxy voter must be selected and affirmed by a vote under rule # 19.10.1. The vote is a requirement, but how the alternate voters are selected is not defined. Two of our ALAC members: Alan Greenberg and Evan Leibovitch, are both running for seat #15 so we need TWO replacement voters from NARALO. Since I am the Chair and I am already voting. I cannot have second vote. These are some of my sugestions for selecting alternative voters: 1. Assign the votes to our two other leadership positions: Louis Houle (NOMCOM) and Glenn McKnight (Secretary) 2. Select two (2) alternate voting candidates though a VOTE from ALL of the NARALO ALS operators, excluding the ALAC reps and NARALO Chair - affirm two alternates by vote. 3. Select two (2) alternate voting candidates RANDOMLY from ALL of the NARALO ALS operators, excluding the ALAC reps and NARALO Chair - affirm two alternates by vote. I will entertain other suggestions. To be clear, there are several "votes" involved here: A) Potential vote for method of selecting alternative seat #15 voters (vote not required, can be done through consensus) B) An official vote for two (2) alternate seat #15 voters (ALL ALS representatives vote in this process) C) A vote for the Board seat #15 representative (Voting by Eduardo Diaz - ALAC, Garth Bruen - Chair, Alternate #1, Alternate #2) There are many who would prefer that we select a Board representative through a vote by ALL ALSes or ALL At-Large particiapants, but that is a separate discussion. Thanks, Garth