Dear all, As our Rules of Procedure state: 17. The members of the unaffiliated individuals, including the representative to the NARALO General Assembly must submit a Statement of Interest indicating that they meet the following criteria: • be subscribed to the NA-Discuss list, • be a permanent resident of one of the countries/territories in the North American region as defined by ICANN, • not be a member of a certified ALS. Eric has posted a generic SOI but did not address the 2nd and 3rd points. Until this is done, he is still ineligible to run for any kind of office in the NARALO. I would sincerely encourage Eric to send a simple posting to the list to clear this up (or an e-mail to myself or Garth). Actually, this also brings up a point that Alan and I are working on. There are several points in the Rules of Procedure that need work. The one bearing on this issue is the misuse of the term "Statement of Interest" in this context. Putting in a statement that verifies the above is all that is needed - not a full SOI. Calling it an SOI is rather misleading so I can understand any confusion that may have come up from this. There are other points we are working on but all of this work will not be put forward until after the election so as not to muddy the waters and so that they can be appropriately addressed by the region. Thank you, D Darlene A. Thompson CAP Administrator N-CAP/Department of Education P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-5631 Fax: (867) 975-5610 dthompson@gov.nu.ca ________________________________________ From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] on behalf of Eric Brunner-Williams [ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:13 AM To: na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: [NA-Discuss] The self-nomination of Eric Brunner-Williams for NARALO Chair Colleagues, I think the situation may reasonably be summarized as there exist some At-Large Structures which meet a reasonable interpretation of the 2007 MOU, and some which do not. On issues for which a vote is the means of determining the position of record of the Region there is no distinction between them. I suggest that this situation has come about by ordinary fatigue, enhanced by a correctable, but persistent error. The error has been to waste much of the time any Chair has available on tasks which do not directly contribute to the increase in vitality of existing ALSes, aka "inreach", or the number of new ALSes, aka "outreach". The practice, which began some time ago, before Garth Bruen volunteered, and before Beau Brendler volunteered, with Evan Libovitch who created this "Perq", was to use the _very_ limited travel support to send the Chair and Secretary to general meetings. The error has persisted for _years_. This practice has three consequences -- all adverse. First, the time required by ICANN travel is ten days door-to-door, for each meeting -- 30 days/year. The Chairs and Secretaries of RALOs do not need to spend a month a year reading their status reports to each other and chatting up the ALAC. Electronic mail, podcasts and phones suffice. Second, each year six additional people who actually do make informed contributions to policy could participate first hand in ICANN meetings and bring back to their At-Large Structures their experience and improved judgement. This opportunity is currently wasted on _ineffective_ Officer junkets. Third, the RALO officers could be spending one month of full-time work per year on "inreach" and "outreach", on making the RALO less ... absurdly inconsequential. This opportunity too is currently wasted on _ineffective_ Officer junkets. If elected Chair, and this constitutes self-nomination, I will use the office of regional Chair to ensure that the Chair and Secretary work only to advance Regional Organizational goals, cease the current abuse of travel support as a private right of office, and advance those who are informed and engaged in public policy issues. Eric Brunner-Williams Eugene, Oregon ------ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org ------