Dear NPOC members, As you may be aware of, NPOC members have been asked to cast their vote in the 2015 Annual Election of ICANN's Noncommercial Stakeholders Group(NCSG) for the NCSG Chair position and three NCSG representatives to the GNSO Council. The end date to cast your vote is September 14th, 2015 23:59 UTC. The candidates statements are available here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Candidate+Statements Can I ask NPOC Executive Committee members to share your comments on this election process? Thanks. Regards, Eduardo Monge Omar Dengo Foundation Costa Rica De: npoc-discuss-bounces@icann.org [mailto:npoc-discuss-bounces@icann.org] En nombre de Olévié Kouami Enviado el: lunes 7 de septiembre de 2015 06:40 p.m. Para: NPOC Discuss <npoc-discuss@icann.org> Asunto: [Npoc-discuss] Fwd: [liaison6c] GNSO Council chair election: proposed procedure & timetable - 2015 Consent Agenda resolution [cid:image001.png@01D0EA5B.EC004AB0] Hi ! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@icann.org<mailto:Glen@icann.org>> Date: 2015-09-07 23:40 GMT+01:00 Subject: [liaison6c] GNSO Council chair election: proposed procedure & timetable - 2015 Consent Agenda resolution To: liaison6c <liaison6c@gnso.icann.org<mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org>> FYI Dear Councillors, The Council, on Thursday, 3 September 2015, approved the GNSO Chair election timetable and procedure that is published at http://gnso.icann.org/en/elections/proposed-council-chair-03sep15-en.pdf<http://mailer.samanage.com/wf/click?upn=KTB340yHI8DoUtMP4BGJniX-2B-2BEUd2c9k0Gczy1AtpTFHO1-2BY6ZZFc91vskZgydBUPz8iUSAHcsJSv8ppvOnzH7gqsaiIMP0unw909PeVV7c-3D_r-2BdYbSjRm9r0i9vSiPZtW-2BX-2BAwnBbxYJcYft8cAni3iLz7nHdH1TO6yId4yJ1X5bCjn7UQ8ekPGWrKZXzU-2FB1vqqq7KS-2BMznRij3m3ZEI87WW3StxS8dTPOoQSB9krb-2FFJK2QHBzOYchxlxB81-2FrQgEKCZwhIWmFeV3hThjRR7ogCkshuA-2FPie9e6zmA6P8LV8jP0V-2FZPf5mgyAse-2FS9BQ9Caun6-2FEkVaKePIQa6cyq3ov0MEqTpG2rUT0X0GDdMeFC6wXuUzzVHbTcLhXZoR28TncPTZXvJkTTJQFAf9tBZqTI5EdALObAWdQlLbv8RaidpHQk7AWwJwgkyh-2FXNxLTDiv472tzhBU28m0qq-2F-2BD0UeZ-2F-2BT0n2lpF9O9KiyPpYyNJjSm-2BijCJhhyli5QSd1VVlbfpI640VTGsbe-2Fas-2BVfVfIFnA25T3kcTx00cp0qi4-2FzHzXlMwWC3Cglfk8H9cF1Agi4Zk4CtBBilyqOCVM-3D> In summary, the timeline is as follows: * 25 September – deadline for nominations * 2 October – candidate statements * 17/18 October – Q & A with candidates * 21 October – GNSO Chair Election As a reminder, 'each house will be allowed to nominate one candidate for GNSO Council Chair. Each house is responsible for determining how to nominate its candidate. A candidate for GNSO Council Chair does not need to be a member of a house, but must be a member of the GNSO Council'. For further information, please see section 2.2 of the GNSO Operating Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures v3. 24 June 2015 <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf>) Proposed procedure in Dublin –October 2015 Each candidate will have the opportunity of meeting with Council Members during the GNSO working sessions in Dublin on the weekend of 17/18 October 2015 (remote participation possible). Election of the chair by voting of the Council will take place during the Council meeting in Dublin on Wednesday, 21 October 2015. In order for the vote to take place, the Council meeting will be split in two parts: · Standard, open and public Council meeting with the current Council. · Adjourn the meeting · Re-seat the Council with the new Councilors. · Re-start new meeting, with one specific agenda item: Election of the Chair Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/> -- Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI Président/CEO de INTIC4DEV (http:www.intic4dev.org<http://www.intic4dev.org>) Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT SOLUTIONS sarl (Editeur de logiciels de gestion SIGE (Syscoa/Ohada)) SG de ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des professionnels des TIC (http://www.estetic.tg) ICANN-GNSO-NCSG-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.npoc.org/) Membre du FOSSFA (www.fossfa.net<http://www.fossfa.net>) et Membre de Internet Society (www.isoc.org<http://www.isoc.org>) Skype : olevie1 FB : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo ICANN - Fellow & Alumni Membre fondateur du RIK-Togo (Réseau Interprofessionnel du Karité au Togo) Membre du Conseil d'Administration du RIK-Togo
