Norbert would be fantastic - I also support his nomination.  And I have
video to prove he's quite a skilled soccer player.

Carlos, thank you for your service to the non-commercial community!!!

Best,

Frannie


Erick Iriarte Ahon wrote:

> Hi Milton
>
> If i understand correctly your proposal is Norbert Klein (one of the
> best players of NCUC Soccer Team). I support your idea.
>
> Erick
>
>
> At 02:43 p.m. 14/04/2005, Milton Mueller wrote:
>
>> We need to hold an election to GNSO Council. Carlos's term is up and
>> he doesn't want to run again. I call for nominations immediately.
>> This was discussed in Argentina, and I believe that Norbert Klein was
>> willing to run, so I nominate him. Other nominations from the Latin
>> America, Africa and Asia regions are all eligible to run. Nominations
>> from North America and Europe are ineligible as we already have
>> Council members from those regions.
>>
>> Message below explains what's happening.
>>
>> >>> "[log in to unmask]"
>> <[log in to unmask]> 4/14/2005 10:51:16 AM >>>
>> Dear Milton,
>>
>> At the Mar del Plata meeting on April 8 2005 the full ICANN Board
>> adopted the proposed amendments to the Bylaws as posted
>> (http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18mar05.htm ) which
>> support 3 representatives per constituency, and instructed the President
>> and General Counsel to take such actions as appropriate to implement the
>> amendments.
>> No two representatives selected by a Constituency shall be citizens of
>> the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region.
>> (see the full resolution below)
>>
>> Given that the Board has approved this, would you please run any
>> necessary elections and update the status of your representatives on the
>> GNSO Council.
>> Please let me know if I can be of any help.
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>> Kind regards,
>> Glen
>>
>> From: http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-08apr05.htm
>>
>> Proposed Change to ICANN Bylaws Regarding Number of GNSO Council
>> Representatives
>>
>> Whereas, one of ICANN's Core Values from Bylaws Article I, Section 2 is
>> "Seeking and supporting broad, informed participation reflecting the
>> functional, geographic, and cultural diversity of the Internet at all
>> levels of policy development and decision-making."
>>
>> Whereas, the Transition Article (XX) of the Bylaws states that "In the
>> absence of further action on the topic by the New Board, each of the
>> GNSO constituencies shall select two representatives to the GNSO
>> Council...."
>>
>> Whereas the Board resolved in Carthage on 31 October 2003 to change the
>> transition article (Article XX) of the ICANN bylaws to allow each
>> constituency of the GNSO to continue to be represented on the GNSO
>> Council by three representatives per constituency until the end of the
>> ICANN annual meeting in 2004.
>>
>> Whereas the GNSO Council requested that the Board extend the arrangement
>> of three representatives per constituency until the ICANN meeting in Mar
>> del Plata, Argentina (4 - 8 April 2005) in order for the external review
>> to be completed following a public comment period.
>>
>> Whereas, the Board initiated a review of the GNSO Council in 2004
>> pursuant to Bylaws Article IV, section 4, including, among other aspects
>> of the review criteria, an analysis of the efficacy of having three
>> representatives from each constituency on the GNSO Council.
>>
>> Whereas, the report of the independent consultant that performed the
>> GNSO Council Review recommended that "The Council is working well with
>> three representatives from each constituency. No one who is involved
>> with the Council perceives that having three representatives hinders the
>> workings of the Council."
>>
>> Whereas the GNSO Council's self-review also supported the continuance of
>> three representatives from each constituency.
>>
>> Whereas public comments received on the independent review (22 December
>> 2004 - 24 January 2005) and on the proposed Bylaws amendment (18 March
>> 2005 - 8 April 2005) indicated no significant opposition, and
>> considerable support, for the proposal to maintain three representatives
>> per constituency.
>>
>> Resolved (05.___) the Board adopts the proposed amendments to the Bylaws
>> as posted, and instructs the President and General Counsel to take such
>> actions as appropriate to implement the amendments.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Glen de Saint Géry
>> GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
>> gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
>> http://gnso.icann.org
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