Hi,

At this point, I think we are starting to enter silliness mode about all
of this.  The stress of the issue is becoming palpable with people
running around lobbying to and fro.

One of the sources of this is that the NCPH (Non Contracted Party's
House that is NCSG + the CSG + NCA (NomCom Appointee)) has never
submitted its procedures for electing a Board members to the council as
required by the GNSO Operating Procedures. So the whole thing is being
done AdHoc, and is a wee bit farcical.  Perhaps we should do that before
we do anything else.

Why don't we decide on a proper process for electing, one that can
actually terminate in a decision to elect, thus allowing us actually to
conduct a legitimate election for a board seat.

I have attached the relevant ByLaws and Procedures text below.


avri


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by-laws

6. The GNSO shall make selections to fill Seats 13 and 14 on the ICANN
Board by written ballot or by action at a meeting. Each of the two
voting Houses of the GNSO, as described in Section 3(8) of this Article,
shall make a selection to fill one of two ICANN Board seats, as outlined
below; any such selection must have affirmative votes compromising sixty
percent (60%) of all the respective voting House members:

    a. the Contracted Party House shall select a representative to fill
Seat 13; and

    b. the Non-Contracted Party House shall select a representative to
fill Seat 14

Election procedures are defined in the GNSO Operating Procedures.

Notification of the Board seat selections shall be given by the GNSO
Chair in writing to the ICANN Secretary, consistent with Article VI,
Sections 8(4) and 12(1).


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gnso operating procedures

2.4.3 Detailed Election Procedures

Each House is responsible for establishing its own internal procedures
for nominations, interviews, voting, and candidate selection; however,
those processes must be documented and forwarded to the GNSO Council for
inclusion as ANNEXES to the GNSO Operating Procedures. If a House
subsequently elects to alter its procedures, such amendments must be
submitted to the GNSO Council before becoming effective so that the
procedures accurately reflect the actual processes and activities
performed by each House in selecting its candidate.



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