Hi all,
David's description below is correct, but there's another relevant
issue, namely gender balance: there must be at least two councillors
of each gender, and that is stronger than the regional balance
requirement.
In current situation that means at least one woman must be elected,
even if there're men with more votes, and in the (presumably very
unlikely) situation there're only European women running one of them
would get elected regardless of regional balance.
The regional balance requirement may also be broken in the even more
unlikely but theoretically possible case where there aren't enough
candidates at all from underrepresented regions.
Region and gender matter in case of tie, too (less well represented
gender or regions wins).
For full details see
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Operating+Procedures
That said, I trust there will be diverse enough set of competent
candidates to choose from that NCSG can maintain its traditionally
strong diversity of councillors without difficulties.
Tapani
On Jul 06 14:56, David Cake ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
> To clarify the rules governing the council:
> - the terms are two years long, so normally only half the council are elected in any given year (unless there is a resignation part way through a two year term).
> - there are no guaranteed seats for any of the five geographic regions, and a councillor need not be replaced by another from the same region. But no more than two councillors can come from the same region.
>
> So to work out restrictions on who may be elected to council, you also need to know the geographic regions of sitting councillors.
> The other three sitting councillors are:
> Tatiana Tropina (EU)
> Ayden Férdeline (EU)
> and
> Arsene Tungali (Africa)
>
> So - Africa is already represented on the council, but another African representative could be elected.
> We cannot elect another councillor from Europe in this election (assuming no unexpected resignations).
> The only other restriction is that of the three councillors up for re-election, no more than one can be from Africa, and no more than two from any other region.
>
> David
>
>
> > On 6 Jul 2018, at 2:17 pm, KASWESHA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thank you chair. Does then mean that we co not have Africa representation in the council?
> >
> >
> >
> > James Njoroge
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> >
> > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 5:06 AM, farzaneh badii <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> > Hi Benjamin
> >
> > Rafik is a resident of Japan,Asia Pacific and Asia Pacific is his regional representation on the council.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Farzaneh
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 8:50 PM Benjamin Akinmoyeje <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> > Dear Chair,
> > Thank you for the update.
> > Please is Rafik Dammak Asia Pacific or Africa?
> >
> >
> > Best,
> > Benjamin
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 8:38 PM farzaneh badii <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> > Dear NCSG Members,
> >
> > We have approved the NCSG Elections timelines at NCSG EC. Please find below:
> >
> > NCSG elections timeline:
> >
> > Jul 06 check in begins
> > Jul 18 nomination period begins
> > Aug 01 nomination period ends
> > Aug 02 deadline for nomination acceptance and candidate statement
> > Aug 03 voter roll finalized, check-in ends
> > Aug 06 meet the candidates
> > Aug 07 voting begins
> > Aug 20 voting ends
> > Aug 21 results announced
> >
> > Positions:
> >
> > Chair:
> > Farzaneh Badii - current NCSG Chair (till AGM 2018) - eligible for another term
> >
> > GNSO COUNCILORS:
> > Rafik Dammak - Asia Pacific (AGM 2018) - eligible for another term
> > Stephanie Perrin – North America (AGM 2018) – term-limited
> > Martin Silva Valent – Latin America and the Caribbean (AGM 2018) - eligible for another term
> >
> > Please note that the "check-in" is a very important phase of the elections. As with other years, we will have a list of active and inactive members on the wiki based on “check-in”. Those who do not check-in will be moved to the inactive members' list.
> >
> > It is important to note that due to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) if you do not check in, we will have to remove you from the NCSG discuss mailing list. You can always sign up again by sending an email to the chair of NCSG ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>). You will receive this information in the check-in email with the appropriate language.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Farzaneh
> >
>
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Tapani Tarvainen
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