Super useful, Tapani.
Thanks.
2018-07-07 16:41 UTC+02:00, Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]>:
> 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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