Dear All, Of course, Norbert is our winner. Best. Olivier --- Milton Mueller <[log in to unmask]> 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 > __________________________________________________________________ Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail : 250 Mo d'espace de stockage pour vos mails ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.mail.yahoo.com/