OK with me. --c.a. Milton L Mueller wrote: > Good question, Carlos. For the first three seats, we will follow our > existing charter: each of the three must be from a different region. So > since we already have a LAC Council rep (you) and since Robin is > stepping down and Norbert MAY step down, the first two additions could > come from: > > Africa > Asia-Pacific** > North America > Europe > > For the additional three, it is unclear until we adopt a new set of > rules. I would propose that we get as many candidates from as many > regions as possible running and we see how strong and how popular (how > many votes) the candidates are. > > **Norbert Klein (AP region) is in a discretionary position, which is to > our advantage. He has the option to serve out his existing term, or to > resign early because of the Nomcom appointment. Suppose a good candidate > from AP region comes along, and gets a significant number of votes. If > Norbert wants to escape the Council, he could leave immediately, or stay > in office from October to January (or whenever the change to the new, > 6-person Council is made) then he could resign and we could appoint the > new person from AP. In the transition period (October - January) Norbert > could be "educating" the new person about how the Council works. Suppose > on the other hand we get no volunteers from AP region or the ones we > get, do not get many votes relative to candidates from other regions. > Then Norbert could stay on until the end of his term. > > Milton Mueller > Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies > XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology > ------------------------------ > Internet Governance Project: > http://internetgovernance.org > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:00 AM >> To: Milton L Mueller; [log in to unmask] >> Subject: RES: Nominations for NCUC Chair and GNSO Council >> >> >> Hi all: >> >> Just a quick question: do we still have any regional constrains for >> the council nominations or since we are moving into a new structure we >> can end up having two or more representatives from the same region? >> >> Apart from that I would like to second the nomination of Robin Gross >> for Chair. >> >> Best, >> Carlos >> >> -----Mensagem original----- >> De: Non-Commercial User Constituency em nome de Milton L Mueller >> Enviada: dom 21/9/2008 03:30 >> Para: [log in to unmask] >> Assunto: Nominations for NCUC Chair and GNSO Council >> >> >> >> I nominate for chair: >> >> Robin Gross >> >> >> >> For GNSO Council: >> >> - William Drake* >> >> - Carlos Afonso >> >> - Mary Wong >> >> >> >> Also, Norbert, under these conditions we may need for you to serve out >> that extra year of your current term, Nomcom notwithstanding. >> >> >> >> >> >> * as a provisional individual member his eligibility would >> have to wait >> for the new GNSO structure to be implemented, but that could >> be as soon >> as Jan. 2009. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >