We have fallen behind on our proposed election schedule, which
was supposed to start last week and close today.
I have simply been completely overburdened by other stuff
and by the uncertainties and complicated discussions associated with the GNSO
improvements.
I think we need to go ahead with elections now. I am hoping
that they can start October 27, a week from now, and conclude by the time of
the
As I understand it, We have nominations, seconds and acceptances
for the following positions:
Chair:
Robin Gross
GNSO Council:
Mary Wong (NA)
William Drake (NA/EU)
Konstantinos Komaitis (EU)
Hakikur Rahman (AP)
Dave Kisoondoyal (AF)
Executive Committee:
Carlos Afonso (LAC)
IMPORTANT:
We thought we were going to be electing 6 GNSO Council
members but now we are going to be electing only 2, assuming that Norbert wants
to step down early to serve on the Nominating Committee.
My proposal then is to elect the top two posts to the
Council and the next 4 be considered Executive Committee members who may, in
about 8 months time, have to be seated on the GNSO Council on an interim basis.
The only wrinkle here is that Carlos Afonso would not be eligible to serve on
the Council in the short term because someone else from the LAC region is
already on. So I will consider Carlos to be an EC candidate, if that is ok with
him and everyone else.
So, can our Brazilian friends take charge of the election
again?