Your suggestion is not only reasonable but also points to urgent action: to establish the electoral process to fill the #14 seat and then put it in practice to elect the rep. frt rgds --c.a. On 06/21/2014 11:49 AM, Avri Doria wrote: > Hi, > > At this point, I think we are starting to enter silliness mode about all > of this. The stress of the issue is becoming palpable with people > running around lobbying to and fro. > > One of the sources of this is that the NCPH (Non Contracted Party's > House that is NCSG + the CSG + NCA (NomCom Appointee)) has never > submitted its procedures for electing a Board members to the council as > required by the GNSO Operating Procedures. So the whole thing is being > done AdHoc, and is a wee bit farcical. Perhaps we should do that before > we do anything else. > > Why don't we decide on a proper process for electing, one that can > actually terminate in a decision to elect, thus allowing us actually to > conduct a legitimate election for a board seat. > > I have attached the relevant ByLaws and Procedures text below. > > > avri > > > ----- > by-laws > > 6. The GNSO shall make selections to fill Seats 13 and 14 on the ICANN > Board by written ballot or by action at a meeting. Each of the two > voting Houses of the GNSO, as described in Section 3(8) of this Article, > shall make a selection to fill one of two ICANN Board seats, as outlined > below; any such selection must have affirmative votes compromising sixty > percent (60%) of all the respective voting House members: > > a. the Contracted Party House shall select a representative to fill > Seat 13; and > > b. the Non-Contracted Party House shall select a representative to > fill Seat 14 > > Election procedures are defined in the GNSO Operating Procedures. > > Notification of the Board seat selections shall be given by the GNSO > Chair in writing to the ICANN Secretary, consistent with Article VI, > Sections 8(4) and 12(1). > > > ---- > gnso operating procedures > > 2.4.3 Detailed Election Procedures > > Each House is responsible for establishing its own internal procedures > for nominations, interviews, voting, and candidate selection; however, > those processes must be documented and forwarded to the GNSO Council for > inclusion as ANNEXES to the GNSO Operating Procedures. If a House > subsequently elects to alter its procedures, such amendments must be > submitted to the GNSO Council before becoming effective so that the > procedures accurately reflect the actual processes and activities > performed by each House in selecting its candidate. > > > > ----- >