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[atlarge-discuss] Re: You have been nominated for the ICANNATLARGE.COM panel



Hi,

I'm proud to ACCEPT my nomination

Spoon aka Marc DERRIENNIC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander Svensson" <alexander@svensson.de>
To: "Marc Derriennic" <>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 9:27 PM
Subject: You have been nominated for the ICANNATLARGE.COM panel


> Hello and congratulations!
> 
> You have been nominated for the icannatlarge.com panel.
> 
> You can find a list of nominations and seconds at
> http://www.fitug.de/atlarge-discuss/0207/msg00328.html
> 
> Please send an email (CC atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de)
> and either ACCEPT or DECLINE this nomination.
> 
> If you want to ACCEPT your nomination, you have
> to reply until Tuesday 23 July 2002, 12:00 pm (midday)
> GMT/UTC to be included. (You can use 
> http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other time zones.)
> 
> Only members of icannatlarge.com are eligible. If you 
> are currently not a member, you have to register as a
> member before you can become a candidate.
> 
> If you're interested in ICANN At Large issues and
> have not yet subscribed to the mailing list, you can
> do so by sending an empty message to 
> atlarge-discuss-subscribe@lists.fitug.de 
> (Archives: http://www.fitug.de/atlarge-discuss/)
> 
> Best regards,
> /// Alexander Svensson (one of the Election Watchdogs) 
> 
> 
> Election announcement sent to icannatlarge.com members:
> >Dear icannatlarge.com member,
> >
> >as the mandate of the previous interim panel expires, it is now
> >time to elect a new group of persons to guide the organization
> >for the next 12 months. Thus we are now starting an election for
> >this purpose.
> >
> >The nomination period is now open. If you want, you can nominate
> >your candidates for the panel (chosen among the members of this
> >organization) before the end of Monday, July 22 (GMT), by posting 
> >to the atlarge-discuss mailing list(*).
> >
> >You will later receive by e-mail a ballot form with the names of
> >the candidates and the instructions about how to vote. After July
> >22, candidates will introduce themselves on our website; you will
> >be able to debate about them using the forums on our website or
> >the atlarge-discuss mailing list. Voting will happen between 
> >Sunday, July 28 and Saturday, August 4. Attached below you will
> >find the full Charter for these elections.
> >
> >This election will mark an important moment for our organization,
> >as representation of the public in the technical administration of
> >the Internet is still under heavy discussion inside and outside
> >ICANN. Thus we need the attention and support of all our members.
> >Please take some time to participate in this election.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Vittorio Bertola
> >Current icannatlarge.com Chairman
> >
> >
> >(*) We hope you are already subscribed to the atlarge-discuss
> >list; however, here are the instructions: to post, send a message
> >to atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de; to subscribe, send an empty
> >message to  atlarge-discuss-subscribe@lists.fitug.de; archives 
> >may be found at http://www.fitug.de/atlarge-discuss/ .
> >
> >
> >
> >ELECTIONS OF A PANEL FOR ICANNATLARGE.COM
> >
> >Given the fact that the deadline for the current interim panel of
> >icannatlarge.com is approaching, a new election for a longer term
> >panel for the icannatlarge.com effort is now starting. 
> >
> >The purpose is to select a group of members that represent different
> >views, cultures and geographical areas inside the At Large movement,
> >have some technical and organizational skills, and are willing to
> >devote a significant amount of their time to this effort in the next
> >12 months. 
> >
> >
> >MANDATE OF THE PANEL 
> >
> >The panel shall be composed of eleven members of the icannatlarge.com
> >effort. 
> >
> >The mandate of the panel will be that of running the organization in
> >all its aspects, including but not limited to: 
> >
> >1. guiding an outreach campaign so that the highest possible number of
> >active users of the Internet who might want to participate in ICANN
> >are informed of the effort and can register on icannatlarge.com if
> >they wish, and that the membership grows to a point where it can be
> >considered sufficiently representative of such users; 
> >
> >2. continuing the public and open discussion of Bylaws for a new At
> >Large Membership organization, trying to gather consensus, consider
> >all inputs, unify all efforts, and put together in the shortest
> >possible amount of time one or more proposals of Bylaws to be then
> >submitted and approved by a majority vote of the membership, and after
> >such approval, formally incorporate the organization; 
> >
> >3. defending the role of the public for what related to Internet
> >matters currently governed by ICANN, and guiding a discussion about
> >whether and how the organization should take part to the internal
> >processes ICANN will establish for public input and participation;
> >
> >4. managing the icannatlarge.com website, directly and/or by
> >appointing webmasters;
> >
> >5. managing to hold the election of the next officers of the
> >organization before the term of the panel expires. 
> >
> >The panel shall expire and conclude its work after twelve months from
> >its election.
> >
> >
> >OPERATIONAL DETAILS AND TIMEFRAME 
> >
> >All persons registering on icannatlarge.com before the end of Monday
> >22 July 2002 (GMT) will be entitled to vote. All voters will receive
> >their ballot by e-mail at the e-mail address they used when
> >registering to icannatlarge.com.
> >
> >Those members who want to nominate other members or second nominations
> >should post a nomination/second message in the "Second Elections"
> >forum on the website or to the atlarge-discuss mailing list by the end
> >of Monday 22 July 2002 (GMT). To be included in the list of the
> >candidates, nominated members will have to accept the nomination by
> >posting a message in the same forum, or by sending an e-mail to the
> >election watchdogs or to the atlarge-discuss mailing list, before
> >12:00pm (midday) of Tuesday 23 July 2002 (GMT). 
> >
> >Candidates will be asked to provide details for a candidate page that
> >will be set up on the site after finalizing the candidate list. A
> >public debate about the candidates will be hold in the atlarge-discuss
> >list and in the "Second Elections" forum of the icannatlarge.com
> >website until July 27.
> >
> >Voting will occur between Sunday 28 July and Saturday 4 August 2002
> >(GMT).
> >
> >
> >VOTING SYSTEM
> >
> >Each voter will receive by e-mail a ballot message, which needs to be
> >completed by adding a X inside the square brackets [ ] near to the
> >name of the candidates that the voter wants to be endorse, and then to
> >be sent back to the originating e-mail address. More detailed
> >instructions will be found in the ballot message - we recommend all
> >voters to read it carefully.
> >
> >Each voter will be allowed to endorse up to eleven names taken from
> >the list of the candidates. Voters should support all candidates that
> >seem best fit to the position, so that those who seem suitable to most
> >members will be chosen. Overall results will not be made visible to
> >voters before the booth is closed. 
> >
> >The eleven candidates who receive the highest number of votes will be
> >elected, provided that they have received at least 15 votes; if there
> >are not eleven candidates above this threshold, the number of members
> >of the panel will be reduced accordingly. 
> >
> >Ties (if any) will be solved by ordering names by the number of
> >candidates of the same ICANN Region that received more votes than the
> >tied ones (the lowest first, so to help diversity among regions), then
> >the same by country. 
> >
> >The voting system will be kindly provided by the DNSO Secretariat - so
> >the current panel wants to thank Elisabeth Porteneuve for this.
> >Elections will be overviewed by the following watchdogs (whom also we
> >want to thank):
> >
> >Bret Fausett <fausett@lextext.com>
> >Walter Schmidt <walts@dorsai.org>
> >Alexander Svensson <svensson@icannchannel.de>
> >
> >
> >PANEL RULES 
> >
> >The panel will choose, by majority vote, a Chair, with the role of
> >coordinating the discussion and the meetings. If agreement on a Chair
> >cannot be reached after seven days from the election, the candidate
> >that received the highest number of votes will be the Chair. 
> >
> >All decisions in the panel will be taken by explicit online vote on
> >the panel mailing list, called by the Chair and lasting at least two
> >days (unless a final result is reached before). Decisions will be
> >taken by majority of the non-abstaining votes expressed, provided that
> >at least five members of the panel expressed a vote. 
> >
> >If any of the eleven seats in the panel becomes vacant (ie because of
> >resignation, lack of suitable candidates...) it will be filled by the
> >first non elected candidate from the original election, provided that
> >he received at least 15 votes. If no suitable candidates are available
> >from the original election, and the number of remaining members in the
> >panel is lower than five, a new election will be held to fill the
> >vacant seat. 
> 


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