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

[Alan Davidson <abd@cdt.org>]

Thank you so much for your note and for the Nomination to the 
IcannAtLarge.com panel.

Regrettably, it appears I must DECLINE this nomination. Unfortunately 
I just do not have the time or resources to take this on responsibly 
at the moment.

I am a great believer in the goals and mission of this effort, and 
wish you all the best of luck. I hope to continue to be a member and 
offer what modest support I can in the future.

Best regards,

Alan


Alan Davidson, Associate Director            202.637.9800 (v)
Center for Democracy and Technology          202.637.0968 (f)
1634 Eye St. NW, Suite 1100                  <abd@cdt.org>
Washington, DC 20006                         http://www.cdt.org
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University     http://cct.georgetown.edu/



At 11:54 PM +0200 7/18/02, icannatlarge.com election wrote:
>Hello and congratulations!
>
>You have been nominated for the icannatlarge.com panel.
>
>To see who nominated you and who else is nominated,
>you can look at the current list of nominations and
>seconds which is available 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
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>(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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