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

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Alan and all stakeholders or other interested parties,

  Alan, thank you for this very gracious and well worded declination
for standing for election to the next panel.  I for one am however
saddened that you will not stand, as I believe that you would make
an excellent panel member.

  All the best in your future challenges Alen.  May they be
sufficiently rigorous and fruitful in there rewards.

Alan Davidson wrote:

> 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
> >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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