Re: [ICANN-EU] request of reconsideration

[lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)]

* Andreas Fügner wrote:
>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

And this an emotional message in angry format.

>When, by whom, where and - most importantly - why was the decision made,
>to give candidates, nominated by ICANN, a preferred and guaranteed place
>on the final list of candidates for election as a board member?

http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-10mar00.htm

Therefore it is resolved that the staff is directed to draft and present to
the Board for its review and subsequent posting for public comment prior to
adoption proposed amendments to Article II of the Bylaws and other
resolutions that accomplish the following objectives:

  1. Establish a deadline for the initial selection of five (5) At Large
     Directors (one each representing each ICANN region) by a direct ballot
     of qualified ICANN members in each region by no later than November 1,
     2000 to serve a term to expire at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting
     of the Corporation in 2002;

  2. Extend the terms of four (4) of the Initial At Large Directors,
     identities to be determined on the basis of willingness, geographic,
     and other factors, to expire at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting of
     the Corporation in 2001, and extend the terms of the other five (5)
     Initial At Large Directors to expire at the conclusion of the annual
     meeting in 2000;

  3. Establish a Nominating Committee consisting of members appointed by the
     Board to accept recommendations and nominations from the Internet
     community as a whole, and to nominate five or more candidates for
     consideration by the At Large membership for selection to the ICANN
     Board;

  4. Establish a petition process for additional nominations from the At
     Large membership that meet certain minimum qualifying criteria; and
       
  5. Initiate a comprehensive study of the concept, structure, and processes
     relating to the At Large membership, on the following schedule:
...

It took me not more than ten minutes to find it.