Council Member replacement

[Stephanie Perrin]

Thanks for jumping in and answering, Tapani.  That is indeed my interpretation of the situation, although it is indeed confusing with so many folks not living in their countries of origin.

Kind regards

Stephanie

On 2019-12-17 01:28, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:

Hi James,

Yes, you are eligible, indeed in a slightly favoured position.

It's residence that counts, not country of origin. If you live and pay
taxes in the USA or Canada, you are North American for this purpose.

Otherwise, looking at current council composition and NCSG charter,
the situation is briefly like this:

* An African can only be selected if there are no other viable
candidates (as there already are two Africans). This is a hard
rule, "To the maximum extent possible", but as noted it would
not exclude you if you are North American resident now.

* Of two otherwise equally competent candidates, a North American
would be preferred over others and a woman over a man. These are
softer rules, "Reasonable efforts", so other qualifications could
be more important.

Tapani

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 01:33:37PM -0600, KASWESHA (kaswesha at GMAIL.COM<mailto:kaswesha at GMAIL.COM>) wrote:



I am currently settled in North America but I am not very sure whether I am
eligible. Somebody advise.

Regards;

James Njoroge Gitau

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 12:34 PM Stephanie Perrin <
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca<mailto:stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>> wrote:



As members will have seen, Farzaneh Badii has resigned her council seat,
so it is the responsibility of the NCSG Executive Committee to select a
replacement until the next election takes place in summer 2020.  In order
to enable this, we are seeking expressions of interest in the position.
Please send your statement of interest to me, copy Maryam Bakoshi, before
the 28th of December.  For your interest, the relevant section of the
Charter concerning these circumstances is paragraph 2, section 3.2 (copied
below).  For information about the current composition of the council see
https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg.  We
appear to have representation from everywhere except North America.

Stephanie Perrin


Section 3.2 para 2

In the event that a GNSO Council Representatives is unable to finish his
or her term, the NCSG EC will appoint a temporary GNSO Council
Representative to serve until the next regularly scheduled election as
provided in Section 3.8 of the GOP.  At that time, a new GNSO Council
Representative will be elected to serve out the balance of the vacated
term, if any.






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