[NCSG-EC] Nomination period for councillors

[Stephanie E Perrin]

Extending to Monday to accept the nominations that a participant on the 
call said were standing by, need not extend the timeline. We do believe 
in elections first.  The timelines are decided by this group in 
consultation with staff, according to ICANN requirements, but I would 
point out that ICANN announced elections to be held a month earlier in 
order to accommodate travel schedules.  We are almost certain we are 
holding a virtual meeting again, so even if we did go over time, there 
would be no impact on other stakeholders.

I was seeking your views, not proposing violating the charter. Members 
were upset by the fact that Elsa did not turn down the nomination in 
time for them to nominate others.  As I have said before, the more the 
merrier.  If people want the positions, they ought to compete.  But 
there we are.  Plenty of time for people to put their names forward and 
send in a candidate statement, if we closed Monday.  But if you prefer 
to appoint people, how do you propose we run that process, wait until 
the election is over and then just appoint the number of councillors 
required, through a submission of names process?

Kind regards,

Stephanie


On 2020-05-29 1:06 p.m., Robin Gross via NCSG-EC wrote:
> Hi Raphael,
>
> The charter provides that when there is a vacancy on the Council, the 
> NCSG EC appoints that position.  Since we do not have enough 
> candidates to fill the slots, we have vacancies.  Those vacancies 
> should be appointed by the NCSG EC as usual.  If there are candidates 
> who wish to fill those seats, they should make us aware of it and we 
> can appoint them asap.  I’m not in favor of extending the nomination 
> period until there are sufficient candidates.  The nomination process 
> has ended and the voting is about to begin according to our timeline. 
>  We need to get those slots filled so the folks can assume those 
> positions asap and the membership can focus on things other than 
> constant elections.  Also, others in ICANN shouldn’t have to wait for 
> NCSG to fill the slots by more protracted means, which would not even 
> guarantee we have nominations at the end and we would be back to where 
> we are now.  We are part of a larger community and others depend on us 
> to operate according to anticipated timelines and documented processes.
>
> Thanks,
> Robin
>
>> On May 29, 2020, at 9:30 AM, Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix 
>> <rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com <mailto:rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com>> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Robin
>>
>> Are you suggesting we appoint someone? I'm not sure what part of the 
>> charter you are referring to. I could not find language in the 
>> charter that fits our current circumstances, that is a defacto 
>> vacancy for lack of candidates. There is the second paragraph of 3.2, 
>> but that seems to be limited to a vacancy during the term of a 
>> councilor, as we did with Farzaneh if I remember correctly. I might 
>> have missed the relevant language though.
>>
>> In any case, please don't misinterpret my question; I'm not 
>> suggesting we should be fighting over the meaning of Charter words! 
>> Whether mandated or not, I'd be fine appointing someone, but ideally 
>> I would prefer us to be clear on why we are doing what we decide to do.
>>
>> Have a nice day!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:11 PM Robin Gross via NCSG-EC 
>> <ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is <mailto:ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is>> wrote:
>>
>>     I’m strongly in favor of following what the charter dictates in
>>     this instance and therefore we should do our duty and make the
>>     appointment as directed by our foundational document.  Thank you.
>>
>>     Best,
>>     Robin
>>
>>     > On May 29, 2020, at 7:22 as AM, Stephanie E Perrin via NCSG-EC
>>     <ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is <mailto:ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is>> wrote:
>>     >
>>     > Hi folks,
>>     >
>>     > Those who were on the call today will know that Elsa has
>>     indicated she is not running for Council again this year.  We are
>>     thus short of candidates, having only three (Julf, Juan, and
>>     myself) for 4 positions.  This is far from ideal, and it was
>>     pointed out by one member on the call that there were other
>>     people who were willing to come forward.
>>     >
>>     > Is it your wish that we open up nominations again for a couple
>>     of days, or just leave the EC to appoint?
>>     >
>>     > Stephanie
>>     >
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