[PC-NCSG] IMPORTANT!! NCSG Policy Committee Chair Elections

[Matthew Shears]

Hi Amr - thanks.  To whom/what address are these nominations supposed to 
be sent?  Self nominations I assume are acceptable?

Matthew

On 2/29/2016 1:34 PM, Amr Elsadr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> OK?, so Tapani and I have been discussing this, and here is the new election timetable bearing in mind that PC members will be travelling this week:
>
> Nomination period is open again effective immediately until Wednesday, March 2nd at UTC 23:59. Nominations may be made for both the position of the PC Chair as well as Vice Chair(s).
>
> You will receive ballots to vote via email on Thursday, March 3rd, and voting will remain open until the NCSG PC meeting on Sunday, March 6th. The PC Chair (and Vice Chair) elections will be the first item on the meeting agenda. We expect all NCSG PC members to be physically present in Marrakech and the PC meeting, so those who have not voted using the ballots sent via email will have the opportunity to do so during the meeting using an online electronic voting system. The voting period will close at the end of the agenda item for discussing it. If you are not planning on attending the PC meeting in person on Sunday, please let us know.
>
> We will hopefully have the results of the elections within minutes after the end of the voting, so the new PC leadership (team) should be announced and assume his/her/its role at that point. I will work on a draft agenda for the meeting, and will be available to assist in chairing that discussion if the new Chair wishes. I will, of course, also be available to the new leadership to assist with the transition.
>
> If anyone has any questions or concerns about this timetable, please speak up. I know this is a very busy time for all of us. A lot of moving parts in ICANN world right now, and everyone will be travelling over the next few days, but I am still hoping we can pull this election off.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
>> On Feb 26, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 25 14:03, Marilia Maciel (mariliamaciel at gmail.com) wrote:
>>
>>> Tapani, if we go for the co-chair option can it be any other PC member?
>> Yes. From NCSG charter:
>>
>> "2.5.3.	NCSG?PC	Leadership
>>
>> * A Chair will be elected or replaced from among the members of the
>>   NCSG?PC by a 2/3 vote of the NCSG?PC membership on a yearly basis.
>>   - The NCSG Chair may not serve in this role.
>>
>> * One or more Vice-Chairs may be chosen by the NCSG?PC on a yearly basis."
>>
>> While nothing more is said of Vice-Chairs, general principles imply
>> that Vice-Chair should have same eligibility requirements as Chair.
>>
>> However, if I interpret the Charter correctly, observers are not
>> considered members and thus not eligible. (There is some room for
>> argument that observers would be members but not "full members",
>> but I'd rather avoid relying on such ambiguities.)
>>
>> On the other hand it's clear that we could have several
>> Vice Chairs, if such a solution would help.
>>
>> -- 
>> Tapani Tarvainen
>>
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