Re: [council] Next telephone conference call (URGENT)

["Ken Stubbs" <kstubbs@dninet.net>]

i will be in the air on wednesday of next week. i can make tues at the same
time or i will give my proxy to richard...

ken
----- Original Message -----
From: Chicoine, Caroline <chicoinc@PeperMartin.com>
To: <council@dnso.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 12:25 PM
Subject: [council] Next telephone conference call (URGENT)


> While there were very few people left on the call, we must have a
> teleconference call to wrap up the outstanding issues of the election
> issues, such as ratification, formal notification to ICANN, and making
> voting records public (see Andrew's October 13th email below)
>
> We are working up on setting up the call which is TENTATIVELY scheduled
> for next Wednesday, October 27th, at 9 am Eastern Standard time.  If you
> will NOT be able to make the call, please let me know ASAP.  If there
> are too many no shows, we will pick a new date.
>
> Thanks
> Caroline
>
> To the Names Council:
>
> In anticipation of the conclusion of the voting process for ICANN
> Director
> seats, I want to outline the next set of steps that will be necessary to
> formalize and finalize the results, and to make permanent the status of
> the
> (still) provisional Names Council.
>
> STEP 1:  Final recognition of Names Council and DNSO constituency groups
> by
> ICANN Board
> DATE:  Monday, 18 October
> EXPLANATION:  The Board granted provisional recognition to the Names
> Council
> and DNSO constituency groups in Berlin.  As the Board's Berlin
> resolution
> stated, the provisional Names Council will perform all of the functions
> of
> the permanent Names Council, except for the election of ICANN Directors.
> The Board expects to formally act on all pending constituency group
> applications and on the final recognition of the Names Council on
> Monday, 18
> October.
>
> STEP 2:  Ratification of the NC election results by permanent NC
> DATE:  Week of 18 October
> EXPLANATION:  Following the Board's vote to grant final recognition to
> the
> Names Council, the (non-provisional) Names Council must then take the
> formal
> step of ratifying the results of this week's election process.  This is
> essentially a formality, necessitated by the sequence of (i) election
> process, followed by (ii) final recognition.
>
> STEP 3:  Formal notification to ICANN
> DATE:  22 October
> EXPLANATION:  The act of notification triggers the 7-day period after
> which
> the DNSO's choices will formally join the ICANN Board.  In order to
> ensure
> that all three Supporting Organization directors are seated on the same
> date -- in other words, to ensure that the three Supporting
> Organizations
> are treated identically, despite their differing election processes and
> schedules -- ICANN requests that all three SOs transmit their formal
> notifications to ICANN on 22 October.  A common notification date will
> allow
> for a smooth and uniform transition to the new ICANN Board.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> --Andrew
>
>
>