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

[Nigel Roberts <nigel@nic.gg>]

I'm pretty much teleconferenced out .  . . 

and I'm probably travelling anyhow. 

If I'm not there, proxy to Dennis.

Ken Stubbs wrote:
> 
> 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
> >
> >
> >