[announce] GA election to designate its representative to the NC Review TF

[DNSO Secretariat <DNSO.Secretariat@dnso.org>]

GA Members,

The procedures and timeline for the DNSO GA election to designate 
its representative to the Names Council Review Task Force
are published in:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.DNSO-GA-ReviewTF.html

The Call for nomination of candidates to represent the GA 
to the Names Council Review Task Force is open now.

DNSO Secretariat
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[ cf. http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.DNSO-GA-ReviewTF.html ]

ICANN/DNSO

    DNSO GA election to designate its representative to the Names Council
                      Review Task Force, June-July 2001

24 June 2001

  I. The Names Council in Stockholm asked the General Assembly to designate
     its own representative to the Review Task Force which (among other
     things) will be dealing with the issue of the Individuals'
     Constituency.

 II. The GA Chair asked the Secretariat to initiate an election process to
     designate the GA representative to the Names Council Review Task Force.

III. The Secretariat determined that this election will take place between
     24 June and 11 July 2001, with the following agenda:
        o Sunday, 24 Jun - Call for nominations issued
        o Tuesday, 03 Jul - List of candidates closed
        o Tuesday, 03 Jul - Vote of the GA voting registry initiated
        o Tuesday, 10 Jul - Vote of the GA voting registry closed
        o Wednesday, 11 Jul - Results calculated and announced

 IV. Nomination of candidates to represent the GA to the Names Council
     Review Task Force:

          Open Sunday 24 June 2001, 10:00 UTC, 12:00 CET (Paris),
          Closed Tuesday 3 July 2001, 07:00 UTC, 09:00 CET (Paris)

          The acceptance period closes on Tuesday 3 July 2001 at 10:00
          UTC, 12:00 CET (Paris), 3 hours later than nominations.

          (For local time in other places see
          http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/)

             * Nominations must be sent by e-mail to
               ga-nominations@dnso.org.

               Please use a Template for nomination:

                  1a. Full name of the nominee:
                  1b. E-mail address of the nominee:
                  2a. Full name of the nominator:
                  2b. E-mail address of the nominator:
                  2c. Type of GA membership:
                      (GA-ga subscriber, GA-announce subscriber,
                       GA-voting registry, Working Group subscriber,
                       or DNSO Constituency member)

               Each nominee will be requested for acceptance statement
               by the Secretariat.

             * Acceptances must be sent by e-mail to
               ga-nominations@dnso.org.

               Please use a Template for acceptance:

                  1a. Full name of the nominee:
                  1b. E-mail address of the nominee:
                  1c. Background information about the nominee:
                  1d. Statement of the nominee's objectives
                      in the role as GA delegate to the NC Review TF:

             * Archives of nominations and acceptances received:

               http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-nominations/Arc02

               On 3 July 2001 at 10:00 UTC, 12:00 CET (Paris), the
               ga-nominations list will be closed.

             * Nominees listed in order of acceptances (updated daily):


  V. A Watchdog Committee has been formed to police the nomination process
     to help detect and cure any instances of fraudulent activity in
     connection with the nomination process.

     Any instances of fraudulent nominations should be reported to this
     committee at the following email address: ga-watchdog@dnso.org, with a
     copy to the Names Council at council@dnso.org, This committee and the
     Names Council shall have the sole discretion as to how to deal with any
     such reported activity.

     Watchdog Committee list archive in
     http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-watchdog/Arc00/

     The members to the Watchdog Committee in 2001 election are:
        o Roberto Gaetano
        o Harald Alvestrand
        o Kent Crispin
        o Dany Vandromme
        o Alexander Svensson
        o Izumi Aizu

 VI. Election by the General Assembly to designate its representative to the
     NC Review Task Force.

     The Electorate will be those GA members who subscribed to the GA Voting
     Registry http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2000.GA-voting-registry.html.

          Open Tuesday 3 July 2001, 16:00 UTC, 18:00 CET (Paris),
          Closed Tuesday 10 July 2001, 16:00 UTC, 18:00 CET (Paris)

          (For local time in other places see
          http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/)

          The results are due no later than Wednesday 11 July 2001, at
          22:00 UTC, 24:00 CET (Paris), and will be published in
          http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.GA-ReviewTF-vote.html

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