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Vote of the Names Council to waive the current NC Rules of Procedure solely for NC Chair election February 14, 2002.

DNSO Secretariat
31 January 2002

Re: vote10 by the Names Council

This vote is about waiving the NC Rules of Procedure, as published in: http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010220.NCprocedures-v4.0.html

Solely for the purposes of the NC Chair election taking place on February 14, 2002, the NC moves to waive the provision of Section 1.1 of the Rules of Procedure for the DNSO which prohibits a retiring NC Chair from running for re-election for a period of one year.

The time for this NC vote is:

Starting Thursday, 31 January 2002, 12:00 Paris time (11:00 UTC)
Ending Tuesday, 05 February 2002, 23:59 your local time
or when all 21 ballots from the NC have been received, whatever occurs first.

Results to be published no later than Wednesday 06 February, 2002, 12:00 Paris time (11:00 UTC)

On Wednesday 06 February, 2002, the nomination period opens for nominations for the Names Council Chair.

Nominations close on Wednesday 13 February 12:00 Paris time (11:00 UTC)
The vote will take place during the Names Council teleconference on Thursday 14 February at 15:00 CET (Paris time) 14:00 UTC DNSO Secretariat

 

===start waiver to rules ===

WHEREAS the current Rules of Procedure for the DNSO (version 4) adopted by the Names Council on 26 February 2001(see
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020117.NCprocedures-v4.0.html), provide:

"1. Names Council Chair
1.1 Election. The NC Chair will be elected by the members of the NC by simple majority vote and will hold office for a period of six months. One renewal, subject to a fresh vote, of six months will be allowed. A retiring Chair will not be eligible for re-election for a period of one year."

WHEREAS, under these rules, the current NC Chair, Philip Sheppard, is ineligible to run for re-election to the NC Chair;

NOW, THEREFORE, the NC moves as follows:

Solely for the purposes of the NC Chair election taking place on February 14, 2002, the NC moves to waive the provision of Section 1.1 of the Rules of Procedure for the DNSO which prohibits a retiring NC Chair from running for re-election for a period of one year.

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