Nominations and acceptances for the ccTLD NC representatives

Call for Nominations for the Election of ccTLD Representatives to the DNSO Names Council

11 September 2000

According to the Principle from the meeting in Berlin (March 2000), the Administrative Committee (AdCom) of ccTLD Constituency request that all ccTLD Registries elect three representatives to the DNSO Names Council. Together with this Principle, the AdCom approved to use the election process proposed by George Daniel (.ag), Patrick O'Brien (.nz), and Willie Black (.uk).

The current Names Council Members, which have one-year term, have expired in August. The new three elected Names Council Members will serve for a two-year term.

This election is separated into two parts:

1. The Regional Elections: Each region elects one candidate from the list of nominees within its own region. There are no specific qualifications required of any candidate, except residency in that region. At the end of this Regional Elections there will be five candidates.
2. Global Election: All ccTLD registries elect three Names Council from five candidates produced in the Regional Elections.

   With regard to geographic diversity rules, the ccTLD Constituency members shall determine their "ICANN regional affiliation", as described in the ICANN Bylaws http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm . Their physical geographical region as recorded in any standard world atlas generally defines this affiliation. However, when a corresponding territory is situated between two or more ICANN regions, the ccTLD Registry may self-select its adherence to any but only one of them two week prior to the Regional Elections.

   As used herein, each of the following shall be defined as a "Geographical Region":

    
   1. Europe
   2. Asia-Australia-Pacific
   3. Latin America-Caribbean
   4. Africa
   5. North America
   

   In order to ensure broad international representation, no two Names Council Representatives may be citizens of the same Geographical Region.

   Summary of the election process is as follow:

   1. Call for Nominations by region (11-24 September 2000):

      Each region may nominate the candidates from within the region.

   2. Call for the REGIONAL Election (2 - 8 October 2000):

      For each region independently, the ccTLD Registries from each region will vote for their candidate. The candidate having the most votes within its own region is selected to represent that region. All five regions hold the elections concurrently.

      Each ccTLD Registry is allowed to one vote, the full identity of voting Delegates is recorded in the voting registry.

      There will be five candidates representing each region after the REGIONAL Election.

   3. Call for the GLOBAL Election (12 - 25 October 2000):

      All ccTLD Registries vote for three Names Coucil representatives from the set produced in the REGIONAL Election. Each ccTLD Registry gets to place three votes in the ballot. All ccTLD Registries MUST place exactly three votes or the ballot will be deemed to be spoilt.

   For both elections, First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) voting system will be used. In short, the candidate who gets the most votes wins.

   Elections shall be held via e-mail and by secret ballot. All votes will be made by e-mail to an independent teller.

   The voting registry of ccTLD Delegates is kept under the responsibility of the AdCom, and shall reflect the official ICANN/IANA whois database. In case of dispute over who is authorized to vote, the ICANN/IANA whois database prevails.

   There will be well-defined closing date and time. Any vote not received by the teller by the specified time will not be counted and the submitter so informed.

   A glance at the election schedule:

   Monday   Sep. 11 - Sep. 24 Call for Nominations by region (two weeks)
   Monday   Sep. 25 - Oct.  1 Campaign and Discussion (one week)
   Monday   Oct.  2 - Oct.  8 Call for REGIONAL Election (one week)
   Monday   Oct.  9 - Oct. 11 Five candidates Posted
   Thursday Oct. 12 - Oct. 25 Call for GLOBAL Election (two weeks)
   Thursday Oct. 26 Independent Teller prepares results with explanations
   Friday   Oct. 27 AdCom (Teleconference with Teller) to approve the result of the election
   Friday   Oct. 27 Publish results on ccTLD web site
   

   Please go to the following URLs for details: ../procedures/ and consult :
   Procedures for Regional nomination of candidates
   Voting rules for the ccTLD Constituency Regional Election
   Basic Outline of the Regional Voting Process
   Voting rules for the ccTLD Constituency Global Election
   Basic Outline of the Global Voting Process