ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2012

ICANN's Nominating Committee asked the At-Large Advisory Committee to submit a list with ALAC delegates from each of ICANN's five geographic regions. Voting members of the NomCom are appointed for a one year term, starting after the close of the Annual General Meeting 2011 and ending at the close of the Annual General Meeting 2012, and may be re-appointed for a further term of one year subject to the requirement under the ICANN Bylaws.

• ALAC Nomcom Delegates 2011 for additional information about the position of ALAC Delegate to the NomCom. 
• XI-2.4.e The ALAC shall, after consultation with each RALO, annually appoint five voting delegates (no two of whom shall be citizens of countries in the same Geographic Region, as defined according to Section 5 of Article VI to the Nominating Committee.

Suggested timetable for the appointment of 2011 ALAC NomCom Delegates:

The ALAC ExCom suggested the following timetable for nominations and consultation recommendations from RALOs for consideration to be appointed to the 2012 NomCom Delegate positions:

1. Nominations Open: 10 July 2011
2. Nominations Close:  27 July 2011
3. Nomination Acceptance Deadline: On or before 30 July 2011
4. ALAC Notification: RALOs to transmit all accepted nominations with a recommendation for a preferred candidate if the RALO wishes to provide one by 3 August 2011
5. ALAC Review of Salte/LIst Additional Nominations Accepted to be followed by selection and endorsement vote online
6. Notification to NomCom of Appointees: No Later than 15 August 2011 or as arranged with NomCom Secretariat - DELAYED

Nominees for NomCom	Geographic Region	Nominated/Supported By	Dates Nominees Accepted
Glenn McKnight	North America	NARALO (Evan Leibovitch / Supported by: Louis Houle,  Joly MacFie)	18-July-2011
Mohamed El Bashir	Africa	AFRALO (Fatimata Seye Sylla /Supported by: Tijani Ben Jemaa,  Hawa Diakite, Aziz Hilali, Dave Kissoondoyal, Baudouin Schombe,  Yaovi Atohoun, Michel Tchonang)	17-July-2011
Jacqueline Morris (1)	Latin America & Caribbean	LACRALO (Lance Hinds / Supported by: Carlton Samuels (1),  Carlos Aguirre)	13-July-2011
Carlos Vera (1)	Latin America & Caribbean	LACRALO (Sergio Salinas Porto/Supported by: Jose Luis Barzallo (1),  Sylvia Herlein Leite, Javier Chandia Rojas, Alberto Sota)	25-July-2011
Yrjö Länsipuro	Europe	EURALO (Wolf Ludwig / Supported by:Wolfgang Kleinwachter William Drake, Sebastien Bachollet, Annette Muehlberg)	14-July-2011
C Vivekanandan	Asia Pacific & Australia	APRALO (Cheryl Langdon-Orr/Supported by: Charles Mok)	17-July-2011
Siranush Vardanyan	Asia Pacific & Australia	ALAC (Olivier Crepin-Leblond/Supported by: ALAC ExCom)	11-August-2011
Cintra Sooknanan	Latin America & Caribbean	ALAC (Olivier Crepin-Leblond/Supported by: ALAC ExCom)	15-August-1011

(1) - Carlos Vera was the preferred LACRALO delegate with 50.8% of the weighted vote. See LACRALO Nomcom page explaining the results of the weighted vote. See LACRALO NomCom Page explaining the results of the weighted vote. 

Results

Glenn McKnight - North America
Mohamed El Bashir - Africa
Yjrö Länsipuro - Europe

All three were selected by acclamation by the ALAC on the 23 August 2011 monthly ALAC teleconference call.

As agreed on the same call, a 72H vote of the ALAC was undertaken for the remaining two regions.

Asia Pacific & Australia

• Siranush Vardanyan: 51.28%
• VC Vivekanandan: 48.72%

Latin America & Caribbean

• Jacqueline Morris: 38.46%
• Carlos Vera: 35.90%
• Cintra Sooknanan: 25.64%

2nd round using instant runoff voting:

• Jacqueline Morris: 51.72%
• Carlos Vera: 48.28%

Therefore selected:

Siranush Vardanyan - Asia Pacific & Australia

Jacqueline Morris - Latin America & Caribbean

An email was sent to Adam Peake, NomCom 2011 Chair, with the names of the candidates selected.

AFRALO Elections

Chair

Vice-Chair

Result

• Fatimata Seye Sylla was reelected to the position of Chair by acclamation.
• Tijani Ben Jemma was reelected to the position of Vice-Chair by acclamation.

LACRALO Elections

Interim Chair Proposal

Vanda Scartezini has proposed that, in lieu of a new election at this time, the current LACRALO acting Chair and Secretariat, Dev Anand Teelucksingh, continue in both positions until the end of the current term on April 15, 2012.  If this proposal is accepted by LACRALO, no new election will need to be held until then. 

This option will be discussed during LACRALO's call on 21 July. During the LACRALO call on July 21 2011, there was no expressed support for this option.

Nominations for LACRALO Chair Position

The LACRALO Secretariat  has asked interested ALS representatives to put forward their candidatures by July 22 2011.

* During the LACRALO conference call on July 21 2011, Sergio stated his email to the list was not an expression of support of the candidate

Election Timetable

• At the 21 July 2011 LACRALO conference, it was agreed by those attending that call, unless there was a request by any ALS to call for a vote that we should attempt to have a interim LACRALO president acclaimed by consensus, if there was only one nomination. 
• Unfortunately, there were only 6 ALSes present on that call, which means the conference call was not quorate.
• Therefore, since there are only 4 ALSes that have expressed support for the nomination of Jose Arce as LACRALO president, a simple majority (>18 ALSs) is needed to express support for the nomination of Jose Arce as Interim President to be confirmed.
• A Bigpulse poll has been created and ALS representatives will be emailed instructions on how they can express their support. 
• The only question on the poll is:
• "Do you support the nomination of Jose Arce as interim LACRALO President until April 2012?" with the possible choices of "Yes" or "No".
• The poll will close on Friday 29 July 2011 at 23:59 UTC.
• Once more than 18 ALSes have confirmed their support for the nomination of Jose Arce as interim LACRALO president, then Jose Arce will be the interim LACRALO president until April 2012 by acclamation.  

Result

The online poll to express support for José Francisco Arce to be the interim LACRALO President until April 2012 concluded on Friday 29 July 2011 and the results are as follows:

• 22 out of 36 ALS participated in the poll which is 61% of the ALS in LACRALO
• 21 responded Yes
• 1 responded No

Since more than 18 ALSes have confirmed their support for the nomination of Jose Arce as interim LACRALO president, then José Francisco Arce will be the interim LACRALO president until April 2012

NARALO Elections

RALO Officers

The RALOs elect two out of three of their regional representatives on the ALAC. The third representative is appointed by the Nominating Committee. The terms of the RALO-selected ALAC representatives are for two years and staggered. In other words, each region elects one ALAC representative per year. The RALO instruments do not contain specific provisions governing the election process. The below process was proposed to the regional Secretariats by At-Large Staff.

The following individuals have been nominated for the position of RALO Officers:

Election Timetable

Election Timetable for NARALO (inclusive of NARALO representation to the ALAC, see below):

1. Call for election: The regional Secretariat will make a call for election July 19. 
2. Nomination period: Nominations shall be accepted until August 19. 
3. Acceptance deadline: The nominees need to accept their nomination no later than seven days after the nomination period ends, i.e. August 19.
4. Vote: A vote will be held August 23, 2011.

Result

• Beau Brendler was reelected to the position of Chair by acclamation.
• Darlene Thompson was reelected to the position of Secretariat by acclamation.

RALO Representatives to the ALAC for 2011 and 2013 (to be updated)  

The RALOs elect two out of three of their regional representatives on the ALAC. The third representative is appointed by the Nominating Committee. The terms of the RALO-selected ALAC representatives are for two years and staggered. In other words, each region elects one ALAC representative per year. The RALO instruments do not contain specific provisions governing the election process. The below process was proposed to the regional Secretariats by At-Large Staff.

The following individuals have been nominated for the position of ALAC Representative:

Election Timetables

Election Timetable for AFRALO

1. Call for Election: The regional Secretariat will make a call for election 8-August-2011
2. Nomination Period: Nominations shall be accepted up to 22-August-2011
3. Acceptance Deadline: The nominees need to accept their nomination no later than seven days after the nomination period ends 29-August-2011
4. Vote Deadline: The vote will be held before 3-September-2011 

Election Timetable for APRALO

1. Call for Nominations: The Regional Secretariat will make a call for nominations to the Discussion List no later than 31-August-2011
2. Nomination Period: Nominations shall be accepted for one week after the Secretariat calls for nominations up to 6-September-2011
3. Acceptance Deadline: The nominees need to accept their nomination no later than seven days after the nomination period ends 13-September-2011
4. Vote Deadline: If a vote is required, the vote to select a representative shall begin no later than one week after the end of the acceptance deadline 14-September-2011 and end no later than 20-September-2011.

Election Timetable for EURALO 

1. Call for Election: The regional Secretariat called for nomination prior to the Belgrade GA end of May. (up to 'date')
2. Nomination Period: Nomination shall be accepted for four weeks after the Secretariat calls for nominations (up to 'date')
3. Acceptance Deadline: The nominees need to accept their nomination no later than seven days after the nomination period ends (29 May 2011)
4. Vote Deadline: The vote (by unanimous approval) was effected during the Belgrade GA on 29 May 2011 and confirmed by approval on the EURALO list in June 2011.

Election Timetable for LACRALO

1. Call for Election: The regional Secretariat will make a call for election by August 17 2011
2. Nomination Period: Nominations shall be accepted for two weeks after the Secretariat calls for nominations (up to August 31 2011)
3. Acceptance Deadline: The nominees need to accept their nomination no later than two days after the nomination period ends (September 2 2011)
4. Vote Deadline: The vote shall begin no later than one week to 2 weeks after the end of the acceptance deadline (September 9-16 2011) and end one week later.

Requirements and Obligations:

You can find the requirements and obligation for all of the RALO-selected ALAC representative positions on the regional election wikis:

• AFRALO Election Wiki: [ENGLISH|AFRALO:2010 Election Calls - AFRALO] ; [FRANCAIS|AFRALO:2010 Election Calls - AFRALO - FR]
• [APRALO Election Wiki|APRALO:2010 Election Calls - APRALO]
• [EURALO Election Wiki|EURALO:2010 Election Calls - EURALO]
• LACRALO Election Wiki: [ENGLISH|alaclacralo:2010 Election Calls - LACRALO]; [ESPANOL|LACRALO:2010 Election Calls LACRALO - ES]
• [NARALO Election Wiki|NARALO:2010 Election Calls - NARALO]

Results: 

• Yaovi Atohoun will serve as the RALO Representative to the ALAC for 2011 to 2013 from the AFRALO Region.
• Sala Tamanikaiwaimaro will serve as the RALO Representative to the ALAC for 2011 to 2013 from the APRALO Region.
• Olivier Crepin-Leblond  will serve as the RALO Representative to the ALAC for 2011 to 2013 from the EURALO Region.
• Eduardo Diaz will serve as the RALO Representative to the ALAC for 2011 to 2013 from the NARALO Region.

At-Large Representative to the WHOIS Review Team

Background Information

Due to an At-Large representative having sent his resignation from the WHOIS Review Team because of increased work pressures, there is an opening for an At-Large member in this very important group which was created under the wider Affirmation of Commitments Reviews. The original call for applicants was made in June 2010 and can be found under: http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/call-for-applicants-01jun10-en.pdf

So far, about half of the Team's work has been completed. It is therefore very important for At-Large to propose a replacement candidate. The difference between the original call and the one we are making now, is procedural - in that we are trying to fill an empty slot as soon as possible.

To familiarise yourself with the Team's work, please consult its current discussion paper, available for public comment from: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jun11-en.htm

The WHOIS-RT plan is to have a face-to-face meeting in Marina del Rey (Los Angeles) in September and to have a draft final report ready around the Dakar meeting. This means that any candidate should be prepared to travel - and work hard in the next few months.

The original call for applicants can be downloaded here: [call-for-applicants-01jun10-en.pdf|At-Large ALAC and RALO Elections, Selections and Appointments 2011^call-for-applicants-01jun10-en.pdf] [PDF, 100 KB].

How to Apply

Send a copy of your CV (maximum 3 pages) in English, a one-page motivation letter and an SOI (Statement of Interest), to: staff@atlarge.icann.org

The SOI should answer the following questions:

1. Current vocation, employer and position
2. Type of work performed in #1 above
3. Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership interest in registries, registrars or other firms that are interested parties in ICANN policy or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, contract, or other arrangement.
4. Identify any type of commercial or non-commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes. Are you representing other parties? Describe any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your nomination/selection as a work team member. Describe any tangible or intangible benefit that you receive from participation in such processes. For example, if you are an academic or NGO and use your position to advance your ability to participate, this should be a part of the statement of interest, just as should employment by a contracted party, or a business relationship with a non- contracted party who has an interest in policy outcomes.
5. Are you a member of a GNSO Constituency / Stakeholder Group, and if yes, which one(s)?

Application Process

ICANN At-Large staff will compile the details and after the deadline for applications which we're setting at Friday 22 July 2011, will forward those for consideration by the GAC Chair and ICANN President/CEO who will make the selection.

Applicants and Submitted Documentation 

Result:

• Wilson Abigaba: 26.66%
• Seth Reiss: 21.48%
• Eduardo Diaz: 18.52%
• Cintra Sooknanan: 17.04%
• Garth Bruen: 16.30%