CURRENT APRALO OFFICERS

2016-2018

 *Vacant since August 2016.   The APRALO Vice Chair is currently vacant as Satish Babu occupied the VC position and was subsequently elected to replace Siranush as APRALO Chair.

APRALO Regional Elections 2017

Positions Open for selections in 2017

Selection Timetable for 2017 APRALO Leadership Members 

• 1 May 2017 -  Announcement of call for nominations and Nominee's Statement.*
• 1 May – 12 May 2017 - Nomination period (nominations accepted for 10 working days).
• 19 May 2017 - Deadline for nomination acceptances
• 22 May - 26 May 2017 - Elections (If required, elections will begin no later than one week after the deadline for nomination acceptances and end no later than two weeks after that deadline).
• 2017 AGM [ ICANN 60 ] - Newly elected ALAC representative shall be seated on the ALAC at the ALAC Wrap Up Session during the 2017 AGM .

1. All nominees are expected to submit a brief statement explaining why they believe they are a suitable candidate and must also complete or update their Statement of Interest (see: At-Large New SOIs Workspace).
2. No one who is currently serving on the Nominating Committee may be nominated for the ALAC. See https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en#VII-8

Relevant regulations on APRALO Elections:

ROPs adopted   APRALO Rules of Procedure ROPs - Adopted 26th day of March 2014     

*Section D: Selections, Elections and Appointments*

*28. General Provisions*

28.1 According to the ICANN by-laws, the APRALO appointments, and selections should be made wherever possible by Consensus, but failing that, elections can always be used and the methodology for such is outlined in these RoP.

28.2 Elections and selections can take place by electronic mail, online ballot, written ballot, or any other convenient and accurate means that are deemed to provide appropriate degree of confidentiality.

* 29 Procedures for the Selection of Leaders and the APRALO Leadership Team*

*29.1 Ordinary Leadership selections*

29.1.1 Ordinary selections of the APRALO Chair and Vice Chair(s) shall be held so as to have the new selections prior to the start of the end of June each year. The selection should preferably be completed  at least three weeks prior to the start of the June/July ICANN Meeting to facilitate travel arrangements IF the selectee is expected to attend that ICANN Meeting. They are expected however to attend  the ICANN Meeting were the ICANN AGM is held and where they will effectively 'take their seats' for the roles that are appointed to.

29.1.2 In the case where no consensus has been reached or it is deemed necessary to hold a vote then

29.1.3 The time schedule of the election process must take into account possible Runoff  election.

29.1.4 Any Vote for APRALO leaders will follow the process outlined in Paragraph 30.2.[ Note 30.2 relates to procedures for votes]

30.1    This section describes the process by which voting shall be carried out when the APRALO has deemed that a Vote is required such as in the case where a natural person or ALS is subject to the outcome of the vote.

30.2.1    Voting Process

30.2.2    If there is only one candidate on the Final Candidate List, that candidate will be acclaimed the winner

30.2.3    If there is more than one candidate on the Final Candidate List, a vote shall be taken.

30.2.4    All votes must be by secret ballot. Votes may be cast electronically, in person, telephonically or some combination thereof. For votes cast in person or telephonically, the services of a trusted third party will ensure the secrecy of the ballot. Proxies are allowed only in accordance with explicit APRALO rules governing their   use.

30.2.5     Where possible and practical and wherever electronic voting methods are used, the method of voting will be 'Instant Run Off Voting' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant­runoff_voting)

30.2.6     In the case of a vote resulting in a tied result, the APRALO will complete a subsequent round of Voting between the tied candidates to attempt to fund a clear winner with greater that 50% of the votes, (majority support) and if that results in a further tie a winner from the tied candidates, will be selected using a random selection method (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition).