Election Calls 2009 - AFRALO

Election Calls Dates:

> Board Liaison position
>> RALO Nominations Open Until: 15th September
>> Candidate Lists Published: 17th September
>> Candidate Conference Call with Community: Between 18th - 20th September
>> ALAC Election Period: 21st - 31st September
>> Results Announced: 1st October
> Other Liaison positions
>> IDN Policy, GNSO, ccNSO, NCUC, SSAC, WHOIS
>>> Nominations Open/Election Call Issued: 25th September
>>> Nominations Close: 9th October
>>> Acceptance of Nominations Due By: 16th October
>>> ALAC Voting Begins: 1 November
>>> ALAC Voting Concludes: At ALAC Chair's discretion, generally votes are held over a 5 or 7 day period
> NomCom positions (the timeline below is a staff proposal, in order to allow the process to complete in good time for travel arrangements to be made to the Seoul meeting)
>> Nominations Open (in each RALO): 5th August
>> Nominations Close (in each RALO):on or before 25th August
>> Nomination Acceptance Deadline: on or before 1st September
>> RALOs to transmit all accepted nominations, with a recommendation of a preferred candidate if the RALO wishes to provide one: 1st September
>> ALAC Voting Begins: 7th September
>> ALAC Voting Ends: 14th September
>> Notification to NomCom of Appointees: 15th September
> ALAC Officers
>> Chair, Vice-Chairs (2), Rapporteur
>>> Nominations Open/Election Call Issued: 25th September
>>> Nominations Close: 9th October
>>> Acceptance of Nominations Due By: 16th October
>>> ALAC Voting Begins: 1 November
>>> ALAC Voting Concludes: At ALAC Chair's discretion, generally votes are 5-7 days in length

ALAC Representative

The AFRALO instruments do not contain specific provisons governing the election process for ALAC representatives. It is therefore suggested that the following election process shall be adopted:

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1. Call for election: The regional Secretariat will make a call for election no later than 15th August 2009

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2. Nomination Period: nominations shall be accepted for four weeks after the Secretariat calls for nominations (up to 12th September 2009)

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3. Acceptance deadline: the nominees need to accept their nomination no later than seven days after the nomination period ends (19th September 2009)

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4. Election deadline: The election shall begin no later than one week after the end of the acceptance deadline (26th September 2009) and end not later than two weeks later (10th October 2009)

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Therefore, votes would actually be cast between 26th September to 10th October 2009.