RE: [bc-gnso] BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business Seat on Nominating Committee Elections: Nominations close on Friday, Oct. 18th

["Benedetta Rossi" <bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear BC Members,

 

Thank you for your feedback regarding the election process, it is very
helpful. I will compile all comments received and aggregate them in order to
improve the election procedure as much as possible, and bring it to the
Executive Committee for approval for the next election. The current election
procedure was indeed approved by the Executive Committee prior to the
opening of the election.

 

In terms of historical procedures I can only speak from 2011 onwards, date I
started working for the BC, and the procedure was very similar to the
current one for elections, I just compiled the document making the procedure
clearer for members without changing the actual procedure itself. In the
previous Secretariat?s procedures manual the procedure was indeed the same. 

 

For this election I changed what Sarah mentioned and moved the date of the
opening of the votes to the same date as the reception of ballots to avoid
having members voting prior to the opening of the vote, as it happened in
the last election. Thank you again for your feedback, Sarah. 

 

Regarding the closed nomination process, as Chris mentioned the Voting
Officer is bound by the BC Charter (Section 8.2.3 ? Special Rules for
Elections) to not announce nominations until the close of the nomination
period. Members nominating or being nominated are allowed to announce their
nominations if they so wish. 

 

The actual process by which members submit their votes to
<mailto:bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx> bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx is in place to allow access
to the Verifying Officer and Returning Officer, and for records, but could
be modified for members to submit their nominations directly to the BC list
moving forward, if this is what members wish to do. 

 

As previously noted I will gather all of the submitted comments, modify the
election procedure for future elections, and submit it to the Executive
Committee for approval.

 

Thank you ever so much,

 

Kind Regards,

 

Benedetta Rossi

BC Secretariat

bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx

https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home

www.bizconst.org

 

 

 

From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
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Cc: Sarah Deutsch; Benedetta Rossi; bc - GNSO list
Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business Seat on Nominating
Committee Elections: Nominations close on Friday, Oct. 18th

 

Dear all,

I also do not know why nominations are private and I agree with Stephane
-and others who have supported his initial comment-, on a more open process.

I am happy to share I have been also nominated for the GNSO councilor
position.

Regards,
Gabi

Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar (http://www.movistar.com.ar)

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Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business Seat on Nominating
Committee Elections: Nominations close on Friday, Oct. 18th

 

Thanks Michael,

 

Your gesture is much appreciated.

 

Best,




Stéphane Van Gelder
Chairman and Managing Director/Fondateur
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On 17 October 2013 05:02, Michael Castello <michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Sarah,

Since there is appears to be consensus on open nominations; I placed Phil
Corwin in nomination for the GNSO seat. 

Michael Castello
CEO/President
Castello Cities Internet Network, Inc.
http://www.ccin.com
michael@xxxxxxxx

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 2:53:01 PM, you wrote:

        
I agree.   We?ve spent countless hours as a constituency trying to fix a
series of practices that could reasonably be perceived inside and outside
the BC as election irregularities.  The entire notion of having ?private
nominations? is a vestige from our past closed practices.  
 
As a reminder, some of the election issues we?ve recently had to address
included: (1) advocating for an actual fair election vs. the appointment of
the Nomcom seat; (2) debating whether the separate seats on the Nomcom for
small and large business representatives were somehow interchangeable; and
(3) recent issues notifying members about the opening of the elections and
then informing members who voted right away that their ballots were received
?too early? and needed to be resubmitted.  
 
Can we all just agree that we should err on the side of openness with
everything associated with BC elections?  If there are differing points of
view, perhaps we consult with ICANN staff about the best way to address this
concern?
 
Thanks,
 
Sarah
 
 


Sarah B. Deutsch 
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel 
Verizon Communications 
Phone: 703-351-3044 
Fax: 703-351-3670 
 
 
 
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Stephane Van Gelder Consulting
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 4:40 PM
To: Benedetta Rossi; bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business Seat on Nominating
Committee Elections: Nominations close on Friday, Oct. 18th
 
Hi everyone,
 
I would like te reiterate that I find it very odd that as a group, we prefer
to have private nominations.
 
If I am willing to support someone, I have no qualms about making that
support public. Moreover, I find it troublesome that as a BC member, I do
not know until the nomination deadline has passed whether someone has been
nominated for a position or not.
 
I am left with having to try to read into a reminder message such as this
one whether it is being sent two days before the deadline because there have
been no nominations, or because it's just two days before the deadline.
 
And if I did know what nominations had been made, especially if none had
been made, I might be spurred on to reach out to other potential candidates
and try to get them on board. But with the current private nomination
system, I just don't know.
 
Is there a historical reason for having private nominations? Do others feel,
like I do, that it's time to put an end to the secrecy and to run fully
transparent election processes?
 
Thanks,

Stéphane Van Gelder
Chairman and Managing Director/Fondateur
STEPHANE VAN GELDER CONSULTING

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On 16 October 2013 18:47, Benedetta Rossi <bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 
From: BC Secretariat
Date:  October 16th, 2013
CC:     Glen De Saint Gery, Returning Officer ,Robert Hoggarth, Verifying
Officer,  <mailto:bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx> bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx
Re:     BC GNSO Councilor & Small Business NomCom Seat Elections: Reminder ?
Nominations Close on Friday, Oct.18th

Please note that this is the announcement for the BC elections for one of
the two BC GNSO Councilor seats and the Small Business Seat on the
Nominating Committee . Please note that the nomination period will close on
Friday, October 18th. If you would like to submit a nomination, please
follow the procedure outlined in the election procedure attached, and submit
your nomination to the bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx email address prior to Friday
COB.  
Candidate statements should also be sent to the bcvotes@xxxxxxxxxxx no later
than Sunday, Oct. 20th. 
Once again, please refer to the attachment for the full details regarding
this election.

Transmitted by the BC Secretariat:  Benedetta Rossi, serving as Voting
Officer
 
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Kind Regards,
 
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home
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