On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Milton Mueller wrote:
> Folks:
> It's time to wrap up the replacement issue. Below, I have tried to
> summarize the two proposed methods objectively, so that we can vote on them
> and move on.
>
> We cannot vote quite yet, however, because there are still some undefined
> attributes of the Adcom succession method. Advocates of that method should
> fill in these blanks quickly and then we will move to a vote of the charter
> committee.
>
> --------------------------------
>
> Common features of both methods:
>
> 1. An election for three Names Council members is held every two years
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I would rather write:
1. An election for five AdCom members is held every two years
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> 2. The three candidates from different regions who get the highest number
> of total votes are Names Council (NC) members
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Agree
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> 3. The two candidates from the two regions not included in NC with the 4th
> and 5th highest vote totals are Adcom members for those regions.
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3. is not needed with the suggested correction of 1).
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> 4. Adcom consists of 5 members, one from each ICANN-designated region
>
> If one of the three NC members resigns or is eliminated, two succession
> methods are proposed.
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Let's talk first about AdCom member resignation.
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>
> a. Replacement candidate method
> - Each candidate for NC selects a "running mate" that will replace
> him/her in such an event. The replacement must be from the same region and
> must be the NCC representative of a member organization.
> - The name of the running mate is included on the ballot with the
> main candidate
> - The running mate is not considered an Adcom member or a Names
> Council member until or unless the elected candidate resigns or is
> otherwise removed from office
> - If the NC member resigns or is otherwise removed, the running mate
> takes over the position
> - No new election is held until the original two-year term is
> finished, at which point all 5 Adcom and NC positions are elected at the
> same time.
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OK for this option
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>
> b. Adcom succession method
> - If a Names Council member resigns or is otherwise removed, the
> Adcom member from a different region who ranked fourth in votes in the
> original election replaces him/her temporarily, until a new election is held.
> - Adcom meets to schedule a new election (should some time period be
> specified?)
> - In the new election, the Adcom members who represent the two
> regions that were not represented on the Names Council must run as
> candidates from that region.
> - (Are other candidates from those two regions permitted?)
> - Members from regions already represented on the Names Council
> cannot run in this election
> - All NCC members can vote in this replacement election
> - The candidate from one of the three regions not already
> represented on the NC who gets the largest vote total is the new NC member.
> - The two candidates from the three regions not already included in
> NC with the 2nd and 3rd highest vote totals are Adcom members for those
> regions.
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I see an overwhelming difficultyu with milton's wording: It deals first
with the NC seats. I would prefer to deal anytime with Adcom seats, with
the consequences that the three highest voted Adcom members are NC rep.
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I will be away of my mail for 36hours from now.
I will propose a different wording on saturday, unless someone from the
ncc-charter does it for me in between.
->
>
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