Vany and all,
Any determination of a "GA Chair" should pass the muster of a GA
membership vote for ratification.
Vany Martinez wrote:
> Hi to all:
>
> >We need also to take into account the ICANN Bylaws,
> > http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm
> >Article VI, Section 2
> > (i) The NC shall elect the Chairman of the GA annually
> So then you answered my question: Of course NC have the
> decision of the GA Chair in their hands.
>
> >I would suggest the GA prepares for election of the 5 members
> >for the AdCom, make a call for nominations, find more than
> >5 candidates (ideally 2 or 3 from each region would be fine)
> >willing to run for AdCom position for one year, 2000.
> >Then the NC could vote for the GA Chairman among those
> >nominees, and once the Chair choosen, the GA could decide about
> >the reminding 4 members of the AdCom (in this order, because
> >the geographic region of the elected Chair will impact on
> >the 4 members of the AdCom).
> That's why I suggested the "practically complicated" procedure
> for having GA Chairman. This ensure the participation of this
> position of the 5 ICANN regions all in one year. But since
> election of the GA Chair is up to NC, then I suggest the NC
> work in how they will deal with the issue of geographic
> diversity unless GA agreed that the GA Chairman should be rotated
> every year between the different 5 regions every year. The only
> disadvantage that maybe some can find in this is that in the
> worst situation, a region have to wait 5 years to have a person
> serving as a GA Chair.
>
> Knowing that in fact NC is the one who elects GA Chairman, then
> definitively the GA AdCom might not be integrated by a NC
> delegate. I think that such person should be a link, and maybe
> the formula that others proposed already about having this
> person with voice without vote in the AdCom should work.
> The only way that such sixth member from the NC in the GA AdCom
> has full rights is that ICANN bylaws changes towards
> having also three GA delegates in the NC with full rights also.
>
> >Look like collective work, taking into account both
> >the Bylaws and the GA will.
> Yes, you are right.
>
> >Some recent experience indicate that it would be wise to
> >have a replacement for any position, i.e. not only
> >5 AdCom, but also alternates.
> The same thinking I have also.
>
> Cheers
> Vany
>
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