IMPORTANT: The process for posting nominations is as follows: 1) Nominations, including self-nominations must be made directly to their RALO’s mailing list; followed by 2) Nominations must be posted to the 2019 ALAC and RALO Elections, Selections and Appointments Workspace or by sending a note to At-Large staff.

This call for nominations was be issued on Friday, 29 March 2019 for the various elected/selected positions within NARALO. This call is being made in accordance with the NARALO Operating Principles (https://community.icann.org/x/Z44i).

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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).
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

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Summary of Open Positions and Nominations

Position

Current Holder of Position

Nominee

Nominated By

Date Accepted

Results

Term to Serve

ALAC Member (RALO)

John Laprise

(Eligible for re-appointment)

2019 AGM to 2021 AGM

NARALO Secretariat

Glenn McKnight

(Eligible for re-appointment)

2019 AGM - 2021 AGM

ALAC Delegate to the NomCom

Leah Symekher

(NOT eligible for re-appointment

2019 AGM - 2020 AGM

NARALO ALAC MEMBER - Two years term: 2019 AGM - 2021 AGM

Nominee	Nominated and Supported by	Date Nominee Accepted	Nominee's Statement	SOI	Result

NARALO SECRETARIAT - Two year term: 2019 AGM - 2021 AGM*

Nominee	Nominated and Supported by	Date Nominee Accepted	Nominee's Statement	SOI	Result

* Term of 2 years is in accordance with the new NARALO Rules of Procedure approved on 09-28-17, article 6. ELECTIONS

6.1 Elections shall be held annually to elect one (1) officer and one (1) ALAC member on a staggered basis and to make one or more recommendations to the ALAC for the NomCom Delegate.

6.1.1 To initiate staggered elections of the officers, the terms of the Chair and the Secretariat elected at the first election after adoption of these amended Rules of Procedure shall be two (2) years and one (1) year, respectively. The election for the ALAC Members shall continue on the current staggered basis.

NARALO 2019 NOMCOM DELEGATE - One year term: 2019 AGM - 2020 AGM*

Nominee	Nominated and Supported by	Date Nominee Accepted	Nominee's Statement	SOI	Result

*NomCom Nominations:

The ICANN Bylaws require that the ALAC, in consultation with the RALOs, appoints five voting members of the NomCom, one per ICANN region. Voting members of the NomCom are appointed for a one year term, starting at the close of the 2019 Annual General Meeting and ending at the 2020 Annual General Meeting, and may be re-appointed for a further term of one year subject to the requirement under the ICANN Bylaws.

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RALOs may recommend one or more candidates to the ALAC. The appointment if NomCom delegates is done by the ALAC and RALO recommendations are not binding.

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ALAC Member (RALO)

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Voting Method If Needed

Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV)

An Instant-Runoff Vote is used when there are multiple (more than 2) candidates for a single position.

It is important that anyone elected has the support of the majority of the electors but with multiple candidates, that might not happen if we use regular voting. For instance, with 11 voters and 3 candidates, it is possible that the candidates received 5,4 and 2 votes each. So no candidate has the support of a majority of the electorate.

In IRV, each voter ranks all candidates in order of preference. Here is a possible set of ballots

	Candidate A	Candidate B	Candidate C
Ballot 1	1	2	3
Ballot 2	1	2	3
Ballot 3	1	2	3
Ballot 4	1	3	2
Ballot 5	1	3	2
Ballot 6	2	1	3
Ballot 7	2	1	3
Ballot 8	3	1	2
Ballot 9	3	1	2
Ballot 10	2	3	1
Ballot 11	3	2	1

Candidate A received 5 first preferences, Candidate B had 4 and Candidate C had 2, so no one had a majority of support.

Candidate has the least support, so he/she is dropped. For those 2 dropped ballots, Candidate A was the next choice for 1 and Candidate C for the other. So excluding Candidate C, Candidate A is not preferred by 6 voters and Candidate B by 5, so Candidate A is declared the winner.

If there is a tie for who to be eliminated, past voting choices in the first rounds is used and if that does not help, random selection is used.

This has been the selection methodology used for the ALAC for selection with multiple selections since 2009 and it is used to narrow the field for At-Large Board Selections.

IRV is a special case of Single Transferable Voting (STV) where there may be multiple winners. Both methods are widely used throughout the world.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

http://www.stv.govt.nz/stv/onevacancy.htm

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John Laprise

(Eligible for re-appointment)

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Glenn McKnight

(Eligible for re-appointment)

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