AT-LARGE GATEWAY
At-Large Regional Policy Engagement Program (ARPEP)
ALAC Liaisons and Representatives
At-Large Review Implementation Plan Development
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Rule(s)
- 9.1 No earlier than one calendar month and no later than three weeks before
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- the beginning of an ICANN Meeting where an ALAC officer has to be elected, the
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- current Chair of the ALAC will send to the public ALAC list an “election call” message,
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- listing the officers that are to be elected at that ICANN Meeting, asking for nominations,
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- and stating the deadline according to the following paragraph 9.2.
- 9.1.1 Where a vacancy arises either through recall or resignation, the Chair
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- will send to the public ALAC list an “election call” message, listing the
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- officer position that has become vacant, announcing that nominations are open,
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- and stating the deadline according to the following paragraph 9.2.2
- 9.2 The deadline for nominations for all open officer positions shall be 14 (fourteen)
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- days after the date of the “election call”. Only delegates can nominate or self-nominate,
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- by posting a message to the public ALAC list. Anyone who will or has a chance to
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- meet eligibility requirements after the next ICANN Annual General Meeting can
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- be nominated; it is not necessary for nominees to meet eligibility requirements at
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- the moment of the nomination, but, if elected, they will have to meet them before
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- taking their seat. Nominations of individuals who will not meet the eligibility
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- requirements after the closure of the next Annual General Meeting are invalid. 9.2.2 Where an election is being held to fill a vacancy for the remainder of
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- an ordinary term of office, the eligibility requirements of the above paragraph 9.
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- 2 shall be amended as follows: Only those eligible to serve as from the date
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- of conclusion of the voting shall be eligible.
- 9.3 Nominations must be accepted by the nominee by sending a message of acceptance
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- to the public ALAC list (or to the person who nominated them, who will then forward
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- it to the public ALAC list, if they do not have posting privileges to the public ALAC list
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- at the time) by the deadline of 7 (seven) days after the deadline for nominations.
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- Nominations that are not accepted are invalid.
- 9.4 After the deadline for nomination acceptance has passed and either:
- 9.4.1 not less than seven (7) days before the opening of the ICANN Meeting, if
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- a regular election, or;
- 9.4.2 within seven (7) days from the end of the nomination acceptance period,
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- if a vacancy is being filled between Annual General Meetings the Chair will post to
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- the public ALAC list an “election summary” message. This message will contain
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- a summary of all valid nominations for any open position. In the message, the Chair
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- will also notify the day and time in which the actual vote will happen; such day and
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- time must be either:
- 9.4.3 For regular elections: between the beginning and the closure of the
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- ICANN Meeting, except when the Meeting is also the Annual General Meeting. In this
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- latter case, the date and time of the vote shall be within the first 48 (forty-eight) hours
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- after the closure of the Annual General Meeting; thus, the electorate will include
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- the delegates whose term starts at the closure of that Annual General Meeting, and
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- will not include the former ALAC members whose term ends at the closure of that
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- Annual General Meeting, or:
- 9.4.4 Where a vacancy arises in mid-year: the electorate shall consist of
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- those delegates who are currently serving ALAC Members
- 9.5 Nominations shall then be discussed on the public ALAC list, via instant
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- messaging services or by telephone, and/or at the physical ALAC meetings during the
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- ICANN Meetings, as applicable.
- 9.6 At the day and time of the vote, delegates will be provided (by staff or a
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- delegated disinterested third party) with a mechanism for voting that meets the
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- following requirements:
- 9.6.1 It allows for each delegate to cast their vote in a confidential manner, so
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- that no other delegate or officer shall know it;
- 9.6.2 It allows for delegates who are not physically present to cast their
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- vote remotely (also in advance of the day and time of the vote, if they
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- are unavailable at that
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- moment
- 9.6.3 Each delegate can cast up to one preference for each open position,
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- picking among the list of
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- validly nominated individuals published at rule 9.4.
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- Votes for other individuals are considered equivalent to abstention.
