Nomination Process
The NCSG-EC is reponsible for publishing any open position and for publishing a description of the job and the requirements for the job.
Any member of the NCSG may nominate someone either for a council chair or for NCSG chair.
Once nominated, the nominees is responsible for public acceptance of the nomination and for making a public statement that includes:
- name, country of residence, gender and employment
- Any conflicts of interest
- Reason's for willingness to take on the taks of council member or chair
- Qualifications for the task
- Statement of availability for the time the job requires
Voting mechanism
All votes will be held using a online voting system to be described elsewhere in tis document.
Election for NCSG GNSO Council Representatives (size, number, and distribution of votes):
In the discussion below, N refers to the number of seats that need to be elected. Optimally N will equal 3 seats in years with normal rotation. Any number of reasons can cause this number to vary.
- NCSG members classified as "individuals" will be given N votes and must assign 1 vote each to each of N candidates.
- NCSG members classified as "small organizations" will be given 2N votes and must assign 2 votes to each of N candidates.
- NCSG members classified as "large organizations" will be given 4N votes and must assign 4 votes to each of N candidates.
3.5.6 Election of NCSG Chair (size and number of votes):
- NCSG members classified as "individuals" will be given 1 vote.
- NCSG members classified as "small organizations" will be given 2 votes.
- NCSG members classified as "large organizations" will be given 4 votes.
(ad) 17 Dec 2009: First Draft
(ad) 15 Feb 2010: Added nomination info
