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).

All nominees are expected to submit a brief statement explaining why they believe they are a suitable candidate and also must complete or update their Statement of Interest (see: At-Large New SOIs Workspace).

There are three positions up for elections/selection this year: Secretariat, ALAC Member and the NomCom delegate representing North America. These positions are detailed below. 

If you would like to nominate someone or to put yourself forward for selection, please post your nomination on the NA-DISCUSS Mailing List (na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org) and send a note to At-Large staff.

Open Positions

NARALO Secretariat: Currently held by Glenn McKnight.  Glenn is not term limited. This two year term will run between the end of the 2019 AGM and the 2021 AGM.

ALAC  Representative:  Currently held  by John Laprise.  John is not term limited. This two year term will run between the end of the 2019 AGM and the 2021 AGM.

NARALO  NomCom Delegate: The current NA delegate to the 2019 NomCom is Leah Symekher. Leah's is term limited. This one year term will run between the end of the 2019 AGM and the 20Current term last until the end of the 2018 AGM.

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Schedule

NARALO Selection Timetable for 2019 ALAC Members:

• 29 March 2019- Announcement of call for nominations and Nominee's Statement.**

• 29 April – 10 May 2019 - Nomination period (nominations accepted for 10 working days).

• 17 May 2019  - Deadline for nomination acceptances

• 20 May - 22 May 2019 - Calls with the candidates if desired by the RALOs. 

• 23 May - 30 May 2019 - Elections (If required, elections will begin no later than one week after the deadline for nomination acceptances and end no later than two weeks after that deadline).

• 2019 AGM [ ICANN 66 ] - Newly elected ALAC Members and RALOs Leaders shall be seated at the end of the 2019 AGM following the close of the Board Meeting on 7 November 2019.

.** NOTES ON NOMINATIONS 

1. 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).
2. 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

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

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

 *  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*

*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. 

• XI-2.4.e The ALAC shall, after consultation with each RALO, annually appoint five voting delegates (no two of whom shall be citizens of countries in the same Geographic Region, as defined according to Section 5 of Article VI to the Nominating Committee.

• VII-3.1 Each voting delegate shall serve a one-year term. A delegate may serve at most two successive one-year terms, after which at least two years must elapse before the individual is eligible to serve another term.

Voting delegate to the NomCom may not serve more than two consecutive terms.

Criteria for NomCom Delegates

The NomCom is responsible for selecting members of the ICANN Board, ALAC, ccNSO and GNSO. This is a very important function and all candidates should meet important criteria.

• Familiarity with the ICANN groups to which the NomCom appoints (Board, ALAC, GNSO, ccNSO).
• Ability to judge people (such as when interviewing and hiring).
• Comfortable and preferably fluent with English (listening, reading, speaking).
• Good on-line skills such as on Google & Social media
• Time Commitment - Must be willing to devote substantial time under tight deadlines (March-June). Will involve travel to up to 4 meetings.
• Ability work in a group environment, standing up for what you believe in a discussion with other "strong" people, but at the same time, must be a good listener and be willing to change your mind if someone else has a good argument. Diplomacy is important.

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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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 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