[Chapter-delegates] FW: IMPORTANT- CHAPTER PETITION CANDIDATE NOTICE

[David McAuley]

Dear Chapter Delegates:

I am forwarding to you a note which I just sent to your Election
Representatives. It contains important information regarding an
individual petition which has been submitted (by Mr. Artur Serra) as
well as more information on the petition process overall which has one
week left to go. I will shortly be sending an all members note in the
same respect.

Best regards,
David

David McAuley
Membership Director
Internet Society
703-326-9880, ext 104
703-963-5887 (mobile)
mcauley at isoc.org


-----Original Message-----
From: David McAuley [mailto:mcauley at isoc.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 10:05 AM
To: 'isoc-chapter-vote-delegates at elists.isoc.org'
Subject: IMPORTANT- CHAPTER PETITION CANDIDATE NOTICE


Dear ISOC Chapter Election (Voting) Representatives: 

There is now one week left in which persons wishing to be included as
candidates on the 2006 ballot for election to the ISOC Board of Trustees
may endeavor to do so by means of the petition process. Below are
excerpts from the Nominations Committee Report containing details on the
election and how to petition. 

But first let me mention that Mr. Artur Serra has submitted a petition
to be included on the ballot as a candidate for the Chapters Election.
There are details below on how you can support Mr. Serra's petition
should you choose to do so, including the e-mail address to send notice
of such support to.

This year two Trustees will be elected by the ISOC Organizational
Members and one by the ISOC Chapters. In addition to this, one Trustee
will be selected by the Internet Architecture Board through a different
selection process.

The Nominations Committee selected five candidates to be included in the
ballot for the Organizational Membership Election and two candidates to
be included in the ballot for the Chapter Membership Election.

The selected candidates for Organizational Membership Election are:

	Bill St Arnaud, Canada
	David Isenberg, USA
	Baoping Yan, China
	Gerri Sinclair, Canada
	Spencer Dawkins, USA

The selected candidates for the Chapters Election are:

	Richard Bell, Kenya
	Franck Martin, Fiji

Brief bios of the candidates may be seen as they are received at:

http://www.isoc.org/members/vote/2006election/profiles

The NomCom Report also pointed out that additional nominations are
possible for candidates for the 2006 ISOC Board of Trustee Elections by
use of the petition process. Here again are the details.

Additional nominations for election to the Board of Trustees may be made
by petition OF THE CANDIDATE, and filed with the Chair of the
Nominations Committee at <2006-petition-request at isoc.org>. Separate
petition mailboxes will be created for each valid petition request that
is received.

The petition request should include:

1. A statement whether the candidate wants to run for the Organizational
Members Election or the Chapters Election, including a statement that
the candidate will be able to devote an appropriate level of time to
serve on the ISOC Board of Trustees.

2. A short statement of what the petition candidate believes he or she
would contribute as a Trustee of the Internet Society.  All petition
candidates will be listed in periodic announcements to participating
Chapters and Organizational Members via electronic mail and will be
posted on the ISOC web site.

Signatures in support of a petition shall be filed electronically and
must be received by 12 midnight GMT on the night of March 10, 2006. For
the purposes of this policy, a "signature" shall be an email expressing
support for the candidate's petition sent by the Election Representative
of a Chapter or Organizational Member that is eligible to participate in
this election, and is subject to ISOC verification. The message should
include the Organizational Member's or Chapter's name and the name of
the candidate whose petition is supported.

Each signature must come directly from the supporter via email to an
address designated by the ISOC staff. A supporter must send a separately
e-mailed signature for each candidate he or she wishes to support to the
candidate's individual petition mailbox as designated by ISOC. Each
petitioner shall be provided with copies of all signature e-mails for
his or her candidacy and periodic reports about his or her status in
obtaining signatures. Announcements regarding successful petitions shall
be made as soon as practical, and need not await the end of the petition
period. See this website for information, including e-mail address
information for Election Representatives to use to express support for a
petition: http://www.isoc.org/members/vote/2006election/petitions.shtml

The e-mail address to use to indicate support for Mr. Serra's petition
is: petition-serra at isoc.org

Participating Organizational Members or Chapters can sign petitions for
candidates running within their own constituency only. A Participating
Organizational Member or Chapter may sign more than one petition.

For a petition to be successful a candidate in the Organizational
Members constituency needs the support of 5 valid signatures and a
candidate in the Chapters constituency needs 6 valid signatures.

Successful petitioners will be placed on the ballot. The final candidate
announcement will be made no later than March 23.

Thank you for considering these important election matters.

Best regards,
David

David McAuley
Membership Director
Internet Society
703-326-9880, ext 104
703-963-5887 (mobile)
mcauley at isoc.org