[Chapter-delegates] Report of the 2007 ISOC Nominations Committee - 7 February 2007

[Terry Monroe]

Report of the 2007 ISOC Nominations Committee - 7 February, 2007

The call for Nominations for candidates for the 2007 election of the Board
of Trustees of the Internet Society (ISOC) Elections was published on 1
December, 2006. See:

http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/nomcom/2007/call.shtml

This year two Trustees will be elected by the ISOC Organizational Members,
and one by the ISOC Chapters for full three year terms.  In addition, one
additional slot in the Chapter elections has opened up due to an early
vacancy.  Our procedures state that this is to be filled by the individual
coming in with the second highest number of votes in the Chapter elections
and this individual will serve a one year term.

The Nominations Committee received many nominations and it was a very
difficult task to choose between the many well-qualified nominees.  The
Committee would like to extend our thanks to everyone who submitted a
nomination and especially to every nominee who agreed to be considered.  We
consider the level of interest in this election to be a positive sign about
the importance and visibility of ISOC's work.

The Nominations Committee has selected four candidates to be included in the
ballot for the Organisational Membership Election and four candidates to be
included in the ballot for the Chapter Membership Election.

The selected candidates for Organisational Membership Election are:

	Dr. Hiroshi Esaki, Japan
	Desiree Miloshevic, Serbia
	Amitabh Singhal, India
	Oivier Muron, France

The selected candidates for the Chapters Election are:

	Patrick Van de Walle, Luxembourg
	Dr. Alejandro Pisanty, Mexico
	Charles Mok, Hong Kong, China
	Rudi Vasnick, Belgium

Brief bios of the candidates will be posted as soon as they are available
at:

http://www.isoc.org/members/vote/2007election/profiles 

This announcement also invites additional nominations by petition for
candidates for the 2007 ISOC Board of Trustee Elections.

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 <2007-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 Organisational
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
Organisational 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 23:59 UTC on the night of 9 March, 2007. 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
Organisational Member that is eligible to participate in this election, and
is subject to ISOC verification.  The message should include the
Organisational Member's or Chapter's name and the name of the candidate
whose petition is supported.

Each signature must come directly from the Election Representative via email
to an address designated by the ISOC staff. The Election Representative 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.

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

For a petition to be successful a candidate in the Organisational Members
constituency needs the support of 6 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 23 March.

Bill St. Arnaud

2007 ISOC Nominations Committee Chair