ICANN AT LARGE MEMBERSHIP

MEMBER-NOMINATION

NOTE: The deadline for the nomination and membership-activation periods has now passed, as of Friday, 8 September, midnight GMT. New At Large webpages for the voter education and dialogue phase will be posted Saturday, 9 September. Information about the nominees, along with an online Question & Answer Forum to facilitate dialogue, will be available then.

If you were not able to activate your membership before the deadline, we are interested in determining why: problems with passwords, PIN letters, postal systems, language, etc. The At Large membership process is in many ways an untested experiment, and a post-election study will address any shortcomings and ways to improve any future membership programs. If you had problems with activation, please send an email describing your experience to problem-reports@icann.org.

There are two avenues by which an individual can appear on the ballot for this year's At Large elections.

First, the Nominating Committee announced a set of 18 nominees on August 1.
Second, an individual can win a place on the ballot by attracting the support of 2% of the activated members in his/her region (or 20 members, whichever is greater), from at least 2 different countries.

The rules for the member-nomination phase are set forth at the bottom of this page. The membership-nomination period will take place during the month of August, according to the following schedule:

August 14 - Deadline for an individual to submit his/her name to ICANN as a candidate for member-nomination
August 15 - Beginning of member-endorsement period
September 8 - Deadline for activated members to endorse candidates for member-nomination.

Activated members should review the candidate information for the candidates in your region. For an index of candidates, click on your region below. To make an endorsement, click here. You will be asked to log in with your member number, password (sent via email), and your PIN number (sent via postal mail). All PIN letters were mailed by 7 August. Once you have logged in, you will see a list of candidates in your region, and you will be able to make an endorsement.

Candidates

Select your region to see the individuals who are seeking to be member-nominated:

Rules for the Member-Nomination Phase (August 1 - September 8)

1. An individual seeking to be nominated by the membership must notify ICANN of his/her wish to do so. The individual must submit the following information:

Name
Country of citizenship
Place of residence
Physical address and phone number
Email address
Employer(s)
A statement addressing the individual's qualifications and experience specifically relevant to (a) ICANN's technical and administrative responsibilities, and (b) his/her leadership and policy-level roles. (250 words)
Information indicating material ICANN-related interests (100 words), including an identification of:
- Employment and consulting relationships
- Ownership or investment interests in any ICANN-related businesses
- Official positions in any ICANN-related businesses or organization
Background information, personal statement, URL, or other information the candidate would like posted in connection with his/her name on the ICANN website. (400 words)
Whether the individual is an official of a national government or a multinational entity established by treaty or other agreement between national governments, such as an elected official or employee of a government or multinational entity. (50 words)

2. The deadline for an individual to notify ICANN of her/his wish to be nominated by the membership will be August 14.

3. For each individual seeking to member-nominate, ICANN will provide a web page with the information in Rule 1, except for physical address, phone number, and email address (unless requested by the individual). The pages will be indexed through a common page, grouped by geographic region.

4. ICANN will provide a cgi interface that will allow any At Large Member to indicate support for a given candidate for member-nomination, by entering her/his membership number, password, and PIN number.

5. Each At Large Member will be able to indicate support for one candidate in his/her geographic region for member-nomination.

6. ICANN will send periodic email notifications to the At Large Membership, listing the names of individuals seeking to member-nominate and pointing members toward the web pages for candidates.

7. To obtain a place on the final ballot, an individual seeking member-nomination must meet the following conditions:

(a) Support from 2% of the At Large Members in her/his geographic region, or 20 members, whichever is greater; and

(b) Support from residents of at least two (2) countries;

(Subject to an absolute limit of 7 candidates per region, including both Nominating Committee-nominated and member-nominated candidates, except that in the event of a tie in which the number of threshold-exceeding tied candidates exceeds the number of available nominations, all tied candidates will be placed on the ballot.)

8. The member-nomination process will conclude upon the announcement of the final ballot, which will include the candidates nominated by the Nominating Committee and any candidates who have met the conditions for member-nomination.

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