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Board of Trustees2006 Board ElectionReport of the 2006 ISOC Nominations CommitteeFebruary 8 2006 The call for Nominations for candidates for the 2006 election of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society (ISOC) Elections was published on December 1, 2005. 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. By January 10, the Nominations Committee received approximately 25 nominations. 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 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 The selected candidates for the Chapters Election are: Richard Bell, Kenya Brief bios of the candidates will be posted as soon as they are available. This announcement also invites additional nominations by petition for candidates for the 2006 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 2006-petition-request@isoc.org. Separate petition mailboxes will be created for each valid petition request that is received. The petition request should include:
Signatures in support of a petition shall be filed electronically and must be received by 11:59 pm GMT on the night of March 10th, 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. 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. Desiree Miloshevic 2006 ISOC Nominations Committee Chair |
