Discussion: Address Council election procedures

On the topic of
> Call for Nominations for Representatives to the ASO Address Council -
> RIPE NCC Region

We have a some desicions to make at the upcoming meeting on
- when to do the elections
- how to do the elections

> 4. Address Council Nominations Process
(...)
> Nominations should be sent by email to <nominations at ripe.net>, by midnight
> CET on 30 September 2000.
(...)

Due to the timeconstraints we unfortunately have ended up with we cannot
hold the election at RIPE 37 but will have to do it at a later stage.

We can either delay the election to RIPE 38 next year, or we can do some
sort of electronic voting between the RIPE meeting and the  to ICANN meeting
in november (as the ICANN meeting in november would be a convenient place
gather the Address Council for a meeting to hand over responsibilities from
the 3 members potentialy leaving their seats.)

My understanding of the consensus from the previous meetings was that
electronic voting was felt to be not yet widely deployable technology.
But we may want to reconcider that with experiences from the ICANN
at large election and perhaps from ARINs and APNICs plans.

> 5. Address Council Selection Process
> - ------------------------------------
>
> The process for selection of the nominee to serve on the Address Council
> will involve an open election. Due to the 90 day lead time needed for a
call
> for nominations prior to a RIPE NCC region policy meeting, the selection
> process will not be held at the RIPE 37 meeting, 12-15 September 2000, in
> Amsterdam.
>
> Two selection processes have been proposed. The first follows the voting
> process outlined in the MoU. The selection procedure would take place at
the
> RIPE 38 meeting in January 2001 in Amsterdam. The second process currently
> being discussed involves implementing an electronic voting procedure as it
> would allow for more participation in the selection process and could
> bring the process forward. This procedure would be discussed prior to
> the RIPE 37  meeting and announced in the LIR-WG meeting.
> Hans Petter Holen, LIR-WG Chair,
> will initiate discussions about this procedure on the lir-wg mailing list.
>
> Important Dates:
>
> 30 September 2000 - deadline for Address Council nominations

Sincerely,
Hans Petter Holen
lir-wg chair