GAC Leadership Transition GAC Chair Election Results GAC Session #19 Tuesday, 31 October 2017 Rob Hoggarth and Julia Charvolen
Session Goals Review 2017 GAC Election Effort Announce results of GAC Chair election Share information about leadership team transition and make-up over next five (5) months
2017 Election Effort Potential Election Every Year (at least for vice chairs) Desire to hear more voices – not just meeting attendees (electronic voting). Preserve the capability for secret voting Administration Role of Staff Supervision Role of Departing leaders
Election Learning Tally tool is reliable and effective Tally tool is secure and appropriately both flexible and inflexible Retains administrator flexibility to designate official voters Not capable of being reopened after launch Voters could successfully change votes Balloting histories are available to voters for review Staff recommends that Tally be used for future elections Final issue – retention of data
Nomination Results - Vice Chairs Five (5) available seats Five (5) nominations All nominated candidates take seats – no need for election Guo Feng (China)(second term) Ghislain de Salins (France)(second term) Milagros Castañon (Peru)(second term) Chérif Diallo (Senegal)(first term) Pär Brumark (Niue)(first term)
Election Results – GAC Chair One (1) available seats Two (2) nominations Olga Cavalli (Argentina) Manal Ismail (Egypt) Number of Ballots Cast - 123 Number of Votes -109
Election Results – GAC Chair Winner – Manal Ismail (Egypt) 50 Votes for Olga Cavalli (Argentina) 59 Votes for Manal Ismail (Egypt)
Leadership Team Make-Up Leadership team after ICANN60 through ICANN61: Chair – Manal Ismail Vice Chairs – Guo Feng Ghislain de Salins Milagros Castañon Chérif Diallo Pär Brumark Mark Carvell
Leadership Team Make-Up Leadership team after ICANN61: Chair – Manal Ismail Vice Chairs – Guo Feng (China) Ghislain de Salins (France) Milagros Castañon (Peru) Chérif Diallo (Senegal) Pär Brumark (Niue)
Leadership Transition Efforts Current on-boarding philosophy Transitional meeting Meeting of new leadership team … ICANN62
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