----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sandy Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: [ALSC-Forum] Evaluation of NAIS and ALSC Reports
> The existing bylaws of
> ICANN make no provision for further At Large elections; this was the
> result of the Cairo Compromise, in which the Board agreed to direct
> elections of five directors for two years, during which time the ALSC
> would conduct a "clean sheet" study. Thus, any new elections require
> the amendment of the bylaws to insert in Article II the criteria and
> procedures for any such elections. So the fact is that "clean sheet"
> means just that -- the ICANN bylaws are a blank sheet on this subject,
> and any further At Large elections will require a 2/3 vote of the ICANN
> Board to write on that "clean sheet."
