[LACNIC/Seguridad] Open call - Network Security Forum Moderator Election

[Carlos M. Martinez]

NETWORK SECURITY FORUM MODERATOR ELECTION

The moderator shall have the following responsibilities:

          1. To moderate the list.
          2. To propose and request the proposal of topics for discussion.
          3. To prepare and coordinate the agendas for the face-to-face 
meetings of the Network Security community during LACNIC's annual meeting.
          -- If necessary, to organize additional remote meetings 
(videoconferences, VoIP, chat, etc.).
          4. To organize, with the support of LACNIC, a call for 
proposals for presentations at the face-to-face meeting.
          5. To coordinate the process for selecting presentations and 
presenters for the meeting.
          6. To moderate the annual Network Security  meeting.
          7. To prepare an annual report on the activities that have 
been carried out and present it at the annual face-to-face meeting.

About the election of the moderator:

          1. Moderator candidates must be members of the security list 
at LACNIC.net and belong to the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.
          2. The moderator shall be elected every two years within a 
60-day period following LACNIC's annual meeting.
          -- The successful candidate shall begin moderating the list 
immediately.
          3. The election will be held through an electronic voting 
system offered by LACNIC's secretariat.
          -- The voters register will be made up by the members of the 
"seguridad" mailing list.
          -- Each person interested in voting may cast only one vote.
          -- The winning candidate will be the one who obtains the 
highest number of votes. Alternately, if N candidates receive the same 
number of votes, a second voting round will be held where interested 
voters will cast only one vote and only N candidates will participate.
          4. Candidates may be self-nominated or nominated by third parties.
          5. In order to submit a nomination, the following information 
must be sent to the security list at lacnic.net:

          * Candidate's name
          * Candidate's e-mail address
          * Name of the person presenting the nomination
          -- In case of third-party nominations, the candidate must 
state his/her acceptance of the nomination on the list.
          * CV and optional additional information such as proposals or 
ideas to be implemented in case of being elected.

The election will be held according to the following calendar:

          - 27/7/2009 - 31/7/2009 Candidate nominations
          - 31/7/2009 - at 18:00 UTC  - Closing of the voters register 
and announcement of candidates
          - 3/8/2009 - 7/8/2009 at 18:00 UTC - Voting period
          - 10/8/2009 - Announcement of results

  Because of their responsibility in administrating the election, LACNIC 
staff shall abstain from voting.

The election of the Network Security Moderator will be conducted using 
LACNIC's electronic voting system. The system works as follows:

The system is configured with the nominated candidates, and the voters 
register – which comprises all the e-mail accounts that are part of the 
list – is loaded onto the system. A password is sent to each of these 
addresses so that they may access the system. During the voting period, 
users cast their vote and receive an e-mail containing a confirmation 
code and the name of the candidate they voted. This code may later be 
verified in the public results.