[ALAC-Announce] Fwd: NomCom - candidate profile information

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear all,

please be so kind to find below a follow-up to yesterday's great meeting
with NomCom from NomCom Chair Assist Adam Peake. Only a few weeks until
the end of the application period, so please look for good candidate in
your local communities, bearing in mind the skillsets needed.
Warmest regards,

Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
ALAC Chair

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	NomCom - candidate profile information
Date: 	Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:09:06 +0900
From: 	Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>
To: 	Olivier Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
CC: 	Yrjo Lansipuro <yrjo_lansipuro at hotmail.com>, Cheryl Langdon-Orr
<langdonorr at gmail.com>



Dear Olivier,

Please share the following with ALAC.  And thank you for you comments
and questions earlier today.

These ideal "characteristics" evolve over time.  Some come from the
Board Governance Committee, and you can see their specific advice on
the NomCom site, plus ccNSO and community:

ccNSO Council - Requirements for NomCom Appointees
<http://nomcom.icann.org/ccnso-council-requirements-18dec12-en.pdf>
Advice from the ICANN Board on Board Skills to the 2012 Nominating
Committee <http://nomcom.icann.org/board-skills-advice-2012.htm>
Community Recommendations on Board Skills to the 2012 Nominating
Committee <http://nomcom.icann.org/board-skills-recommendations-2012.htm>

There is also the old "leadership positions" document
<http://nomcom.icann.org/positions-2013.htm>

We would welcome ALAC's comments on all these documents and the text below.

Text below lists a compilation of characteristics ("skill-sets")
suggested as desirable in Director candidates. These criteria have
come from a few years discussion with the community in general sense,
and also more specific input follow the Accountability and
Transparency Review team process (we where NomCom held workshops on
the topic, ask for comments, had meetings with the Board Governance
Committee, etc.)

The management recruitment company use this list to guide their
recruitment search.  The list is not fixed in stone, we can and should
add to it.

Thanks,

Adam




Candidate Profile
The ideal candidates will combine as many of the following elements as possible:
1.	Professional Experience
*   Has held Board level position or equivalent in large corporation,
academia, government, government agency or public body
*   Leadership in their particular field, career path of distinction
*   Rich international exposure, grounded in global issues
*   Conversant with the interaction of public policy and industry
*   Familiarity with how the Internet works, and with the key issues
linked to it
*   Track record in synthesizing competing interests and points of
view, arriving  at compromises
*   Enjoys established network and reputation, in and around their
specialized field
*   Business acumen and broad understanding of societal issues
*   Multi-stakeholder approach: experience working in
multi-stakeholder organizations, understanding of the
multi-stakeholder approach
*   Experience from organizations where policy development flows from
bottom to the top, and understanding of bottom-up approach
*   Track record of effectiveness in complex organizations and
"non-hierarchical" relationships

2.	Personal Characteristics and Skills
*   Passion for the Internet
*   Commitment to ICANN's philosophy and values
*   Multicultural, has lived in several countries, linguistic skills
*   Exemplary personal integrity
*   Presentation competence, able to represent ICANN in the best way
*   Creative, original thinker
*   Charisma
*   Team player, knows when to compromise and move ahead
*   Convincing skills, practiced communicator
*   Ability to “culturally transpose him/herself i.e. to act
effectively in a "cultural key" different from his/her original one,
and still play his own melody

3.	Professional/Personal Situation
*   Willing and able to devote the necessary time to ICANN
*   Free to travel as required
*   If choosing compensation, willing to accept the set level of fees
for Board service
*   Free of any conflict of interest with ICANN's activities

4.	Important background factors:
*   Most stakeholder groups are already represented on the Board (via
separate appointment processes)
*   There should be at least one, but no more than five, Board members
from each region
*   There is no regional "exclusion" from the search


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