[ALAC] Thoughts Requested on ICANN CEO Criteria

Carlton Samuels carlton.samuels at gmail.com
Mon Jun 8 21:33:53 UTC 2015


Now you talking, Vanda!

Excellent proposition, this split personality approach.  Its one reason I
studiously avoided pronouncing on some.

-Carlton


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On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Vanda Scartezini <vanda at uol.com.br> wrote:

> Hola all . Besides knowledge of management and disposition to understand
> on how to work with community, I would like to think a little out of the
> box.
>
>    1. one point that for me was never well defined under the president
>    mission – and I have the opportunity to talk longer with the head hunter
>    which selected Fadi – was how same person can impersonate two very
>    different required personalities doing both tasks with excellence. I
>    explain
>       -  Personality A – excellent manager,  large history in hugh
>       position on corporations profit and not profit, with large budget and large
>       amount of people together with a large number of clients to deal with
>       - Personality  B – be a diplomatic person with huge understanding
>       of government specificities, knowledge of protocols, reading government
>       persons “encrypt” messages and all the aspects of a large term dealing with
>       these aspects as day by day work.
>
>  What iCANN demands with the actual estructure is a person with both
> personalities and experience and I believe this not only demands too much
> from a person and the time a person can dedicate to both sides is reduced,
> or a person will not perform with excellence one of the two sides.
>
>  My simple suggestion for you all to think about is split the function.
> Work as parallel activities, in a collaborative model – this is the new
> capitalism anyway – and one has the responsibility with a corporation
> excellence and other with the interrelation with governments and
> international organisations and will dedicate whole time to this task.
> As I said it is out of convencional structure under any corporation, but
> ICANN shall be different anyway.
> My 0.2 cents
> Kisses to all
>
> *Vanda Scartezini*
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>
> From: Eduardo Diaz <eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, June 8, 2015 at 9:17
> To: Holly Raiche <h.raiche at internode.on.net>
> Cc: 'ALAC List' <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> Subject: Re: [ALAC] Thoughts Requested on ICANN CEO Criteria
>
> Holly:
>
> Very good idea!
>
> -ed
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Holly Raiche <h.raiche at internode.on.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Rinalia for this.
>>
>> Alan et all - what about setting up a wiki for this - with the 2011
>> criteria listed in the background session so we can all both comment on
>> what was there for 2011 and add anything else we think is missing for the
>> next candidate
>>
>> Holly
>> On 8 Jun 2015, at 12:29 pm, Rinalia Abdul Rahim <
>> rinalia.abdulrahim at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear ALAC and RALO Chairs,
>>
>> I am very much looking forward to seeing you and other At-Large community
>> members again at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires.
>>
>> *Important Topic Alert*
>> The Board is interested in your input to help us refine the selection
>> criteria for the next ICANN CEO.
>> - On Sunday June 21st, there will be an ALAC/At-Large session with me,
>> which will focus on the CEO Search and Criteria.
>> - On Thursday June 25th, there will be a Board Session on the CEO
>> Succession Process right before the Public Forum where your input would be
>> invaluable.
>>
>> *Key Questions:*
>> What characteristics and skills would you like to see in the future ICANN
>> CEO?
>> As no one person will meet all the desired criteria, which criteria are
>> most important?
>> What distribution of characteristics and skills would you like to see?
>>
>> I request that members of the ALAC and the At-Large spare some time
>> thinking about and discussing this important topic.  If RALO Chairs could
>> facilitate discussions at the regional level leading up to Buenos Aires,
>> that would be extremely helpful to feed into the discussions in Buenos
>> Aires.
>>
>> As a reference and trigger for your thoughts and discussion, below is the
>> CEO Profile from the 2011 CEO Search materials.
>>
>> I look forward to your input.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Rinalia
>>
>> *CEO Profile [from CEO Search in 2011*]
>>
>> Candidates will be expected to demonstrate to the highest degree possible
>> the following experience and skills. These have been grouped under 4
>> headings that embody the multi-faceted nature of the role:
>>
>> *Professional*
>>
>> § Solid record of either/or public, corporate, academic service, at a
>> high international level
>>
>> § Global exposure: experience of working in different countries or with
>> different cultures
>>
>> § Experience in managing process work flows and ability to anticipate
>> issues
>>
>> § Close familiarity with the ways in which civil society, business sector
>> interests and regulatory authorities interact
>>
>> § Success in managing ICANN’s evolution as an organization, complex
>> issues and programs, and key contracts
>>
>> § Track record of achieving results, not just ‘being there’
>>
>> § Previous association with highly respected organizations
>>
>> § Leadership of dispersed international teams and active
>> multi-stakeholders that provide policy input
>>
>> *Personal*
>>
>> § Consensus builder and catalyst, a motivator and persuader
>>
>> § Intellectually engaging, contributes to ‘thought leadership’ in helping
>> define vision and strategy, and leverages the organization’s competencies
>>
>> § Combines weight of personality with empathy towards others of many
>> different backgrounds
>>
>> § Practiced at exercising influence in non-hierarchical relationships
>>
>> § Earns respect and generates trust in him/herself and the organization
>>
>> § Multicultural with language skills, practiced communicator and public
>> speaker
>>
>> § Aligns with ICANN's values: integrity, trust, humility, technical
>> excellence and public service
>>
>> § Able negotiator, without making enemies, can represent ICANN and can
>> present it well
>>
>> § Strong affinity with the Internet (but not just a “cheerleader”),
>> conscious of its role and complexity, fully embraces ICANN’s mission and
>> its bottom-up process
>>
>> § Embodies and practices the multi-stakeholder approach and welcomes
>> significant volunteer involvement
>>
>> *Technical*
>>
>> § Internet architecture knowledge : understanding of the global
>> Internet’s systems of unique identifiers, including domain names, protocol
>> parameters and addresses
>>
>> § Institutional knowledge : familiarity with the functioning of
>> registries and registrars, ICANN’s policy development procedures and user
>> categories
>>
>> § Understanding of the domain names market structure and dynamics,
>> including competition issues
>>
>> *The Internet Governance Ecosystem*
>>
>> § Institutions: understand the environment of those involved in the
>> Internet and its administrative governance systems, notably IETF, ISOC,
>> W3C, and other standard bodies (ETSI, ITU, ISO, Unicode)
>>
>> § International awareness: know the government stakeholders in Internet
>> governance and how to interact with them
>>
>> § Knowledge of the UN system and other international organizations and
>> processes
>>
>> § Ability to function and generate trust with all actors through
>> operational excellence and respect for input from the multistakeholder base
>>
>> END
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