[ALAC] Nomination for ALAC Chair
Alan Greenberg
alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Tue Jun 28 19:18:31 UTC 2022
AK, there is no doubt that there are good people
in all regions, and that optimally, we should see leaders from all.
As others have pointed out, there are many
considerations that lead to who will be the ALAC
Chair. When out current Rules of Procedure were
drafted, there was indeed discussion about
rotation or other constraints that would lead to
the kind of balance that you refer to.
However, the real world does not make that easy.
There have been 7 ALAC Chairs since the inception
of the At-Large Community (if you are curious,
AP: 2, LAC: 1, NA: 1, EU:3, with two of them serving for very short periods).
I was not present for the selection of the first
2 chairs, but I can say for certain that there
was no contention for the last 5 (and in one
case, the position was only accepted reluctantly).
The reason is not complicated. For someone to
take on this role, they must have a good
understanding of ALAC, At-Large and ICANN, have
sufficient time and energy to take on the role,
and be willing to do this for several years.
Hopefully the first criteria is understood - to
lead the group, you need to understand it and its environment.
The time and energy requirement is because this
is a BIG job. Both I an Maureen have worked hard
(in different ways) to reduce the amount of time
and effort involved. But it is still, at best, a
full time job if not more. There are not many
people who are in a position to make such a commitment.
The last requirement, to commit to this for
several years is that this job has a steep
learning curve. Moreover, if you take it on, you
likely have some specific goals in mind and these
rarely can be accomplished in a year or two.
Since the start of the full ALAC (once RALOs were
created) each chair has served for three or four
years. Three is a reasonable length of time to
accomplish meaningful change, and four is (in my
opinion) about as much as any one person can
stand before wanting to get on with the rest of their life!
So the question arises, at the time that a chair
vacancy occurs, how many people (which a
reasonable chance of continuing to be on the
ALAC) can actually meet all of those criteria.
I am grateful that at each nexus point, we have
managed to find one candidate! Perhaps at some
point in the future, we might have two. But even
if that happens, there is no guarantee that the
candidates will be from the desired regions.
So, is it a goal - certainly. And we should
select people for the ALAC with an eye to them
potentially being a future Chair (knowing that
there is probably a new one only every 3-4 years).
One last comment. Despite the region of origin, I
have NEVER seen nor heard of an ALAC Chair (and I
believe that this includes me) take any action
(blatant or subtle) which favours their region of
origin. In fact, I have seen the opposite - a
Chair NOT participating in some regional event
because they did not want to give an impression of "favouring" them.
Alan
At 2022-06-28 02:12 AM, ABDULKARIM OLOYEDE via ALAC wrote:
>Hi All,
>I believe Johnathan is an excellent candidate
>for this job. However I only have some
>reservations because of the region he is from. I
>believe there should be some level of fairness
>and balance when it comes to the selection of
>ALAC chair. ALAC members primarily represent a
>region and the reason for this is to make sure
>everywhere is represented. Just like we must be
>sensitive to gender issues we must also balance
>positions regionally. We do that when it comes
>to most appointments and this should not be an exception.
> The previous chair before Maureen was from
> the same region as Jonathan therefore I do not
> believe It should go back to that region at
> this time. ALAC chair position is a very
> powerful position and all regions have competent people.
>
> we must carefully think about this and not get emotional.
>
>I like Jonathan and I have nothing against his
>person but I believe we need to be balance and fair.
>
>I hope we give this a consideration.
>
>My 2cent.
>
>AK
>
>On Tue, 28 Jun 2022, 02:54 Alberto Soto via
>ALAC,
><<mailto:alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>Dear Vanda, just like you, I didn't vote, but I
>want to express my support for Jhonatan, he will be a great ALAC Chair!
>Best
>Alberto
>
>Enviado desde mi iPhone
>
>>El 27 jun. 2022, a la(s) 20:52, Carlton Samuels
>>via ALAC
>><<mailto:alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org> escribió:
>>
>>
>>I served on the CCT Review Team with Jonathan.
>> From that experience, I have no doubt that he will be a great ALAC Chair.
>>
>>Excellent choice Maureen!
>>
>>Carlton
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>>On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 at 13:12, Maureen Hilyard
>>via ALAC
>><<mailto:alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>>Hi everyone
>>
>>I would like to nominate Jonathan Zuck for the
>>position of ALAC Chair to commence at the conclusion of the ICANN AGM2022.
>>
>>Maureen
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