[APAC-Discuss] Fwd: URGENT: RALO SUPPORT NEEDED - CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18 October

Wed Oct 30 06:53:37 UTC 2013

And a hearty congratulations to you all...  feel free to use me as a
resource as I chaired both of these committees last time  (ok and the
first)  around...
On Oct 30, 2013 12:03 PM, "Rinalia Abdul Rahim" <
rinalia.abdulrahim at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear APRALO,
>
> I am pleased to inform you that during its meeting on the 29th of October
> 2013 (last night), the ALAC has taken the following action:
>
> 1.  Agreed by consensus to appoint Maureen Hilyard and Fouad Bajwa as
> members of the At-Large Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC);
>
> 2. Ratified by consensus APRALO's selection of Siranush Vardanyan and Ellen
> Strickland as members of the At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee
> (BCEC).
>
> 3. Appointed the following individuals to chair the respective committees:
> - Tijani Ben Jemaa (BMSPC Chair)
> - Roberto Gaetano (BCEC Chair)
>
> (For a full list of committee members, click here:
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/ABMS/At-Large+Board+Member+2014+Selection
> )
>
> The work of selecting the At-Large Board Director will commence
> immediately.  In simple terms, to help those still unfamiliar with the
> process:
>
> 1. The BMSPC oversees the entire selection process to ensure everything is
> done correctly and timely;
>
> 2. The BCEC identifies, evaluates and recommends a suitable set of
> candidates based on specific criteria to the electorate;
>
> 3. The electorate (15 members of the ALAC + RALO Chairs) will vote to
> select the At-Large Director.
>
> The procedure for making the selection for the At-Large Board Director can
> be found in the new ALAC Rules of Procedure, which came into effect on 2
> October 2013 (
> https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Rules+of+Procedure).
>
>
> Timeline: It is anticipated that the process will commence in November 2013
> and end in April 2014.
>
> We wish the committees all the best for this important task ahead.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rinalia Abdul Rahim
> ALAC Executive Committee
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Holly Raiche <h.raiche at internode.on.net
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone
> >
> > This is the final step for nominations from the RALOs for the BMSPC and
> he
> > BCEC (apologies for the acronyms - but the email below spells out what
> they
> > stand for.
> >
> > By way of explanation, one seat on the ICANN Board is reserved for an
> ALAC
> > nominee.  In the past few years, it has been Sebastien Bachollet - whose
> > term will expire and a replacement needs to be nominated.
> >
> > ALAC, under its revised rules of procedure, wants nominees from all five
> > regions involved in the selection process, along with some new faces. My
> > nominations for the BCEC combined a new face - Ellen Strickland from
> > InternetNZ, with a face all of you know and who has experience on the
> > NomCom - and our Vice Chair - Sinanush.
> >
> > For the BMSPC, my nomination was for Fouad - who has been part of the
> > process before, plus Maureen, again someone with experience in RALO.
> >
> > My hope in making the nominations was to bring in experience, plus some
> > new faces, and provide some geographic diversity - from Armenia to the
> > Pacific Islands, with a stop in between.
> > I'm happy to discuss at tomorrow's meeting of APRALO
> >
> > Holly
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich at icann.org>
> > > Date: 28 October 2013 10:02:28 AM AEDT
> > > To: "h.raiche at internode.on.net" <h.raiche at internode.on.net>
> > > Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl at gih.com) <ocl at gih.com>, ICANN At-Large
> > Staff <staff at atlarge.icann.org>
> > > Subject: URGENT: RALO SUPPORT NEEDED - CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board
> > Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation
> Committee
> > - Deadline 18 October
> > >
> > > Hi Holly,
> > >
> > > Could you please confirm that the two people you nominated for the
> BCEC,
> > Siranush and Ellen, have been supported by APRALO?
> > >
> > > Also, as Rinalia has declined the nomination for the BMSPC, the two
> > current APRALO nominees are Maureen and Fouad. Does APRALO support these
> > two nominees?
> > >
> > > Please could you respond as soon as possible? The ALT will be reviewing
> > the candidates tomorrow, Monday, 28 October.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Heidi
> > >
> > > From: Heidi Ullrich
> > > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 4:58 PM
> > > To: fsylla at gmail.com; Tijani BEN JEMAA (tijani.benjemaa at planet.tn);
> > hilaliaziz at yahoo.fr; h.raiche at internode.on.net; Siranush Vardanyan (
> > siranush_vardanyan at hotmail.com); fouadbajwa at gmail.com;
> > wolf.ludwig at comunica-ch.net; Yuliya Morenets (
> > y.morenets at againstcybercrime.eu); 'José Francisco Arce' (
> > josefranciscoarce at gmail.com); sylvia at internautabrasil.org;
> > gbruen at knujon.com; DThompson1 at GOV.NU.CA
> > > Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff; Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl at gih.com)
> > > Subject: REMINDER: RALO SUPPORT NEEDED - CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board
> > Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation
> Committee
> > - Deadline 18 October
> > > Importance: High
> > >
> > > Dear RALO Leaders,
> > >
> > > A friendly reminder that, if you have not done so already, please send
> > Olivier and staff a list of your RALO’s supported candidates for the BCEC
> > and BMSPC by 23:59 UTC on Sunday, 27 October.
> > >
> > > The list of  current nominees for each group are at:
> > >
> > > BMSPC Member Selection 2014
> > >
> > > BCEC Member Selection 2014
> > >
> > > You will see that not all nominees have been officially stated as being
> > supported by their RALO.
> > >
> > > The ALT will be reviewing the nominees during their call on Monday, 28
> > October.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Heidi
> > >
> > > From: Heidi Ullrich
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:54 AM
> > > To: fsylla at gmail.com; Tijani BEN JEMAA (tijani.benjemaa at planet.tn);
> > hilaliaziz at yahoo.fr; h.raiche at internode.on.net; Siranush Vardanyan (
> > siranush_vardanyan at hotmail.com); fouadbajwa at gmail.com;
> > wolf.ludwig at comunica-ch.net; Yuliya Morenets (
> > y.morenets at againstcybercrime.eu); 'José Francisco Arce' (
> > josefranciscoarce at gmail.com); sylvia at internautabrasil.org;
> > gbruen at knujon.com; DThompson1 at GOV.NU.CA
> > > Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff; Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl at gih.com)
> > > Subject: IMPORANT: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection
> > Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18
> > October
> > > Importance: High
> > >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > Please could you work with your ALSes to identify suitable members from
> > your RALO for the BCEC and BMSPC by 18 October?
> > >
> > > Please note that, according to the scheduled as outlined below, the
> RALO
> > leadership is to send a list of their RALO’s supported candidates for
> each
> > group to the Chair of the ALAC by 23:59 UTC Sunday, 27 October.
> > >
> > > If you have questions regarding the qualifications for membership,
> > please feel free to ask Olivier.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Heidi
> > >
> > >
> > > From: ICANN At-Large Staff
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:47 AM
> > > To: alac-announce at atlarge-lists.icann.org; At-Large Worldwide (
> > at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org); afri-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org;
> > apac-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org;
> euro-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org;
> > lac-discuss-en at atlarge-lists.icann.org;
> na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> > > Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl at gih.com); ICANN At-Large Staff
> > > Subject: REMINDER: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection
> > Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18
> > October
> > >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > A friendly reminder that the deadline for nominations to the BMSPC and
> > BCEC is 23:59 UTC on Friday, 18 October 2013.
> > >
> > > If you are interested, or if you wish to nominate someone else, please
> > send a note to At-Large staff at staff at atlarge.icann.orgspecifying which
> > committee the application or nomination is for and citing any applicable
> > experience by the deadline.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie
> > Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
> > > E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > From: ICANN At-Large Staff
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 10:04 AM
> > > To: alac-announce at atlarge-lists.icann.org; At-Large Worldwide (
> > at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org); afri-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org;
> > apac-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org;
> euro-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org;
> > lac-discuss-en at atlarge-lists.icann.org;
> na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> > > Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl at gih.com); ICANN At-Large Staff (
> > staff at atlarge.icann.org)
> > > Subject: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process
> > Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee
> > >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > To prepare for the selection of the Board Member selected by At-Large
> to
> > be seated at the October 2014 Annual General Meeting, Olivier
> > Crépin-Leblond, the Chair of the ALAC, has asked staff to make an
> immediate
> > call for members of the two groups who will be responsible for moving the
> > process forward.
> > >
> > > According to the ALAC Rules of Procedure (2013), the two groups are the
> > 2014 Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) and the 2014 Board
> > Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) [please see ALAC Rules of Procedure
> > (2013) Section D.19 – Procedure for Making the Selection to fill Seat 15
> on
> > the ICANN Board].
> > >
> > > The deadline for members of both groups is 23:59 UTC on Friday, 18
> > October 2013.
> > >
> > > If you are interested, or if you wish to nominate someone else, please
> > send a note to At-Large staff at staff at atlarge.icann.orgspecifying which
> > committee the application or nomination is for and citing any applicable
> > experience by the deadline. A record of all applications and nominations
> > will be posted to either the BMSPC 2014 Workspace or the BCEC 2014
> > Workspace as appropriate on the  At-Large Board Member 2014 Selection
> > Workspace.
> > >
> > > The RALO leadership will send a list of their RALO’s supported
> > candidates for each group to the Chair of the ALAC by 23:59 UTC Sunday,
> 27
> > October.
> > >
> > > The ALAC will name the final membership during the ALAC meeting of 29
> > October.
> > >
> > > The details of the two groups are:
> > >
> > > 1)      Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC)
> > >
> > > According to Article 19.2 of the ALAC Rules of Procedure (2013):
> > >
> > > “The ALAC shall name a Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC)
> > which shall oversee the entire selection process including the election
> > culminating the process but excluding those responsibilities specifically
> > retained by the ALAC or
> > > given to the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee. The composition of
> > the BMSPC will be regionally balanced and the committee will typically be
> > populated with no fewer than two representatives of each region selected
> by
> > both the ALAC
> > > and the RALOs. The ALAC shall either name a chair of the BMSPC or may
> > instruct the BMSPC to select a chair from amongst its members.”
> > >
> > > The group is open to both ALAC members and to At-Large community
> > members. However, the membership should include members of the community
> > with significant experience from the 2010 Board Director selected by
> > At-Large process.  English will be the working language of this group.
> > >
> > > The group must be regionally balanced, with no fewer than two
> > representatives from each of the five RALOs.
> > >
> > > Please note that no member of the BMSPC may submit an Expression of
> > Interest (EOI) for the position of the Board Director selected by
> At-Large.
> > >
> > > The ALAC will select the Chair of the BMSPC.
> > >
> > > The first meeting of the BMSPC will be scheduled for early November.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2)      Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC)
> > >
> > > The new ALAC Rules of Procedures state the following on the composition
> > and task of the BCEC:
> > >
> > > “19.3 The ALAC shall name a Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC)
> > to compile an initial slate of candidates for election to Seat 15. A new
> > BCEC consisting of two delegates selected by each of the RALOs plus a
> chair
> > selected by the ALAC will be convened for each Board seat selection
> > process.”
> > >
> > > “19.4 The task of the BCEC is to identify applicants who would each
> make
> > an excellent Board Director. Applicant selected by the BCEC must meet the
> > criteria specified in the ICANN Bylaws Article VI, Section 3 (
> > http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#VI-3). These criteria
> > include but are not limited to being:
> > > a) accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and intelligence,
> > with reputations for sound judgment and open minds, and a demonstrated
> > capacity for thoughtful group decision-making; and
> > > b) persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the potential
> > impact of ICANN decisions of the global Internet community, and committed
> > to the success of ICANN. Moreover, the Director selected by the At-Large
> > Community must understand the mission of  At-Large and the needs of the
> > global community of Internet end users.”
> > >
> > > “19.5 No member of the electorate (Paragraph 19.10) may simultaneously
> > serve as a member of the BCEC.”
> > >
> > > According to 19.5, members of the electorate (i.e., members of the ALAC
> > and RALO Chairs who will be serving in 2014) may notbe BCEC members.
> > >
> > > Additionally, no member of the BCEC may submit an Expression of
> Interest
> > (EOI) for the position of the Board Director selected by At-Large.
> > >
> > > Please note that experience on the 2010 BCEC and/or on the ICANN
> > Nominating Committee would be highly desired.
> > >
> > > English will be the working language of this group.
> > >
> > > The ALAC will select the Chair of the BCEC.
> > >
> > > The first meeting of the BCEC will be scheduled for early November.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie
> > Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
> > > E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>
> > >
> > >
> >
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