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

[Fouad Bajwa]

+1 and very pleased to contribute and be of service to the process.

Best

Fouad

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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

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