[At-Large] [NA-Discuss] Results of the Voting for ALAC Nominating Committee 2008 Appointments

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

While it is properly for the members of the ALAC, and in particular  
those from North America, to comment on the candidates put forward  
for voting by the committee and anything related to their choices  
based upon that list, I should comment on the process.

The Bylaws of ICANN, as has widely been stated earlier in the on-list  
discussions of selection of the 5 NomCom voting members which the  
ALAC appoints each year, provide in Article IX, S2(4)(e):

e. The ALAC shall annually appoint one non-voting liaison to the  
ICANN Board of Directors, without limitation on re-appointment, and  
shall, after consultation with each RALO, annually appoint five  
voting delegates (no two of whom shall be citizens of countries in  
the same Geographic Region, as defined according to Section 5 of  
Article VI) to the Nominating Committee.

In this instance, as has been noted, the ALAC did consult with the  
RALO. The members of the ALAC for North America included candidates  
from that region on the page at: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi? 
2008_alac_nominating_committee and on that page also provided  
commentary on the selection criteria which they used to reach the  
names listed on that page.

The ALAC voted on the candidates on the same page, and the results  
were as indicated.

If the RALOs, or individual ALSes, believe that the Bylaws should be  
changed in some manner which would affect future NomCom appointments,  
it would be for them to suggest that.

Perhaps the NARALO Secretariat and Chair will wish to bring this  
topic up during the meetings of the Secretariat in LA

On 27 Sep 2007, at 20:23, Danny Younger wrote:

> Dear Members,
>
> The North American community is entitled to an
> explanation of the voting results for our region that
> saw a supplier-side registrar representative elected
> whose name was never once introduced for candidacy on
> the NARALO discussion list.
>
> The minutes of the last ALAC meeting state:
> "It was decided that the RALOs would provide their
> advice and recommendations by the end of this week
> (NLT 16st September). There would then be a vote
> online using instant runoff for the candidates of each
> region wherever there is more than one candidate
> proposed from a region."
>
> The North American region advanced three names:  Eric
> Dierker (confirmed), Michael Geist (at last report was
> "pending confirmation", and Evan Leibovitch
> (confirmed).
>
> The current NARALO Wiki contains only two names:
>
> Hugh Dierker [USA]
> current chair of the GNSO's General Assembly
> Proposed by Danny Younger
> Confirmed
>
> Evan Leibovich [Canada]
> ALS Representative, CLUE (Canada)
> Proposed by Beau & Robert
> Confirmed
>
> https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi? 
> na_nominating_committee_candidates_2007
>
> You will note that Ross Rader's name is not mentioned
> therein, yet suddenly he has been elected without
> member ALSs and North American individual participants
> in the RALO even being aware of his candidacy.
>
> Further, voting results show that Eric Dierker's name
> was never even voted upon, notwithstanding the fact
> that his bio/credentials were submitted for review.
>
> I find:
> (1) the opaqueness of this process outrageously
> disturbing,
> (2) the voting process that saw candidates having
> their names not included as perverse in the extreme,
> (3) the result (the election of registry and registrar
> representatives instead of user representatives) as a
> vile and deplorable abuse of trust
>
> I, and likely the Ombudsman as well, await an
> explanation.
>
>
>
>
>
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Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart
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