[Euro-board] [EURO-Discuss] URGENT: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for BMSPC and BCEC

Fri Oct 18 15:57:51 UTC 2013

Dear Veronica,

thanks a lot for your quick reply and confirmation for the BCEC. With you we can submit a well gender and regional balanced list to ALAC for both committees.

Kind regards,
Wolf

Veronica Cretu wrote Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:02:
>Dear Wolf, colleagues!
>
>Greetings! Thanks a lot for the opportunity to join one of the 2
>Committees!
>I would best use my experience in the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee
>(BCEC).
>
>With very best,
>Veronica
>
>
>On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Wolf Ludwig
><wolf.ludwig at comunica-ch.net>wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> We had a EURALO Board call tonight and discussed (among other issues) the
>> ALAC Call for memberships for the (next) Board Member Selection Process
>> Committee (BMSPC) and the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC). As
>> you may have note before, the Chairs for these committees have already been
>> suggested
>> Tijani Ben Jemaa (AFRALO) for the BMSPC and
>> Roberto Gaetano (EURALO) for the BCEC.
>>
>> As you can see below, each region was asked to select and suggest further
>> candidates for both committees which are of major importance for the
>> community to discuss and decide about our next representative on the ICANN
>> Board (Seat 15, currently held by Sébastien Bachollet). The deadline for
>> our nominations of committee members (two each) is next Friday, 18 October
>> 2013.
>>
>> During our tonight’s Board call the following EURALO members were
>> suggested:
>>
>> - Rudi Vansnick
>> - Jordi Iparraguirre (already confirmed)
>> - Oksana Prykhodko (already confirmed)
>> - Veronica Cretu
>> - Manuel Schneider and
>> - Adam Peake
>>
>> Therefore I would like to ask Rudi, Veronica, Manuel and Adam whether they
>> are interested and willing to serve at one of these committees as
>> representatives from EURALO? And in the given case, on which of the two?
>>
>> As the deadline is next Friday, we need your urgent response or
>> confirmation. Thanks for your consideration and
>>
>> kind regards,
>> Wolf
>>
>>
>> ICANN At-Large Staff sent Sun, 13 Oct 2013 10:04:
>> >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)<
>> https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2262672/ALAC%2BRoP-06April2013.pdf?api=v2>,
>> 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.org<mailto:
>> staff at atlarge.icann.org> specifying 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<
>> https://community.icann.org/display/ABMS/Board+Member+Selection+Process+Committee+%28BMSPC%29+2014>
>> or the BCEC 2014 Workspace<
>> https://community.icann.org/display/ABMS/Board+Candidate+Evaluation+Committee+%28BCEC%29+2014>
>> as appropriate on the  At-Large Board Member 2014 Selection Workspace<
>> https://community.icann.org/display/ABMS/At-Large+Board+Member+2014+Selection
>> >.
>> >
>> >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 not be 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<mailto:
>> staff at atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>>
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
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>
>
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