[EURO-Discuss] Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] Appointment Process for Nominating Committee Appointments from the ALAC for 2009/2010:

[Adam Peake]

We have many positions to fill in the coming 
weeks and months. Selection of our NomCom 
delegate has quite an early deadline (seems we 
should have started the process a couple of days 
ago.)

As far as I can see, the delegate does not need 
to be an ALS member, but it would be a good way 
to get a person from an ALS to a couple of extra 
ICANN meetings.

I've been involved on NomCom in the past and 
found it rewarding.  Requires you to look at 
ICANN's needs broadly, from across all the 
supporting organizations, advisory committee and 
of course the board rather than the more typical 
vertical/silo approach we have when we work 
within our respective AC/SOs.

Adam





>Delivered-To: ajp at glocom.ac.jp
>Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:11:06 +0200
>From: At-Large Staff <staff at atlarge.icann.org>
>To: At-Large Announcements <alac-announce at atlarge-lists.icann.org>,
>	secretariat at atlarge-lists.icann.org
>Subject: [ALAC-Announce] Appointment Process for Nominating Committee
>
>Dear Community:
>
>BACKGROUND
>
>As you will recall, the ALAC appoints five 
>voting members (known as "Delegates") of the 
>Nominating Committee ("NomCom") of ICANN. Voting 
>members of the NomCom are appointed for a one 
>year term, and may be re-appointed for a further 
>term of one year subject to the requirement 
>under the ICANN By Laws that a voting member may 
>only serve a maximum of two consecutive years.
>
>Individuals representing ALAC who served on the 
>2009 Nominating Committee are listed below. 
>Those individuals who have now completed two 
>consecutive terms and may not be reappointed are 
>marked with an asterisk *
>
>Khaled Koubaa (Africa)*
>Hong Xue (Asia, Australasia and Pacific)
>Matias Altamira Gigena (Latin America and Caribbean)*
>Desiree Miloshevic (Europe)*
>Ross Rader (North America)*
>
>ICANN¹s Nominating Committee has historically 
>held two face-to-face meetings each year. For 
>the 2009 Nominating Committee, we were able to 
>have the first such meeting after ICANN's Annual 
>General Meeting in Cairo. According to the Chair 
>of the NomCom, accelerating the schedule of the 
>first meeting compared to previous years was 
>really enormously helpful in allowing the 
>Committee to function in an orderly and 
>effective manner.
>
>TIMELINE
>
>At its 4th August 2009 Meeting, the ALAC defined 
>the following timeline for filling these 
>appointments:
>
>    * Nominations Open (in each RALO): 5th August
>    * Nominations Close (in each RALO): on or before 25th August
>    * Nomination Acceptance Deadline: on or before 1st September
>    * RALOs to transmit all accepted nominations, with a recommendation
>      of a preferred candidate if the RALO wishes to provide one: on or
>      before 1st September
>    * ALAC Voting Begins: 7th September
>    * ALAC Voting Ends: 14th September
>    * Notification to NomCom of Appointees: 15th September
>
>QUALIFICATIONS:
>
>Article VII, Section 4 of the Bylaws states that 
>Delegates to the ICANN Nominating Committee 
>shall be:
>
>    * Accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and intelligence,
>      with reputations for sound judgment and open minds, and with
>      experience and competence with collegial large group decision-making
>    * Persons with wide contacts, broad experience in the Internet
>      community, and a commitment to the success of ICANN;
>    * Persons whom the selecting body is confident will consult widely
>      and accept input in carrying out their responsibilities;
>    * Persons who are neutral and objective, without any fixed personal
>      commitments to particular individuals, organizations, or
>      commercial objectives in carrying out their Nominating Committee
>      responsibilities;
>    * Persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the potential
>      impact of ICANN's activities on the broader Internet community who
>      are willing to serve as volunteers, without compensation other
>      than the reimbursement of certain expenses; and
>    * Persons who are able to work and communicate in written and spoken
>      English.
>
>Nom Com members are expected to:
>
>    * engage in affirmative outreach and recruitment of excellent candidates
>    * read the submitted and gathered information about each candidate
>      under consideration
>    * participate in Nom Com teleconferences
>    * work diligently with Nom Com colleagues toward an overall
>      consensus on the best possible group of candidates to be selected
>    * adhere to the Code of Ethics - each Member undertakes a written
>      obligation to this effect. The code of ethics may be found at
>      http://nomcom.icann.org/ethics-2009.html.
>    * attend a face-to-face meeting. The nominating committee typically
>      holds two meetings, one soon after the committee is formed, and
>      usually held concurrent with an ICANN meeting, and meeting later
>      in the year when the committee makes its selections.
>    * Given the recruitment nature of Nom Com's work, it will be
>      particularly helpful if members have extensive personal networks
>      of contacts from outside, and within ICANN, that will support
>      effective recruiting. Furthermore it will be valuable for such
>      delegates to also be prepared to develop cross-constituency
>      understanding to build consensus.
>
>Successful appointees from the ALAC must be 
>willing to attend the first face-to-face 
>Nominating Committee meeting. This meeting is 
>expected to occur in Seoul during 31 October ­ 1 
>November 2009. Nom Com Delegates are welcome to 
>attend the entire ICANN meeting also during 25 ­ 
>30 October, but hotel costs and expenses for the 
>non-Nom Com portion of the meeting would be at 
>the expense of the individual.
>
>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
>
>Please see the NomCom homepage at 
>http://nomcom.icann.org. The Nomination 
>committee has an FAQ, available at 
>http://nomcom.icann.org/faqs.htm which may be of 
>particular interest.
>--
>
>Regards,
>
>*ICANN At-Large Staff*
>
>Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White
>
>staff at atlarge.icann.org
>
>
>
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