[EURO-Discuss] ALAC Candidates

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Dear Annette:

Having just signed an agreement with ICANN, and between each other, I
cannot think it would be anything but improper to start ignoring what
has just been agreed. This would not seem to me a good way to start
out with a new organisation.

If the ALS community is happy to have Veronica join an ALS at this
time, then I'm sure someone would make a 'home' for her in order to
satisfy the requirement. if it is felt that she needed to be a member
of an ALS before the nominations closed, or in order to have been
nominated in the first place, then that would clearly pose a problem
to her candidacy - I do not recommend any particular course of action
here - except that the group find a way not to disregard the documents
it has just signed up to.

On 30/04/07, Annette Muehlberg <annette.muehlberg at web.de> wrote:
>
>  Dear Nick, dear all,
>
>  I agree with Jeanette and would like to add, that Veronica applied already
> in January and the ALAC, who discussed proposing Veronica as one of the
> candidates to the ICANN Board did not get a hint that there would be any
> restriction concerning non-ALS members.
>
>  Anyhow, Veronica could join any time the network new media (an accredited
> european ALS) if not being an ALS member would be a serious problem, though
> I do not think it is.
>
>  Instead of creating bureaucracy we should be practical: it is the same
> situation as with the EURALO board - if the EURALO selects a person, this
> person means something to the EURALO members and this is what counts. It is
> enough that an ALS nominates a candidate, this candidate should not be
> forced to join an ALS for formal reasons (this procedure might raise the
> number of members of the nnm, which I very much appreciate ;-) but it is
> absolutely not neccessary). As far as I know, the NomCom is not restricted
> to select a person who is a member of an ALS, the EURALO should not be so
> either.
>
>  Best greetings
>
>  Annette
>
>  Jeanette Hofmann schrieb:
>  Hi,
>
> no matter what bylaws and MoU say, I support a broad interpretation of
> diversity including gender, geo-political culture and political
> perspectives. If we have the opportunity to cover several dimensions of
> diversity, why would we not do this?
> Regarding experience with ICANN, if experience would principally count
> more than diversity, old hands would always prevail and newcomers never
> had a chance. Moreover, ALAC like the ICANN board can and should combine
> a mixture of experienced and new members.
> Jeanette
>
> Thomas Roessler schrieb:
>
>
>  On 2007-04-29 21:06:06 +0200, Patrick Vande Walle wrote:
>
>
>
>
>  /To be frank, I'd find it a strange move to have two folks wearing
> ISOC hats as EURALO's choices to ALAC. I'd rather see that more
> balanced; in practice, that would mean that we should appoint
> Veronica and either Sebastien or you./
>
>
>  /I see nothing in the MoU or bylaws that support this vision.
>
>  I was arguing from an overall political perspective. I was *not*
> talking about the MOU, so your response is a distraction. (Which I
> find disappointing.)
>
> Cheers,
>
>
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