[EURO-Discuss] Fwd: Public Comment: Community Input Requested on Academia Representation on NomCom

[Christopher Wilkinson]

>> Dear Wolf:

May we please put this question on the agenda of this afternoon's  
conference call?

Many thanks and regards,

Christopher.
>>
>>
>> On 02 May 2011, at 19:46, Christopher Wilkinson wrote:
>>
>>> Good afternoon:
>>>
>>> May I draw your attention to the consultation about the ICANN
>>> Nominating Committee, below:
>>>
>>>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30apr11-en.htm
>>>>
>>> Indeed it is not evident how the ICANN Board could identify a single
>>> entity and a single individual to represent the global academic
>>> community world wide.
>>> (I recall that the seat was filled for a time, in the past, by
>>> <educause.edu>, although I may be mistaken. )
>>> Consequently, I have some sympathy with the proposed amendment.
>>>
>>> The proposed text is:
>>>
>>> <<Deleted: c. An entity designated by the Board to
>>> represent academic and similar organizations;>>
>>>
>>> However, the real question is how this newly vacant seat on NomCom
>>> will be re-allocated, or not. The original intention expressed in
>>> the ByLaws was that the academic user community world wide (there
>>> are quite a lot of them) would have a voice and a vote in this
>>> context.
>>>
>>> From the At Large point of view, deletion of this seat will
>>> intrinsically shift the balance of opinion and votes in the NomCom
>>> away from the user interest, albeit not radically on this occasion.
>>> Accordingly, I would suggest that an appropriate re-allocation of
>>> the vacant seat be undertaken to maintain the present balance of
>>> opinion and votes in the ICANN Nominating Committee.
>>>
>>> We may discuss - quickly - how this point might be made, either
>>> through the Chair of ALAC or the Chair of EURALO.
>>> Alternatively, I shall respond personally to the consultation before
>>> the deadline, 30 May, 2011.
>>>
>>> Regards to you all,
>>>
>>> Christopher Wilkinson
>>> ALS: ISOC-Wallonia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> From: "ICANN News Alert" <communications at icann.org>
>>>> Date: Mon 2 May 2011 19:10:25 GMT+02:00
>>>> To: cw at christopherwilkinson.eu
>>>> Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Public Comment: Community Input
>>>> Requested on Academia Representation on NomCom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> News Alert
>>>>
>>>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30apr11-en.htm
>>>>
>>>> Public Comment: Community Input Requested on Academia
>>>> Representation on NomCom
>>>> 30 April 2011
>>>> On 21 April 2011, the ICANN Board approved the initiation of a 30-
>>>> day period of public comment to obtain community input to inform
>>>> the BGC's future work on the feasibility of identifying an entity
>>>> to make appointments to the NomCom as called for in Article VII,
>>>> Section 2.8.c of the Bylaws. The public comment will also address
>>>> the potential proposed Bylaws amendments [PDF, 64 KB] regarding the
>>>> removal of this Bylaws provision in the event that the public
>>>> comment does not result in the identification of an appropriate
>>>> entity or process for identifying such an entity.
>>>>
>>>> Staff Responsible: Amy A. Stathos, Deputy General Counsel
>>>> Deadline and How to Submit Comments: The Staff is opening a 30-day
>>>> public consultation forum, from 30 April 2011 through 23:59 UTC, 30
>>>> May 2011, on this matter. During this period, the ICANN community
>>>> and public are invited to submit comments via e-mail to academia-nomcom at icann.org
>>>> .
>>>> To view comments: An archive of all comments received will be
>>>> publicly posted at http://forum.icann.org/lists/academia-nomcom/.
>>>>
>>>>
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