[NA-Discuss] NARALO 2015 CALL For Nominations for Various Elected/Selected Positions

[Alan Greenberg]

The ALAC Chair has a (flexible) tradition of 
trying to stay out of the "politics" of 
selections, both for the ALAC and RALOs. I am 
going to violate it in this case, and will explain why.

NARALO has a sort of tradition of using the 
NomCom delegate as a staging area for volunteers 
to get actively involved with ICANN.  That is, we 
have taken people with relatively little active 
involvement and recommended to the ALAC that they 
become NomCom delegates. This is a sharp contract 
to what most other groups do - choose their 
NomCom delegates from among their most seasoned 
veterans - those very familiar with both the 
sending body and ICANN as well (politics and 
all!). And they often send the same person 
multiple times (of course factoring in the NomCom term limit rules).

This has several potential results:

- The person has a pretty steep learning curve 
related to ICANN overall and given that;
- Depending on the person's history, they may not 
have a strong background in At-Large in general 
(although generally a long-time background participant);
- They do not have a strong history of regular 
engagement with ALAC and often tend to 
"disappear" into the NomCom (and I am quoting a 
former NARALO NomCom delegate here!)

All of these can make the person less effective 
in their NomCom work and less effective in 
achieving good results from an At-Large perspective.

Given those issues, we have been REMARKABLY well 
served by our recent NARALO-recommended 
delegates, and nothing I am saying is a criticism of those people.

But I think that we need to re-think our methodology.

I would like to nominate Eduardo Diaz as our 
NomCom delegate. He has previously served on the 
NomCom for two years, and as a departing ALAC 
Member, has strong ties with ALAC and At-Large, 
and particularly NARALO. Overall, he has the 
history and perspective to be a very strong NomCom delegate.

Alan




At 10/04/2015 02:22 PM, ICANN At-Large Staff wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>At-Large Staff, on behalf of Evan Leibovitch, 
>Acting  NARALO Chair, would like to announce the following:
>
>This is the formal Call for Nominations 
>[including self – nominations] on various 
>elected/selected positions within NARALO.
>
>This call is being made in accordance with the 
>NARALO Operating Principles 
>(<https://community.icann.org/x/Z44i>https://community.icann.org/x/Z44i).
>
>The selection procedures for NARALO Chair, 
>Secretariat, ALAC Member and Nominating 
>Committee (NomCom) delegate are detailed below.
>
>If you would like to nominate someone or to put 
>yourself forward for selection, please post on 
>the NA-DISCUSS Mailing List. Previous nominations will not be considered.
>Anyone self-nominating or accepting a nomination 
>is expected to submit a brief statement 
>explaining why they believe they are a suitable 
>candidate and must also complete or update their 
>Statement of Interest  to be posted at 
><https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+New+SOIs+Workspace>At 
>- Large SOI Workspace.
>
>The process can be monitored 
>at  <https://community.icann.org/x/dwgnAw>https://community.icann.org/x/dwgnAw.
>
>
>POSITIONS
>
>    * NARALO Chair: Currently held by Garth 
> Bruen (due to Garth’s leave of absence Interim 
> Chair currently is Evan Leibovitch). Current 
> term ends on 22 October 2015 at the end of the 
> 2015 Annual General Meeting (AGM). The new term 
> starts immediately after the end of the current 
> term and continues until the end of the 2016 
> AGM.  The Chair’s position is not term limited 
> and is eligible for re-selection.
>
>    * NARALO Secretariat: Currently held by Evan 
> Leibovitch). Current term ends on 22 October 
> 2015 at the end of the 2015 AGM. The new term 
> starts immediately after the end of the current 
> term and continues until the end of the 2016 
> AGM.  The Secretariat term is not  term limited 
> and is eligible for re-selection.
>
>    * NARALO ALAC Representative Member: 
> Currently held by Eduardo Diaz. Current term 
> ends on 22 October 2015 at the end of the 2015 
> AGM. The new term starts immediately after the 
> end of the current term and continues until the 
> end of the 2017 AGM. ALAC’s representative term 
> is term limited and will need to vacate the 
> seat. This position needs to be filled.
>
>    * NARALO 2015 NomCom Delegate: The NA 
> delegate to the 2013 and 2014 NomCom is Louis 
> Houle. According to NomCom rules, a delegate 
> may serve up to two consecutive terms. Louis 
> has served two terms. Louis is term 
> limited.   NARALO must recommend a new 
> candidate to the ALAC for selection as the NA 
> delegate. NOTE :  It is possible but not 
> recommended to submit more than one name to the 
> ALAC.  The ALAC is not bound to accept RALO recommendations.
>
>
>TIMELINE  FOR ALL POSITIONS LISTED ABOVE
>
>10 April 2015: Nominations Open
>
>9 May 2015: Nominations Close
>
>11 May 2015 - Call for consensus at the NARALO 
>Monthly Meeting – for positions where all 
>nominees have either accepted or rejected the 
>nomination (if required), the NARALO Chair will 
>attempt to seek consensus on who to select.
>
>16 May 2015 - Deadline for Nomination 
>Acceptance. Self-nominations need not be accepted.
>
>18 May – 25 May  2015 - For any positions where 
>consensus was not reached during the NARALO 
>meeting, an electronic poll of NARALO ALSes and 
>unaffiliated members will be conducted
>
>October 2015 - Newly selected ALAC Members and 
>RALO leaders shall be seated at the close of the 
>2015 AGM on Thursday, 22nd October 2015. The 
>newly selected NomCom Delegate will be seated when the 2016 NomCom convenes
>
>Regards,
>
>Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, 
>Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew
>ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
>E-mail: <mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>staff at atlarge.icann.org
>Facebook: 
><https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge>www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge
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>
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