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<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Dear All,</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">On behalf of Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, the call for candidates for the ALAC Liaison to the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) is now open.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333;background:white">Interested members from the At-Large community should send their 1) expression of interest and 2) resume, curriculum vitae, or biography, to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black"><a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org"><span style="color:#3B73AF;background:white;text-decoration:none">staff@atlarge.icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333;background:white">&nbsp;by <b>23:59 UTC on 14 July 2016.</b></span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333;background:white">In their expression of interest, candidates should respond to the following:&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Name</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Affiliation
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Geographic region
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Skill set and experience (please provide additional details to the following):
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">a. Direct experience and knowledge of the IANA naming function</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">b. Analytical skills, ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative evidence, and capacity to draw conclusions
 purely based on evidence.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">c. Able to work and communicate in written and spoken English</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">d. Effective communication skills</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">e. Experience in managing and/or participating in committees (e.g. meeting coordination, reporting, and escalation)
 in order to contribute meaningfully to CSC processes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">f. Demonstrated ability in relationship management to support diplomatic discussion, consensus driven decision
 making, and productive negotiation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Other skill set or experience relevant to CSC’s work
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Explanation of interest in becoming involved in the CSC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Understanding of the purpose of the CSC
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#333333">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Able to meet the
<a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/39-csc-candidates-qualification-requirements-v-v2">
time commitment</a> required to participate in the CSC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">9. As ALAC Liaison to the CSC, what do you believe that your main responsibilities will be, both within the CSC and in relation to
 the ALAC?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Please use the expression of interest template (.docx file attached) to fill out the required information.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">Candidates' Expression of Interest (EoI) submissions will be reviewed by the ALAC Candidate Selection Committee which will forward its preferred EoIs to the ALAC for final selection and/or ratification.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">BACKGROUND</span></u><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p class="default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;">On 10 March 2016, the ICANN Board transmitted to the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) a
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:#0462C1"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-transition-package-10mar16-en.pdf">package of proposals</a>
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;">developed by the international Internet community to transition NTIA’s stewardship of the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community.
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<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;">One of the things that this package calls for is the creation of a Customer Standing Committee (CSC) to provide operational oversight of the performance of the IANA naming function, a role currently performed by NTIA. The scope and responsibility of the CSC is available <span style="color:#0462C1"><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/43-csc-scope-and-responsibilities-v-v2">here</a></span>.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p class="default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;">The membership composition of the CSC, as specified in the package of proposals, includes one Liaison appointed by the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), who will serve an inaugural
 three-year term. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;">Liaisons shall not be members or be entitled to vote on the CSC, but otherwise shall be entitled to participate on equal footing with members of the CSC. Participation in the CSC
 is voluntary. The CSC is expected to perform the majority of its work telephonically and via email. Travel funding will not be provided.
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<p class="default"><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;">PROCESS</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">The ALAC is responsible for appointing a primary and a secondary candidate that meet the qualification requirements in the expression of interest, and are geographically diverse. The ALAC should forward the Liaison candidates to the CSC for consideration no later than 23:59 UTC on 22 July 2016. </span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">The Membership Selection Process of the CSC Charter calls for due consideration to be given, to the extent possible, to form a CSC that has diversity in terms of geography and skill set. To that end, the composition of the slate will be reviewed during two points in the selection process: firstly by the RySG and ccNSO and secondly by the ccNSO and GNSO. </span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p class="default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;">The ccNSO and GNSO Councils will also make a decision regarding which members and liaisons will serve an inaugural three-year term.
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<pre><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">The ccNSO and GNSO Councils will notify ICANN and the appointing organizations of the final composition of the CSC. The notification will take place on or around 10 August 2016.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;;color:black">ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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