[NA-Discuss] Choosing representatives for ICANN's 2008 Nominating Committee

[Robert Guerra]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: George Sadowsky <george.sadowsky at attglobal.net>
> Date: July 25, 2007 5:23:16 PM EDT
> Subject: Choosing representatives for ICANN's 2008 Nominating  
> Committee
>
> All,
>
> I am writing to you on behalf of the ICANN 2008 Nominating  
> Committee Chair, who has not yet been chosen by the ICANN Board of  
> Directors.
>
> The purpose of this message is to initiate the selection of  
> individuals from each of your individual constituencies who will  
> serve, according to the ICANN by-laws, on the 2008 Nominating  
> Committee.
>
> There are 23 members of the Nominating Committee, 17 of whom are  
> voting members.  The by-laws state that a voting member may serve  
> at most two consecutive years, whereas a non-voting member may  
> serve any number of terms.
>
> The composition of this year's committee, including the contacts  
> used in late 2006 to obtain the name of the designated committee  
> member, is given below.  Some of the contacts have been updated to  
> reflect changes in the internal organization of various  
> constituencies.
>
>
> Group/Constituency         Contact          2007 Member
>
> Non-voting members
>
>  Nomination Committee Chair   ICANN Board        George Sadowsky
>  Previous Chair as Adviser    (automatic)        (vacant) ***
>  Associate Chair              Chair              Adam Peake
>  RSSAC                        Jun Murai          Bill Manning
>  SSAC                         Steve Crocker      Russ Mundy
>  GAC                          Janis Karklins     Jayantha Fernando
>
> Voting members
>
>  ALAC-1                       Annette Muehlberg  Mohammed El Fatih  
> el Tigani *
>  ALAC-2                       Annette Muehlberg  "Sebastian Ricciardi
>  ALAC-3                       Annette Muehlberg  Michael Froomkin *
>  ALAC-4                       Annette Muehlberg  Madanmohan Rao *
>  ALAC-5                       Annette Muehlberg  Wolfgang  
> Kleinwaechter *
>
>  Comm & Business Constit.-1   Philip Sheppard    Ken Fockler *
>  Comm & Business Constit.-2   Philip Sheppard    Grant Forsyth
>  gTLD Registry Constituency   Marie Zitkova      Ken Stubbs *
>  Registrars Constituency      Bhavin Turakhia    Paul Stahura
>  ccNSO                        Chris Disspain     Christoper To
>  ISP Constituency             Mark McFadden      Tony Harris *
>  Intellectual Prop. Constit.  Steven Metalitz    Lucy Nichols *
>
>  ASO                          Seb. Bellagamba   Sanford H. George *
>  Higher Education Constit.    ICANN Board        Jose Luiz Ribeiro. F.
>  Non-comm. Users Constit.     Carlos Afonso      Karen Banks
>  IAB for IETF                 Leslie Daigle      Lucy Lynch
>  Technical Liaison Group **   Julian Pritchard   Karsten Meinhold
>
>         * Incumbent has served two consecutive terms
>        ** Position rotates among TLG (2007), W3C (2006) and ITU (2005)
>       *** Due to resignation of Chair Eugenio Triana in May 2006
>
>
> Nominating Committees have historically held two face-to-face  
> meetings.  Last year, we were able to have the first such meeting  
> in Sao Paolo in December immediately after ICANN's Annual General  
> Meeting.  This acceleration of the schedule compared to previous  
> years was really enormously helpful in allowing the Committee to  
> function in a more orderly and effective manner, and I would very  
> much like to preserve this advantage for the next Chair.
>
> With this background, I request the following of all of you.   
> Please choose your candidate for 12008 NomCom membership as soon as  
> is practical, and not later than the end of September 2007.  Please  
> ensure that the person is willing to serve, and is willing to  
> attend the first face-to-face committee meeting in Los Angeles  
> during November 2-4, 2007.  Candidates are welcome to attend the  
> entire ICANN meeting also during October 29-November 2.  Travel and  
> subsistence expenses are paid for all committee members who do not  
> have other sources of support.
>
> I would appreciate it very much if you would acknowledge receipt of  
> this message, letting me know that you are (or are not) the right  
> person to initiate action within your constituency, as well as  
> whether you anticipate any difficulty in identifying a suitable and  
> willing candidate by the end of September.   If you are not the  
> right person to initiate this action, I would appreciate your  
> forwarding this message to the right person and copying me.
>
> Thanks in advance for helping next year's committee get off to a  
> good start!
>
> Best regards,
>
> George Sadowsky
>
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