[NA-Discuss] FW: [At-Large] NomCom review

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Actually the situation is somewhat less clear than that in legal terms:

ICANN Bylaws, Article XI,S2,4(e)

The ALAC shall annually appoint one non-voting liaison to the ICANN  
Board of Directors, without limitation on re-appointment, and shall,  
after consultation with each RALO, annually appoint five voting  
delegates (no two of whom shall be citizens of countries in the same  
Geographic Region, as defined according to Section 5 of Article VI)  
to the Nominating Committee


On 26 Jul 2007, at 15:01, Robert Guerra wrote:

> I've been informed that the three North American At-Large Advisory  
> representatives (Alan, Beau and myself) get to appoint one voting  
> member of the nomcom. I am not sure what the process is...
>
> Having just learned this, my view is that the NA RALO must be  
> consulted and play a key role in this most important decision. How  
> we should go about this, i'm not sure.I'm open to suggestions.
>
>
>
> regards,
>
> Robert
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>
> On 26-Jul-07, at 9:08 AM, RJGlass | America at Large wrote:
>
>> In my opinion, the NomCom should be made up by and appointed by  
>> the constituency organizations.
>>
>> Randy Glass
>> A at L
>>
>>
>> On 7/23/07, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:
>> Robert Guerra wrote:
>>
>> > Questions and comments related to Nomcom were raised  during the NA
>> > RALO discussions  @ San Juan. Would be good to collect the comments
>> > and send them in.
>> >
>> > I remember Evan having the most # of comments on this issue.  
>> correct?
>> >
>> >From the high-level view, I'm very uncomfortable with the move of  
>> the
>> Board from being chosen by direct elections to one made from the
>> selections of a NomComm that is multiple levels removed from the  
>> public.
>> There's also some feedback loop logic inherent in a process in which
>> ALAC picks members of NonComm who then pick members of ALAC.
>>
>> If direct Board elections aren't in the cards soon then the NomComm
>> ought to be substantially -- if not overwhelmingly -- populated by
>> people who are there to protect the public interest and the focus on
>> ICANN's mandate (ie, not general Internet governance and not  
>> trademark
>> treaties). My initial preference would be that the NomComm would be
>> populated by one appointment from each NSO and one from each At-Large
>> Region as well as the previous Chair of the Board -- but I can be  
>> easily
>> swayed to other models that preserve the intent.
>>
>> I have other opinions related to the relationship between the ALAC  
>> and
>> the NomComm, but that may be more appropriate for the ALAC review. My
>> view here is that there should be NO NomComm-selected people on  
>> ALAC. If
>> there is a pressing need for a third person from each region not  
>> picked
>> by RALOs, then that spot should be elected by At-Large individuals  
>> not
>> affiliated to a RALO in each region. (IMO this may help address the
>> "enfranchisement of the unaffiliated", if only partially. It's  
>> still a
>> far cry from direct Board elections.)
>>
>> Having said all this. I promised I would limit my participation on
>> issues that weren't specifically project or policy related.  
>> Neither the
>> composition of NomComm nor of ALAC will be of any relevance (from our
>> POV) if at-large doesn't contribute to policy. I've now stated my  
>> piece
>> and will leave the rest to others, unless I'm specifically dragged in
>> (as happened here ;-) ).
>>
>> - Evan
>>
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