[NA-Discuss] Position on the NomCom representing the NA region

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Danny and all,

  A very good question/request.  Although Chuck is a very fine
fellow, many might doubt his interest being user oriented and perhaps
have doubt objectivity that any would represent registrants that hails
from a registry or registrar.  Such a "Selection" method/process is
showing it's lack of legitimacy if such a selection could take place.
Perhaps the members themselves should first "Elect" whom they
choose to represent their constituency, rather than a "Selection"
committee?  In the interest of an open and transparent process,
Selecting a representative being unsure of that selection being the
will of the members seems less than bottom-up as well...

Danny Younger wrote:

> Would it be possible for the rest of us to find out whom the three Committee members have selected as the NomCom candidate?  Last year the NARALO managed to select a candidate that hailed from the registrar constituency so obviously we are wondering if this year you will be in similar fashion selecting as a user representative Chuck Gomes from VeriSign :)
>
> --- On Thu, 8/14/08, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
> > From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> > Subject: [NA-Discuss] Position on the NomCom representing the NA region
> > To: "NA Discuss" <na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> > Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 2:26 PM
> > Evan is busy at the moment, and he asked me to send this
> > message on his behalf.
> >
> > We have just recently learned that the ALAC must select its
> > five
> > people to sit on next year's Nominating Committee by
> > September 1st.
> > The 2009 NomCom will select three members of the ICANN
> > Board of
> > Directors, three ALAC members, two GNSO Councillors and one
> > ccNSO Councillor.
> >
> > The process is that the three ALAC members from North
> > America must
> > identify their candidate by August 25th, to allow for the
> > required 7
> > day voting period within the ALAC. Normally this vote
> > simply ratifies
> > the candidate identified by the three NA committee members.
> >
> > Presumably if the three of us (Robert, Beau and I) cannot
> > agree, the
> > ALAC would have to make the decision for us (but I
> > don't believe this
> > has happened before).
> >
> > We are soliciting suggestions for this position. Only
> > people who are
> > willing to serve should be named. The person will be
> > expected to
> > participate actively in all NomCom activities including the
> >
> > solicitation and evaluation of candidates. ICANN pays
> > travel costs to
> > NomCom meetings, but not to ICANN meetings. If the two are
> > held at
> > the same location and time, travel costs are covered, but
> > it is
> > unclear whether or not living costs for the entire ICANN
> > meeting are covered.
> >
> > Desirable qualities include:
> > - Knowledge of ICANN and its various organizations
> > - Broad range of contacts to help solicit applications to
> > the NomCom
> > - Understanding of the needs of ALAC and the broader user
> > community
> > - Willingness to put the required time and effort into the
> > process
> >
> > Since the time is short, we can only entertain suggestion
> > made within
> > the next few days. We will try to put a firm date to this
> > shortly.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> >
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