[NA-Discuss] ALAC Review Draft is published

[Bret Fausett]

On Jun 17, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Bret Fausett wrote:
>> I very much  like the fact that one ALAC representative from each  
>> region comes from the NomComm,
>
> Please elaborate.

I know that in the year I served on the Nominating Committee, we tried  
very hard to use the Nominating Committee appointments to supplement  
the skills of the various groups for which we had responsibility  
(Board, GNSO, ccNSO, ALAC). We thought about what those groups needed,  
received input from the groups themselves about what was needed,  
considered input from the entire community about what was needed, and  
then found and appointed people to fill what we believed were the most  
important needs. In my year, this meant bringing some new faces to the  
ICANN Board. We especially looked for people with financial  
backgrounds, for the Board finance and audit committees. We wanted  
someone from China on the Board. It also meant appointing an older,  
more experienced face to the GNSO, which was having difficulties at  
the time, and which we thought could benefit from the experience of a  
former Board member. It meant bringing people with past experience in  
organization building and recruiting to the new and developing ALAC.

Nominating Committees vary from year to year, but observation of  
recent results tells me it still works much this way. The Nominating  
Committee is uniquely positioned to fill in gaps in what the other  
processes don't produce.* I think it's the part of ICANN that has  
worked best over the last few years.

        Bret

* The fact that NomComms pick skill sets as much as they pick people  
means that if you've applied in the past and not been selected, it's  
probably because you didn't have the skill set that was needed at that  
particular time. I know for a fact that people who have been passed in  
some years have been selected in succeeding years, including for Board  
seats, so if you're interested, keep your name in consideration by  
reapplying.