[NA-Discuss] 2008 ICANN Nominating Committee Announces Selections

[Alan Greenberg]

By "rules", I meant the ICANN By-Laws (in this case Article 
XI,Section 2.4.b.ii) which dictate that the five NomCom appointees 
must include a citizen of a country in each ICANN region.

The ALAC annually can (and I think does) give the NomCom criteria 
which it would like to see met. I don't think that there is anything 
preventing a particular region from including region specific 
criteria if this is a year that their slot is being filled. And the 
NomCom of course includes a delegate from each region who can speak 
up inside the NomCom. The NomCom also consults publicly and 
presumably privately on what is needed and wanted regarding any 
particular appointment.

To my knowledge, NomComs are not bound by anything other than the 
By-Laws and are free to accept of ignore any particular bit of advice 
or preference (which are no doubt conflicting at times). Choices are 
of course ultimately subjective.

In regard to the specific issue at play here, I do not recall 
previously hearing a discussion a NomCom appointee had to reside in 
the region that he is associated with by citizenship, but perhaps it 
was done before my time or out of my earshot. Perhaps to some, it was 
so obvious that it did not need discussion.

Alan



At 07/09/2008 02:44 PM, Dharma Dailey wrote:
>Are there posted criteria for these positions that can be used as a
>guideline so that there isn't as much second guessing after the fact?
>
>It's helpful when making decisions such as these to have a prioritized
>list of bullet pointed criteria to use as a guide for discussing
>candidates.   IMO, rules should be saved for non-starters.   In an all
>volunteer context, I find it's useful to have an idea of the
>characteristics of an ideal candidate, but also have the flexibility
>to make rational compromises based on the fact that no two volunteers
>are likely to excel at everything you might like them to do.
>
>Guidelines help decision makers wade the facts in a systematic way
>because guidelines separate making decisions of organizational
>priority from  making decisions of who is best at taking on
>fulfillment of specific tasks.   In the real world, these two tasks
>are often conflated making both decision making processes harder, more
>personal, less rational.
>
>Dharma Dailey
>
>
>On Sep 7, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>
>>If it is indeed a problem (and I am not making a case for or
>>against), then we should be talking about changing the rules that are
>>based on citizenship. In this particular case , would have preferred
>>if the dialogue was carried out on the world-wide list so that those
>>people involved could also have a say.
>>
>>Alan
>>
>>At 07/09/2008 11:18 AM, you wrote:
>>>Robert,
>>>
>>>While it's wonderful that you know and like both candidates, we are
>>>trying to discuss a very real issue -- residency requirements.  Out
>>>of the 27 candidates that hailed from Europe the NomCom chose a
>>>candidate to represent Europe that works and resides in Japan.  I
>>>consider that to be a poor decision, and whether you like Adam or
>>>not has no bearing on whether the process needs to be reformed.
>>>
>>>Danny
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>--- On Sun, 9/7/08, Robert Guerra <lists at privaterra.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>>From: Robert Guerra <lists at privaterra.info>
>>>>Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] 2008 ICANN Nominating Committee
>>>Announces Selections
>>>>To: "NA Discuss" <na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
>>>>Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:03 AM
>>>>I have a different take on the situation - I have the
>>>>pleasure of
>>>>personally knowing both candidates (either from ALAC or
>>>>WSIS) and know
>>>>that they will be effective and active representatives for
>>>>the user
>>>>constituency @ ALAC.
>>>>
>>>>So i'd rather be constructive - congratulations are in
>>>>order to  Adam
>>>>& Allan! As well, thanks to the At-Large reps on the
>>>>nomcom for the
>>>>hard work and many hours involved in the process.
>>>>
>>>>regards
>>>>
>>>>Robert
>>>>
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