Dear all, please be so kind to find below a follow-up to yesterday's great meeting with NomCom from NomCom Chair Assist Adam Peake. Only a few weeks until the end of the application period, so please look for good candidate in your local communities, bearing in mind the skillsets needed. Warmest regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair -------- Original Message -------- Subject: NomCom - candidate profile information Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:09:06 +0900 From: Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp> To: Olivier Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> CC: Yrjo Lansipuro <yrjo_lansipuro@hotmail.com>, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr@gmail.com> Dear Olivier, Please share the following with ALAC. And thank you for you comments and questions earlier today. These ideal "characteristics" evolve over time. Some come from the Board Governance Committee, and you can see their specific advice on the NomCom site, plus ccNSO and community: ccNSO Council - Requirements for NomCom Appointees <http://nomcom.icann.org/ccnso-council-requirements-18dec12-en.pdf> Advice from the ICANN Board on Board Skills to the 2012 Nominating Committee <http://nomcom.icann.org/board-skills-advice-2012.htm> Community Recommendations on Board Skills to the 2012 Nominating Committee <http://nomcom.icann.org/board-skills-recommendations-2012.htm> There is also the old "leadership positions" document <http://nomcom.icann.org/positions-2013.htm> We would welcome ALAC's comments on all these documents and the text below. Text below lists a compilation of characteristics ("skill-sets") suggested as desirable in Director candidates. These criteria have come from a few years discussion with the community in general sense, and also more specific input follow the Accountability and Transparency Review team process (we where NomCom held workshops on the topic, ask for comments, had meetings with the Board Governance Committee, etc.) The management recruitment company use this list to guide their recruitment search. The list is not fixed in stone, we can and should add to it. Thanks, Adam Candidate Profile The ideal candidates will combine as many of the following elements as possible: 1. Professional Experience * Has held Board level position or equivalent in large corporation, academia, government, government agency or public body * Leadership in their particular field, career path of distinction * Rich international exposure, grounded in global issues * Conversant with the interaction of public policy and industry * Familiarity with how the Internet works, and with the key issues linked to it * Track record in synthesizing competing interests and points of view, arriving at compromises * Enjoys established network and reputation, in and around their specialized field * Business acumen and broad understanding of societal issues * Multi-stakeholder approach: experience working in multi-stakeholder organizations, understanding of the multi-stakeholder approach * Experience from organizations where policy development flows from bottom to the top, and understanding of bottom-up approach * Track record of effectiveness in complex organizations and "non-hierarchical" relationships 2. Personal Characteristics and Skills * Passion for the Internet * Commitment to ICANN's philosophy and values * Multicultural, has lived in several countries, linguistic skills * Exemplary personal integrity * Presentation competence, able to represent ICANN in the best way * Creative, original thinker * Charisma * Team player, knows when to compromise and move ahead * Convincing skills, practiced communicator * Ability to “culturally transpose him/herself i.e. to act effectively in a "cultural key" different from his/her original one, and still play his own melody 3. Professional/Personal Situation * Willing and able to devote the necessary time to ICANN * Free to travel as required * If choosing compensation, willing to accept the set level of fees for Board service * Free of any conflict of interest with ICANN's activities 4. Important background factors: * Most stakeholder groups are already represented on the Board (via separate appointment processes) * There should be at least one, but no more than five, Board members from each region * There is no regional "exclusion" from the search END