Dear All,
On behalf of Jonathan Zuck, Chair of the ALAC Appointee Selection Committee (AASC), please note that the members of the AASC have reviewed the Expressions of Interest (EoIs)
for the position of one At-Large Panelist on the ICANN Community Excellence Award Selection Panel.
The members of the AASC reviewed and ranked 7 applicant candidate EOIs for the position. Following a ranking exercise, the AASC has selected Vanda Scartezini for the position
of At-Large Panelist on the ICANN Community Excellence Award Selection Panel for a one-year term.
The other At-Large Panelist will be Judith Hellerstein, who has agreed to serve another one-year term.
Background and Requirements of the ICANN Community Excellence Award Selection Panel
It would be ideal for panelists to serve a maximum of two consecutive terms on the selection panel to ensure diversity and variety of input and equal opportunity among community
members to take part in this valuable effort of fellow recognition. Alternatively, it would be great if one of the two slots could be rotated, for the reasons listed above. Please note that volunteers who previously served on the selection panel are welcome
to serve again, if they wish to do so, bearing in mind some diversity of input and a two consecutive term cap, if possible.
With appropriate staff support, we envision the workload of the selection panelists will be limited. Some time will be necessarily devoted to reviewing nominations, but we expect
weekly one-hour calls from early January through the end of February to discuss the process, review the nominations, and select the award recipient
This is an ALAC Consensus Call for the selected candidate open through Friday, 5 December 2025 at 23:59 UTC. Please let Jonathan and Staff know if you have any concerns
regarding this recommended candidate.
Kind regards,
Heidi
Heidi Ullrich, PhD
VP, Policy Development & At-Large Relations
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Mobile: +1 310 437 3956
Fax: +1 310 823 8649
Website: atlarge.icann.org