AK, there is no doubt that there are good people in all regions, and that optimally, we should see leaders from all. As others have pointed out, there are many considerations that lead to who will be the ALAC Chair. When out current Rules of Procedure were drafted, there was indeed discussion about rotation or other constraints that would lead to the kind of balance that you refer to. However, the real world does not make that easy. There have been 7 ALAC Chairs since the inception of the At-Large Community (if you are curious, AP: 2, LAC: 1, NA: 1, EU:3, with two of them serving for very short periods). I was not present for the selection of the first 2 chairs, but I can say for certain that there was no contention for the last 5 (and in one case, the position was only accepted reluctantly). The reason is not complicated. For someone to take on this role, they must have a good understanding of ALAC, At-Large and ICANN, have sufficient time and energy to take on the role, and be willing to do this for several years. Hopefully the first criteria is understood - to lead the group, you need to understand it and its environment. The time and energy requirement is because this is a BIG job. Both I an Maureen have worked hard (in different ways) to reduce the amount of time and effort involved. But it is still, at best, a full time job if not more. There are not many people who are in a position to make such a commitment. The last requirement, to commit to this for several years is that this job has a steep learning curve. Moreover, if you take it on, you likely have some specific goals in mind and these rarely can be accomplished in a year or two. Since the start of the full ALAC (once RALOs were created) each chair has served for three or four years. Three is a reasonable length of time to accomplish meaningful change, and four is (in my opinion) about as much as any one person can stand before wanting to get on with the rest of their life! So the question arises, at the time that a chair vacancy occurs, how many people (which a reasonable chance of continuing to be on the ALAC) can actually meet all of those criteria. I am grateful that at each nexus point, we have managed to find one candidate! Perhaps at some point in the future, we might have two. But even if that happens, there is no guarantee that the candidates will be from the desired regions. So, is it a goal - certainly. And we should select people for the ALAC with an eye to them potentially being a future Chair (knowing that there is probably a new one only every 3-4 years). One last comment. Despite the region of origin, I have NEVER seen nor heard of an ALAC Chair (and I believe that this includes me) take any action (blatant or subtle) which favours their region of origin. In fact, I have seen the opposite - a Chair NOT participating in some regional event because they did not want to give an impression of "favouring" them. Alan At 2022-06-28 02:12 AM, ABDULKARIM OLOYEDE via ALAC wrote:
Hi All, I believe Johnathan is an excellent candidate for this job. However I only have some reservations because of the region he is from. I believe there should be some level of fairness and balance when it comes to the selection of ALAC chair. ALAC members primarily represent a region and the reason for this is to make sure everywhere is represented. Just like we must be sensitive to gender issues we must also balance positions regionally. We do that when it comes to most appointments and this should not be an exception. The previous chair before Maureen was from the same region as Jonathan therefore I do not believe It should go back to that region at this time. ALAC chair position is a very powerful position and all regions have competent people.
we must carefully think about this and not get emotional.
I like Jonathan and I have nothing against his person but I believe we need to be balance and fair.
I hope we give this a consideration.
My 2cent.
AK
On Tue, 28 Jun 2022, 02:54 Alberto Soto via ALAC, <<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote: Dear Vanda, just like you, I didn't vote, but I want to express my support for Jhonatan, he will be a great ALAC Chair! Best Alberto
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El 27 jun. 2022, a la(s) 20:52, Carlton Samuels via ALAC <<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> escribió:
 I served on the CCT Review Team with Jonathan. From that experience, I have no doubt that he will be a great ALAC Chair.
Excellent choice Maureen!
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On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 at 13:12, Maureen Hilyard via ALAC <<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote: Hi everyone
I would like to nominate Jonathan Zuck for the position of ALAC Chair to commence at the conclusion of the ICANN AGM2022.
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