Dear Rinala, Many Thanks for your detailed and clear proposal for the ALAC Candidate Endorsement Process for the ATRT2. I also support Carlton's motion to endorse Olivier as the ALAC's preferred candidate for the ATRT2. Kind Regards, Dev Anand On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Rinalia Abdul Rahim <rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, ALAC.
Wonderful to see such enthusiasm! :)
Let me clarify a few things.
*1. The ALAC does not nominate candidates to the ATRT2, we are asked to endorse candidates from a list that will be revealed by the ATRT2 staff.*
- The ATRT2 process does not allow for the ALAC to nominate candidates directly. Rather, interested candidates have to apply to the ATRT2 by submitting the required information to rtcandidatures@icann.org by Wednesday, 5 December 2012 – 23:59 UTC. The ALAC is requested to endorse relevant candidates from the official list of candidates, which will be revealed after the application deadline.
- Note: If the ALAC Chair or any other interested candidate were to fail to apply by the specified deadline or fail to submit the requisite set of information, he/she will not be on the candidate list for the ALAC to review and endorse. * So the key message here is that interested candidates must make sure they complete the application process by the specified deadline.*
* 2. The importance of endorsing multiple candidates and a proper endorsement process*
- It is indeed in the ALAC's interest to endorse as many *qualified *candidates as possible from the yet to be revealed ALAC candidate list, particularly when the maximum number of ALAC candidates who will be selected to the ATRT2 is unknown beyond one.
- Given the uncertainty regarding a maximum number, we have to proceed with the working assumption that we will review everyone on the ALAC candidate list and that we will rank them according to a preferred order based on how suitable they are against the set of criteria that has been specified by the ATRT2 requirement. *This order of preference helps the Chairs of the ICANN Board and the GAC in making their decision, particularly when the slots accorded to the ALAC are limited.* It is rational to expect that the slots will be limited. It is also rational to expect that the Chairs of the ICANN Board and the GAC will select candidates from the ALAC endorsed list based on *BOTH qualification AND ALAC's preference order. *If this were not the case, we would not be asked to waste our time in indicating our preferred endorsed candidates.
- In generating this preferred order of candidates, we need to be fair to ALL the applicants who apply. It is reasonable to expect that there will be other candidates applying as an ALAC candidate, who may choose not to pre-announce their application to the ALAC for various reasons. It is not for us to speculate the reasons or judge why. Given that the applicants are not required to declare that they are applying, we should NOT be discouraging them by pre-empting a proper endorsement process or by creating an expectation that their application and qualifications will not be reviewed objectively.
Let's rise to the challenge and let us be fair to the members of our community.
Best regards,
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