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NomCom 2008 Position
by Rajnesh D. Singh Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

Colleagues, The deadline for nominations has closed. We have 3 candidates nominated thus far, summarised below. *CANDIDATE* *NOMINATED BY* *ALS* *NOMINATION DATE* Nirmol Agarwal (ISVK) ISVK-India / ISVK-India / 14th August 2007 Siavash Shahshahani (No ALS) Cheryl Langdon-Orr / Bilal Beiram ISOC-AU / AKMS 15th August 2007 Karaitiana Taiuru (New Zealand Maori Internet Society) New Zealand Maori Internet Society / Franck Martin New Zealand Maori Internet Society / 15th August 2007 Out of the above 3 candidates, 2 were self-nominations (Nirmol and Karaitiana). Siavash has not indicated to the list that he has accepted the nomination. At the Bali Meeting earlier this year, there was general consensus that APRALO roles and functions would be handled by members from within ALS'. If there was no interest from within ALS' then such roles and functions could be offered to persons outside the ALS'. In this instance we have 2 persons representing ALS' interested in the position, and 1 person nominated from outside the APRALO ALS'. If we stick to the consensus agreed to in Bali, then our preference must be between Nirmol and Karaitiana. I now seek your guidance on reaching consensus on our candidate nomination. The other options are to offer both candidates to ALAC and let them pick one, or we vote and decide. Note that we need to reach this decision by the end of this coming weekend. I look forward to your input. -- Kind regards, Rajnesh D. Singh Chair, ICANN Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation www.apralo.org

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] [Fwd: RE: NomCom 2008 Position]
by Bilal S. Beirm Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

Agree with Izumi's comments. Bilal -----Original Message----- From: apac-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:apac-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Izumi AIZU Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 2:38 AM To: rajnesh(a)pacificit.org Cc: Asia-Pacific Discuss Subject: Re: [APAC-Discuss] [Fwd: RE: NomCom 2008 Position] In summary, I am OK with all THREE candidates, even though each seemed to have some minor process questions. I agree with Siavash and also Cheryl that NomCom position is not "representative of ALS", thus Siavash is perfect for candidate from ALAC to NomCom. If this NomCom members are also representative of RALO and hence from ALS, the very reason why we have NomCom becomes undermined. The intentionally setup NomCom outside the representation mechanism to keep sort of neutrality and wider governance in my understanding. I also like to remind that the final body to recommend the NomCom members is ALAC, not RALOs, globaly. So APRAL can make recommendations to ALAC, but we are not in the postion to make the FINAL decision. So, I woudl agree with Cheryl who just sent the list her suggestion to send all three candidates. Thanks, izumi 2007/8/23, Rajnesh D. Singh <rajnesh(a)pacificit.org>: > Note the following re: Nirmol's nomination. > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: [APAC-Discuss] NomCom 2008 Position > Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:59:51 +0800 > From: Christopher To <christopher(a)hkiac.org> > To: <rajnesh(a)pacificit.org> > CC: Gary Soo <email(a)garysoochambers.hk> > References: <46CBE1AB.9080503(a)pacificit.org> > > > > Rajnesh, > > > > The HKIF supports Nirmol Agarwal on this matter. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Kind regards > > Christopher > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* apac-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > [mailto:apac-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] *On Behalf Of > *Rajnesh D. Singh > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:12 PM > *To:* Asia-Pacific Discuss > *Subject:* [APAC-Discuss] NomCom 2008 Position > > > > Colleagues, > > The deadline for nominations has closed. > > We have 3 candidates nominated thus far, summarised below. > > **CANDIDATE** > > > > **NOMINATED BY** > > > > **ALS** > > > > **NOMINATION DATE** > > Nirmol Agarwal (ISVK) > > > > ISVK-India / > > > > ISVK-India / > > > > 14th August 2007 > > Siavash Shahshahani (No ALS) > > > > Cheryl Langdon-Orr / > > Bilal Beiram > > > > ISOC-AU / > > AKMS > > > > 15th August 2007 > > Karaitiana Taiuru (New Zealand Maori Internet Society) > > > > New Zealand Maori Internet Society / > Franck Martin > > > > New Zealand Maori Internet Society / > > > > 15th August 2007 > > > Out of the above 3 candidates, 2 were self-nominations (Nirmol and > Karaitiana). Siavash has not indicated to the list that he has accepted > the nomination. > > At the Bali Meeting earlier this year, there was general consensus that > APRALO roles and functions would be handled by members from within ALS'. > If there was no interest from within ALS' then such roles and functions > could be offered to persons outside the ALS'. In this instance we have 2 > persons representing ALS' interested in the position, and 1 person > nominated from outside the APRALO ALS'. > > If we stick to the consensus agreed to in Bali, then our preference must > be between Nirmol and Karaitiana. > > I now seek your guidance on reaching consensus on our candidate > nomination. The other options are to offer both candidates to ALAC and > let them pick one, or we vote and decide. Note that we need to reach > this decision by the end of this coming weekend. > > I look forward to your input. > > > _______________________________________________ > APAC-Discuss mailing list > APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lis ts.icann.org > > Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org > > -- >> Izumi Aizu << Institute for HyperNetwork Society Kumon Center, Tama University * * * * * << Writing the Future of the History >> www.anr.org _______________________________________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lis ts.icann.org Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org

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[Fwd: RE: NomCom 2008 Position]
by Rajnesh D. Singh Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

Note the following re: Nirmol's nomination. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [APAC-Discuss] NomCom 2008 Position Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:59:51 +0800 From: Christopher To <christopher(a)hkiac.org> To: <rajnesh(a)pacificit.org> CC: Gary Soo <email(a)garysoochambers.hk> References: <46CBE1AB.9080503(a)pacificit.org> Rajnesh, The HKIF supports Nirmol Agarwal on this matter. Hope this helps. Kind regards Christopher ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* apac-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:apac-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Rajnesh D. Singh *Sent:* Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:12 PM *To:* Asia-Pacific Discuss *Subject:* [APAC-Discuss] NomCom 2008 Position Colleagues, The deadline for nominations has closed. We have 3 candidates nominated thus far, summarised below. **CANDIDATE** **NOMINATED BY** **ALS** **NOMINATION DATE** Nirmol Agarwal (ISVK) ISVK-India / ISVK-India / 14th August 2007 Siavash Shahshahani (No ALS) Cheryl Langdon-Orr / Bilal Beiram ISOC-AU / AKMS 15th August 2007 Karaitiana Taiuru (New Zealand Maori Internet Society) New Zealand Maori Internet Society / Franck Martin New Zealand Maori Internet Society / 15th August 2007 Out of the above 3 candidates, 2 were self-nominations (Nirmol and Karaitiana). Siavash has not indicated to the list that he has accepted the nomination. At the Bali Meeting earlier this year, there was general consensus that APRALO roles and functions would be handled by members from within ALS'. If there was no interest from within ALS' then such roles and functions could be offered to persons outside the ALS'. In this instance we have 2 persons representing ALS' interested in the position, and 1 person nominated from outside the APRALO ALS'. If we stick to the consensus agreed to in Bali, then our preference must be between Nirmol and Karaitiana. I now seek your guidance on reaching consensus on our candidate nomination. The other options are to offer both candidates to ALAC and let them pick one, or we vote and decide. Note that we need to reach this decision by the end of this coming weekend. I look forward to your input.

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ALAC statement on the revision of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement
by Vittorio Bertola Aug. 20, 2007

Aug. 20, 2007

All, I would like to inform that the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Working Group of the ALAC is now collecting comments on a first draft of a document to be submitted to ICANN's consultation (attached). Comments from any ALS or participant would be welcome - also, I encourage any interested party to join the mailing list at http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/raa-wg_atlarge-lists.icann.… As the consultation closes on September 10 and the document will need some discussion by the ALAC, I would ask you to submit comments before the end of August. Regards, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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Domain Tasting RFI - Online Survey
by Nick Ashton-Hart Aug. 16, 2007

Aug. 16, 2007

Dear All: A Request for Information has been posted by the ad-hoc group formed by the GNSO Council to look at Domain Tasting. The announcement can be found at: http://www.icann.org/announcements/ announcement-2-10aug07.htm In particular, an easy-to-use survey of the questions in the RFI is available in the BigPulse voting/polling system, which is also the At- Large voting and polling system; this makes it quick and easy to register your answers to the RFI. This can be found at: https:// www.bigpulse.com/872i Real-time results from the survey are also publicly available at: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=4Rkitd2chD5rD7eyJHJi We hope that many in the At-Large community will take the time to register their views and provide any suggestions of additional sources of information to be analysed while the RFI is open - it closes 15th September. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax (UK): +44 (20) 7681-3135 Fax (Swiss): +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile (UK): +44 (7774) 932798 Mobile (Swiss): +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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At-Large NomCom Seats
by Nick Ashton-Hart Aug. 16, 2007

Aug. 16, 2007

Since a number of questions and statements have been made about the NomCom seats, who appoints them, what do those appointed have to do / what are the time requirements, etc. I wanted to put everything about this subject into one email for everyone. WHO APPOINTS? The ICANN Bylaw provisions as it relates to this: The ALAC shall [....] after consultation with each RALO, annually appoint five voting delegates (no two of whom shall be citizens of countries in the same Geographic Region, as defined according to Section 5 of Article VI) to the Nominating Committee. This means that the ALAC must consult the region on who to appoint. The ALAC have asked each region to forward a name, or more than one name, to them before the end of August. The ALAC will then select from amongst those names submitted the single individual for each region to the NomCom. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Of the currently sitting NomCom members appointed by At-Large, only Sebastian Ricciardi is eligible for a second term. All other ALAC- appointed NomCom members are term-limited. HOW DO THE REGIONS DECIDE WHAT NAME(s) TO FORWARD? This is entirely up to them. Regions could decide to have formal elections to choose one name, or three names, or any number of names to forward to ALAC; they could ask for volunteers and send the entire list to ALAC. It is completely up to the region. I provided the Secretariats with the option - if a region so chooses, and because it was clear to me that some regions might be holding an election - of using the voting system which At-Large already has. I made this offer not to suggest any course of action, but simply to make it easier to manage a vote. There is no obligation to use this tool, just as there is no obligation to hold a vote. There is no set way to hold the selection if the tool is used; the tool itself is very flexible and can, for example, produce 1 'winner', just as it can be setup to provide a ranked list of the whole candidate pool in order of preference. WHAT DOES BEING A MEMBER OF NOMCOM INVOLVE? Below is an excerpt from an email from Adam Peake of the NomCom: Timeline of the 2007 committee might help: * Announcement of Formal Call --1 February 2007 * Deadline of Formal Call for Full Consideration -- 1 May 2007 * Deadline extended until 18 May 2007 23:59 UTC * Review and Evaluation -- May to early July * Face-to-Face Meeting and Selection -- early July 2007 * Results Announced to ICANN Secretary -- before 2 October 2007 * Selected candidates take their positions as the conclusion of the ICANN General Meeting 2007, 2 November 2007 The 2007 NomCom held it's first meeting after the Sao Paulo ICANN meeting (December 8 and 9). The 2007 AGM in LA is earlier, so the 2008 schedule may move forward a month. The commitment is essentially: To be able to attend one ICANN meeting (i.e. LA), ideally for the full meeting (from Monday Oct. 29) but at least to be there for the NomCom session which will be the afternoon of Friday Nov 2, and all day Saturday November 3. NomCom's final task is the selection meeting, a requirement for all members. The meeting usually takes 3 full days. The location and date will be decided by the NomCom. Usually the location is wherever's easiest for the majority, or the chair's choice. Likely timing is June or July 2008. So the NomCom works from November 2007 to mid-summer 2008. Work during the period from the first face to face meeting to the end of recruitment includes approx 6 conference calls of the full committee. i.e. around one call every 6 weeks. Members should recruit candidates, and how much time they take doing that is a personal choice. But it can take some hours. If each member recruits 5 candidates then there would be over 100 candidates in the pool. Took a lot of effort to get 90 candidates this year, and people worked hard at recruitment. The main work (time) begins once recruitment has finished. All candidates will give the names of 3 or 4 people who provide references. Chasing these references (making sure people submit them) can take some time. Each candidates submits a statement of interest (SOI), essentially an application form these a usually 4-5 pages. 90 SOIs is 2007, add 3 or 4 references for each candidate and it adds up to a lot of reading. Members should be familiar with all candidates. There is a burst of activity as the date of the selection meeting approaches. NomCom usually breaks into sub-groups that evaluate candidates in detail. There might be 3 or 4 2-hour teleconferences during this period of about 3 weeks. Some NomCom members, particularly those not very familiar with ICANN may be asked to attend one of the other ICANN meetings held in the early part of 2008. But this is not required, and is for the chair to decide. Overall, the NomCom is a reasonably light time commitment by ICANN working group standards. However, the commitment toward the end of the process is intense. I expect during June and perhaps early July depending on the timing of the selection meeting, NomCom will be quite time consuming, many calls and a lot of reading. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax (UK): +44 (20) 7681-3135 Fax (Swiss): +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile (UK): +44 (7774) 932798 Mobile (Swiss): +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] NomCom
by Franck Martin Aug. 15, 2007

Aug. 15, 2007

I'm supporting this self-nomination. On 15/08/07, Karaitiana Taiuru <karaitiana(a)taiuru.maori.nz> wrote: > > Kia ora koutou, Hello, Bula, Nihao, > > I would like to be considered for NomCom. > > In summary, i am the Chairperson for the New Zealand Maori Internet > Society and am a member of many other NZ/pI organisations. I am proactive in > ensuring that the .nz space accommodates the indigenous people of NZ. I have > a strong passion for Internet governance and representation in international > affairs in and by the pacific islands. > > My web site and other contact information is in the signature below. > > please feel free to contact me. > > Regards > Karaitian Taiuru > > Karaitiana Taiuru > http://www.taiuru.maori.nz > Personal Ramblings: http://taiuru.maori.nz/blog > LinkedIn: Karaitiana > Skype: Ktaiuru > Ph: +64 21 0707-507 > > _______________________________________________ > APAC-Discuss mailing list > APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Franck Martin franck.martin(a)gmail.com "Toute connaissance est une réponse à une question" G. Bachelard

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Reminder: NomCom seat candidate
by Rajnesh D. Singh Aug. 15, 2007

Aug. 15, 2007

Please note there is 1 week left for the NomCom candidate deadline. See: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?nominations_to_icann_2008_nominating… -- Kind regards, Rajnesh D. Singh Chair, ICANN Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation www.apralo.org

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NomCom
by Karaitiana Taiuru Aug. 15, 2007

Aug. 15, 2007

Kia ora koutou, Hello, Bula, Nihao, I would like to be considered for NomCom. In summary, i am the Chairperson for the New Zealand Maori Internet Society and am a member of many other NZ/pI organisations. I am proactive in ensuring that the .nz space accommodates the indigenous people of NZ. I have a strong passion for Internet governance and representation in international affairs in and by the pacific islands. My web site and other contact information is in the signature below. please feel free to contact me. Regards Karaitian Taiuru Karaitiana Taiuru http://www.taiuru.maori.nz Personal Ramblings: http://taiuru.maori.nz/blog LinkedIn: Karaitiana Skype: Ktaiuru Ph: +64 21 0707-507

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APRALO nomination to NomCom
by Rajnesh D. Singh Aug. 14, 2007

Aug. 14, 2007

Colleagues, APRALO needs to select a candidate for an ALAC seat on the ICANN 2008 Nominating Committee. This needs to be relayed to the powers-that-be before end September, so based on this I would like us to complete our deliberations on a suitable candidate by September 28th. The Nominating Committee typically has two face to face meetings per year, and travel and subsistence expenses are paid for all committee members who do not have other sources of support. Please engage within your ALS and and across the APRALO community so we can reach consensus on a candidate. If there are no definitive nominations from the ALS' within APRALO, your Officers will make a selection and decision on your behalf. For your convenience here is a timeline: Deadline for nominations from ALS': September 7th 2007 2300 UTC Vetting of nominations and consensus process: September 8th to September 15th Reach consensus: by September 21st Vote (if no consensus): September 22nd to September 27th Announce and relay result: September 28th 2007 This is an important position within the ICANN structure so your input is valuable. Please send your nominations and comments on candidates to this discussion list and the above information is available on the APRALO website at https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?nominations_to_icann_2008_nominating… -- Kind regards, Rajnesh D. Singh Chair, ICANN Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation www.apralo.org

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