Hi Everyone This is the final step for nominations from the RALOs for the BMSPC and he BCEC (apologies for the acronyms - but the email below spells out what they stand for. By way of explanation, one seat on the ICANN Board is reserved for an ALAC nominee. In the past few years, it has been Sebastien Bachollet - whose term will expire and a replacement needs to be nominated. ALAC, under its revised rules of procedure, wants nominees from all five regions involved in the selection process, along with some new faces. My nominations for the BCEC combined a new face - Ellen Strickland from InternetNZ, with a face all of you know and who has experience on the NomCom - and our Vice Chair - Sinanush. For the BMSPC, my nomination was for Fouad - who has been part of the process before, plus Maureen, again someone with experience in RALO. My hope in making the nominations was to bring in experience, plus some new faces, and provide some geographic diversity - from Armenia to the Pacific Islands, with a stop in between. I'm happy to discuss at tomorrow's meeting of APRALO Holly Begin forwarded message:
From: Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org> Date: 28 October 2013 10:02:28 AM AEDT To: "h.raiche@internode.on.net" <h.raiche@internode.on.net> Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl@gih.com) <ocl@gih.com>, ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org> Subject: URGENT: RALO SUPPORT NEEDED - CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18 October
Hi Holly,
Could you please confirm that the two people you nominated for the BCEC, Siranush and Ellen, have been supported by APRALO?
Also, as Rinalia has declined the nomination for the BMSPC, the two current APRALO nominees are Maureen and Fouad. Does APRALO support these two nominees?
Please could you respond as soon as possible? The ALT will be reviewing the candidates tomorrow, Monday, 28 October.
Kind regards, Heidi
From: Heidi Ullrich Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 4:58 PM To: fsylla@gmail.com; Tijani BEN JEMAA (tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn); hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr; h.raiche@internode.on.net; Siranush Vardanyan (siranush_vardanyan@hotmail.com); fouadbajwa@gmail.com; wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net; Yuliya Morenets (y.morenets@againstcybercrime.eu); 'José Francisco Arce' (josefranciscoarce@gmail.com); sylvia@internautabrasil.org;gbruen@knujon.com; DThompson1@GOV.NU.CA Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff; Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl@gih.com) Subject: REMINDER: RALO SUPPORT NEEDED - CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18 October Importance: High
Dear RALO Leaders,
A friendly reminder that, if you have not done so already, please send Olivier and staff a list of your RALO’s supported candidates for the BCEC and BMSPC by 23:59 UTC on Sunday, 27 October.
The list of current nominees for each group are at:
BMSPC Member Selection 2014
BCEC Member Selection 2014
You will see that not all nominees have been officially stated as being supported by their RALO.
The ALT will be reviewing the nominees during their call on Monday, 28 October.
Kind regards, Heidi
From: Heidi Ullrich Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:54 AM To: fsylla@gmail.com; Tijani BEN JEMAA (tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn); hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr; h.raiche@internode.on.net; Siranush Vardanyan (siranush_vardanyan@hotmail.com); fouadbajwa@gmail.com; wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net; Yuliya Morenets (y.morenets@againstcybercrime.eu); 'José Francisco Arce' (josefranciscoarce@gmail.com); sylvia@internautabrasil.org;gbruen@knujon.com; DThompson1@GOV.NU.CA Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff; Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl@gih.com) Subject: IMPORANT: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18 October Importance: High
Dear All,
Please could you work with your ALSes to identify suitable members from your RALO for the BCEC and BMSPC by 18 October?
Please note that, according to the scheduled as outlined below, the RALO leadership is to send a list of their RALO’s supported candidates for each group to the Chair of the ALAC by 23:59 UTC Sunday, 27 October.
If you have questions regarding the qualifications for membership, please feel free to ask Olivier.
Kind regards, Heidi
From: ICANN At-Large Staff Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:47 AM To: alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org; At-Large Worldwide (at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org); afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org; apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org; euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org; lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org; na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl@gih.com); ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: REMINDER: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee - Deadline 18 October
Dear All,
A friendly reminder that the deadline for nominations to the BMSPC and BCEC is 23:59 UTC on Friday, 18 October 2013.
If you are interested, or if you wish to nominate someone else, please send a note to At-Large staff at staff@atlarge.icann.orgspecifying which committee the application or nomination is for and citing any applicable experience by the deadline.
Regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>
From: ICANN At-Large Staff Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 10:04 AM To: alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org; At-Large Worldwide (at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org); afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org; apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org; euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org; lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org; na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ocl@gih.com); ICANN At-Large Staff (staff@atlarge.icann.org) Subject: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP for Board Member Selection Process Committee and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee
Dear All,
To prepare for the selection of the Board Member selected by At-Large to be seated at the October 2014 Annual General Meeting, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, the Chair of the ALAC, has asked staff to make an immediate call for members of the two groups who will be responsible for moving the process forward.
According to the ALAC Rules of Procedure (2013), the two groups are the 2014 Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) and the 2014 Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) [please see ALAC Rules of Procedure (2013) Section D.19 – Procedure for Making the Selection to fill Seat 15 on the ICANN Board].
The deadline for members of both groups is 23:59 UTC on Friday, 18 October 2013.
If you are interested, or if you wish to nominate someone else, please send a note to At-Large staff at staff@atlarge.icann.orgspecifying which committee the application or nomination is for and citing any applicable experience by the deadline. A record of all applications and nominations will be posted to either the BMSPC 2014 Workspace or the BCEC 2014 Workspace as appropriate on the At-Large Board Member 2014 Selection Workspace.
The RALO leadership will send a list of their RALO’s supported candidates for each group to the Chair of the ALAC by 23:59 UTC Sunday, 27 October.
The ALAC will name the final membership during the ALAC meeting of 29 October.
The details of the two groups are:
1) Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC)
According to Article 19.2 of the ALAC Rules of Procedure (2013):
“The ALAC shall name a Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) which shall oversee the entire selection process including the election culminating the process but excluding those responsibilities specifically retained by the ALAC or given to the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee. The composition of the BMSPC will be regionally balanced and the committee will typically be populated with no fewer than two representatives of each region selected by both the ALAC and the RALOs. The ALAC shall either name a chair of the BMSPC or may instruct the BMSPC to select a chair from amongst its members.”
The group is open to both ALAC members and to At-Large community members. However, the membership should include members of the community with significant experience from the 2010 Board Director selected by At-Large process. English will be the working language of this group.
The group must be regionally balanced, with no fewer than two representatives from each of the five RALOs.
Please note that no member of the BMSPC may submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the position of the Board Director selected by At-Large.
The ALAC will select the Chair of the BMSPC.
The first meeting of the BMSPC will be scheduled for early November.
2) Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC)
The new ALAC Rules of Procedures state the following on the composition and task of the BCEC:
“19.3 The ALAC shall name a Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) to compile an initial slate of candidates for election to Seat 15. A new BCEC consisting of two delegates selected by each of the RALOs plus a chair selected by the ALAC will be convened for each Board seat selection process.”
“19.4 The task of the BCEC is to identify applicants who would each make an excellent Board Director. Applicant selected by the BCEC must meet the criteria specified in the ICANN Bylaws Article VI, Section 3 (http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#VI-3). These criteria include but are not limited to being: a) accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and intelligence, with reputations for sound judgment and open minds, and a demonstrated capacity for thoughtful group decision-making; and b) persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the potential impact of ICANN decisions of the global Internet community, and committed to the success of ICANN. Moreover, the Director selected by the At-Large Community must understand the mission of At-Large and the needs of the global community of Internet end users.”
“19.5 No member of the electorate (Paragraph 19.10) may simultaneously serve as a member of the BCEC.”
According to 19.5, members of the electorate (i.e., members of the ALAC and RALO Chairs who will be serving in 2014) may notbe BCEC members.
Additionally, no member of the BCEC may submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the position of the Board Director selected by At-Large.
Please note that experience on the 2010 BCEC and/or on the ICANN Nominating Committee would be highly desired.
English will be the working language of this group.
The ALAC will select the Chair of the BCEC.
The first meeting of the BCEC will be scheduled for early November.
Regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>