29 Oct
2013
29 Oct
'13
11:53 p.m.
And a hearty congratulations to you all... feel free to use me as a resource as I chaired both of these committees last time (ok and the first) around... On Oct 30, 2013 12:03 PM, "Rinalia Abdul Rahim" < rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear APRALO, > > I am pleased to inform you that during its meeting on the 29th of October > 2013 (last night), the ALAC has taken the following action: > > 1. Agreed by consensus to appoint Maureen Hilyard and Fouad Bajwa as > members of the At-Large Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC); > > 2. Ratified by consensus APRALO's selection of Siranush Vardanyan and Ellen > Strickland as members of the At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee > (BCEC). > > 3. Appointed the following individuals to chair the respective committees: > - Tijani Ben Jemaa (BMSPC Chair) > - Roberto Gaetano (BCEC Chair) > > (For a full list of committee members, click here: > > https://community.icann.org/display/ABMS/At-Large+Board+Member+2014+Selection > ) > > The work of selecting the At-Large Board Director will commence > immediately. In simple terms, to help those still unfamiliar with the > process: > > 1. The BMSPC oversees the entire selection process to ensure everything is > done correctly and timely; > > 2. The BCEC identifies, evaluates and recommends a suitable set of > candidates based on specific criteria to the electorate; > > 3. The electorate (15 members of the ALAC + RALO Chairs) will vote to > select the At-Large Director. > > The procedure for making the selection for the At-Large Board Director can > be found in the new ALAC Rules of Procedure, which came into effect on 2 > October 2013 ( > https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Rules+of+Procedure). > > > Timeline: It is anticipated that the process will commence in November 2013 > and end in April 2014. > > We wish the committees all the best for this important task ahead. > > Best regards, > > Rinalia Abdul Rahim > ALAC Executive Committee > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Holly Raiche <h.raiche@internode.on.net > >wrote: > > > 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> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > APAC-Discuss mailing list > > APAC-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org > > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss > > > > Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org > > > _______________________________________________ > APAC-Discuss mailing list > APAC-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss > > Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org >