Dear All, The At-Large Selection design team is seeking candidatures from APRALO for the At-Large Board Member Selection Committee (ABSC). The ABSC will assist the At-Large Director process by revising the At-Large Board member candidatures and creating a short-list for the At-Large Board Member election. The ABSC will be composed of two representatives from each ICANN region and a Chair. All ABSC members will need to confirm their willingness and ability to dedicate significant time to the process. You may find a list of ABSC candidates from all At-Large regions under https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?at_large_board_selection_committee If you are interested in joining the ABSC, please reply to this message. Thank you. ********* What will the ABSC be doing exactly? The ABSC is tasked with creating a public list of candidates for the At-Large Board member position. To do so, the ABSC will not just passively wait to hear from interested At-Large insiders, but will also identify and solicit candidacies from people who would qualify and may be seen to fulfill the positions. There should be a diversity of choices in the list of candidates for the At-Large Board member, but qualified people should not be excluded because there are "too many" from any one region, gender, or other relevant characteristic. Through a process of questionnaires and/or interviews, the ABSC would reduce the total list of applicants to some “small” number of candidates. All documents and deliberations of the ABSC shall be confidential and this confidentiality shall continue past the existence of any particular ABSC. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org