Hi Wendy
Personally, I think that the At Large should look for the following in a Board Chair -
· who has demonstrated inclusiveness (esp of the individual users and the other unrepresented on the Board) in ICANN processes, policy and procedures. (Of course AtLArge will need to respond in order to validate the inclusion);
· consideration for and activity in making ICANN more responsive to non-English speaking users (support for translation, interpretation, and other tools), (hey - maybe a non-English native speaker might send a good message to the rest of the world)
· commitment to full participation (voting position on the Board) by At Large representatives at some time (once At Large proves itself as being a vital and productive member of the ICANN community)
· And all the rest of stuff that a good Board Chair should be - negotiator, leader, etc.
Jacqueline
-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Seltzer [mailto:wendy@seltzer.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 10:10
To: alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
Subject: [At-Large] Upcoming Board Retreat: leadership succession
As soon-to-be Board liaison, I have been invited to a Board retreat in
Frankfurt next week, along with the Board's newly appointed members. As
I understand it, the purpose of this retreat is to discuss the Board's
chairmanship, since Vint Cerf's term is up at the end of the LA meeting.
I have not yet had any briefings on the subject, nor do I know what
confidentiality rules I'll be asked to follow once I am included in the
discussion, but I anticipate I will not be able to get and ask for
at-large guidance in real-time.
So I would like to ask the at-large community for advance input,
particularly on the qualities at-large deems important for a Chair and
for Board governance. I imagine that those, and the reasoning behind
them, will have more influence than preferences for specific
individuals, given our non-voting status. I'm happy to take other
thoughts at this time too, although I do not believe this meeting is
intended for other substantive discussion.
A few articles speculate that Peter Dengate Thrush and Roberto Gaetano
are front-runners <http://www.stuff.co.nz/4218747a13.html>,
<http://www.domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1317/qui-apres-vint-cerf.php>.
Please feel free to send me comments on-list or off-.
Thanks,
--Wendy
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Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@seltzer.org
Visiting Professor, Northeastern University School of Law
Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html
http://www.chillingeffects.org/
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