There was an announcement <http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05aug09-en.htm> I don't remember if it was sent to At-Large. I think not. Adam
2009/10/1 Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart@icann.org>
Here I may be able to be more useful to you :)
I recall reading Denise's mail properly the first time. It offered no details on the mechanism used, beyond the vague instructions given by the Board.
"Under the terms of the NCSG transitional charter approved by the Board on 30 July 2009, three of the six NCSG representatives on the new GNSO Council to be seated at the Seoul meeting were to be selected/appointed by the Board. The Board's Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) considered applications from a talented and diverse group of volunteers
Could you please let us know when the public call for applicants was made? I don't recall any, certainly there were many from within At-Large who may have applied.
I see a very deliberate bias within the selections made based on Bret's revelations, and with all the volunteer mechanisms that exist within ICANN it is saddening to witness Staff and the SIC having appeared to have done this (dare I say, conspired to do this?) without any community input. This is not the kind of move that instills confidence in ICANN's ability to pick the best people for the job, especially with the level of upheaval going on within the GNSO. More trademark lawyers are NOT what the GNSO needs.
I am not absolutely sure, but I'm reasonably confident the best person to send comments to is Marco Lorenzoni - Marco.Lorenzoni[at]icann.org. He's Director for Organisational Reviews.
I've Cc'd Marco on this message. The community is owed an explanation of why it was not consulted, or considered as a source of candidates, and why the process has generally been so opaque. Certainly there has been little if anything from our Board Liaison regarding this issue.
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