Dear members, On behalf of Waudo Siganga and I, your 2013 Nominating Committee (Nom Com) member representatives, I am pleased to send you our Committee's first ever monthly 'Report Card', just one of the innovations launched at our first meeting, for more detailed reporting back to the ICANN community. This document represents a sea change in transparency for the Nom Com and one that we believe will underscore the Committee's commitment to openness and integrity in this year's process of selecting strong candidates to fill key roles in ICANN's ever-improving leadership. Regarding our 2013 Committee's new regime of openness, our Chairman, Yrjo Lansipuro noted: "We re-examined the reasons behind the exaggerated secrecy that has surrounded the NomCom institution. We went back to the 2007 NomCom Review, which offered an explanation: the justified requirement of absolute candidate confidentiality has led members and staff to "err on the side of caution" and treat many other aspects of the NomCom's operation as confidential "just to be safe." The 2007 Review noted: "Secrecy beyond what is required to preserve candidate confidentiality shields the NomCom from outside pressure and influence but also damages its credibility." Encouraged by our meetings with constituency representatives, with the Board and the CEO, the 2013 NomCom decided to make a clean distinction between our processes, which should be as transparent as possible, and information about the candidates, which shall remain absolutely confidential. I hope that this change will be noticed by the community. We'll keep on reporting, and we'll have an open session in Beijing." Both Waudo and I are pleased to report that the Committee has begun its mandate with a strong sense of mutual respect and camaraderie; fully united in its mission. I have also attached the 2013 Nom Com Timeline of activities and the Open Positions that we will be working toward filling. Soon, we will send an announcement to the BC list explaining the nature of the candidates we are looking for and the process for applying. We encourage you, however, to start thinking now about whom you know that would be a potential candidate to add to the pool. Our next Report Card will be forthcoming immediately following our meeting in mid-November. Kind regards, RA Ronald N. Andruff President RNA Partners, Inc. 220 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10001 + 1 212 481 2820 ext. 11