Dear all,

As you will recall the CSC Effectiveness Review Team advised the CSC member appointing organizations to appoint one alternate (to be able to step in if one of the two appointed members is not able to attend a meeting).  Currently the appointment of alternates is not considered in any Guideline. This may be a new topic for the GRC to develop and consider. However up and until a proposal has been developed and adopted by you, there is no procedure to call for an alternate and select one.

Assuming you will want to appoint an alternate to ensure the voice of ccTLDs is always represented to the largest extent possible, and create potential pool of people who may be interested to serve on the CSC at one point, I foresee two alternative mechanisms:

1. Under the last call for expression of interest, three persons put their name forward. Frederico was selected by you, which leaves the two other candidates. The suggestion is to ask the person who was ranked 2^nd by you to serve as an alternate for Brett and Frederico, starting 1 October and ending 30 September 2024.
2. Send out a call for volunteers to serve as the ccNSO appointed  alternate on the CSC starting 1 October2023 until 30 September 2024, assuming a relevant Guideline will be updated by then. This person will be selected using the standard call for volunteers, selection method.

From a staff perspective we advise you to go for option 1, easiest to implement and provides an opportunity to learn how to work with alternates, both from a ccNSO and CSC. Perspective. Please advise on the preferred method by 23 August 23.59 UTC, preferably on list.

Thanks you, kind regards,

Bart