https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09sep24-en.htm
Dear ccNSO members,
In this email and
here
you will find all details related to the procedure for nominating and seconding candidates to Board Seat 12, and the next steps.
BACKGROUND |
Following the resignation of Katrina Sataki from the ICANN Board effective 23 August 2024, the Empowered Community and ccNSO Council has been formally invited to fill the vacancy:
The ccNSO Council is required to select a candidate in accordance with the relevant ICANN Bylaws and internal rules of the ccNSO applicable at the time of the call for nominations.
TIMELINE (high-level) |
The ccNSO Council will open a call for nominations to fill ICANN Board seat number 12, beginning on Tuesday, 10 September 2024 (00:01 UTC) and ending on
Friday, 27 September 2024 (23:59 UTC). The deadline for accepting nominations is Friday, 4 October 2024 (23:59 UTC). The election will take place in February 2025, following the completion of due diligence
on the nominee(s) by a professional firm. A virtual question and answer session with the candidate(s) will be held in late January.
How to nominate and second a candidate
Timeline of the nomination and secondment procedure:
START: Tuesday, 10 September 2024 (00:01 UTC)
END: Friday, 27
September 2024 (23:59 UTC).
You are kindly invited to follow these instructions closely. If you have questions, please contact Joke Braeken, the Nomination Process Manager, at
joke.braeken@icann.org .
TEMPLATE | NOMINATION TO THE ICANN BOARD
(Please send to ccnso-boardnominations@icann.org)
TEMPLATE | SECONDING A NOMINATION TO THE ICANN BOARD
(Please send to ccnso-boardnominations@icann.org)
Consult here the archive for nominations and secondments.
Requirements for suitably qualified candidates
Bylaw Article 7 – Section 7.2 (c) states:
"(c) In carrying out their responsibilities to nominate Directors for Seats 9 through 15 for designation by the EC, the Supporting Organizations and the At-Large Community shall seek to ensure
that the Board is composed of Directors who, in the aggregate, display diversity in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective, by applying the criteria set forth in Section 7.3, Section 7.4 and Section 7.5. The Supporting Organizations shall
ensure that, at any given time, no two Directors nominated by a Supporting Organization are citizens from the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region. For purposes of this Section 7.2(c), if any candidate for Director maintains citizenship
or Domicile of more than one country, that candidate may be deemed to be from either country and must select in his or her Statement of Interest the country of citizenship or Domicile that he or she wants the Supporting Organization or the At-Large Community,
as applicable, to use for nomination purposes. For purposes of this Section 7.2(c), a person can only have one Domicile, which shall be determined by where the candidate has a permanent residence and place of habitation."
Patricio Poblete, occupying Board Seat 11, has his domicile in Chile, Latin America/Caribbean region.
As per 3.4 of the ccNSO Guideline: ccNSO Nominations process ICANN
Board seats 11 and 12 :
" Candidates are not required to be employed by a ccTLD Manager to be eligible for nomination. Still, if there is an employment or other relationship, the candidate should disclose it as part
of their Candidate Statement."
Accepting nominations and due diligence verifications
After closure of the nomination period, the Nomination Process Manager will ascertain whether the nominee(s) formally accept their nomination(s), and ask them to complete a nomination form. The
deadline to accept nominations is Friday, 4 October 2024 (23:59 UTC). Latest by Tuesday, 8 October 2024 (23:59 UTC), the Nomination Process Manager shall provide a list with the name(s) of the candidate(s) who have accepted their nomination. Also, a record
of who has nominated and seconded the candidate(s) is publicly available.
By acceptance of the nomination, a nominee warrants, is aware of, and consents to:
Candidates need to be aware that they will be approached by the external due diligence provider to sign a consent form before the actual due diligence will begin. The scope of this background
check is described
here. In the event a candidate does not provide consent or rescinds the consent to undergo the due diligence process, the Council will be informed, and the candidacy of that person will be ended. After completion of the due diligence process, the Chair
of the ccNSO Council will be informed of the outcome and inform the Council (with the exception of potential candidate(s) who are Councillor), i.e., only whether concerns have surfaced, which warrant further consideration and decisions.
Candidate Statements
The Nomination Process Manager will ask candidate(s) to provide a written candidate statement. A Q&A session with the candidate(s) will be held late January. The Q&A session gives the ccNSO members
and broader ccTLD community an opportunity to interact with the candidates. In preparation of the Q&A session, the written candidate statements will be posted on the ccNSO website.
Elections
Bylaw Article 10 – Section 10.3 (i) states:
"(i) The ccNSO Council shall nominate individuals to fill Seats 11 and 12 on the Board by written ballot or by action at a meeting; any such nomination must have affirmative votes of a majority
of all the members of the ccNSO Council then in office. Notification of the ccNSO Council's nominations shall be given by the ccNSO Council Chair in writing to the EC Administration, with a copy to the Secretary, and the EC shall promptly act on it as provided
in Section 7.25."
Even if there is only one candidate that accepted nomination for ICANN Board seat number 12, an election will be held, to allow the ccNSO members to either cast their vote for the candidate,
or to select the option "none of the above". The ccNSO Council and ccNSO members have agreed that the ccNSO members shall propose and elect candidates for the two ICANN Board seats allocated to the ccNSO, and that the winner of said election - i.e. the candidate
that receives the majority of the votes cast - shall in turn be nominated to the ICANN Board seat by a majority vote of the ccNSO Council. The timeline for the elections is posted in the links-section below: further instructions will be provided by the Nomination
Process Manager closer to the start of the elections, in February 2024.
Links
https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/ccnso-boardnominations@icann.org/
Best regards,