Dear all, Please find include a draft resolution on the Procedure for nomination and selection of the ccNSO appointee on the FY 2016 NomCom. May I suggest you express your concern, if any, to the list and/or indicate if you can support the resolution by Friday 4 September 2015. Kind regards, Bart Draft Council resolution on Appointment ccNSO Candidate on ICANN's Nominating Committee Background In November 2008 the ccNSO Council adopted the Guideline on Appointment of Delegate to the Nominating Committee. Over time the practice for the call for nominations and appointments of the candidates for the NomCom has deviated from the procedure described in the Guideline for various reasons, such as an impractical and bureaucratic nomination procedure, and related time lines. This problem and others, related to this Guideline and others, prompted the ccNSO Council to look at the issue and appointed the ccNSO Guideline Review Committee, including members from and Council and community. The Guideline for Nomcom selection are being reviewed and will, if needed, be updated and submitted to the ccNSO Council for adoption. On 10 August 2015 the secretariat sent out a call for volunteers to the ccNSO community, calling for volunteers to serve on ICANN's nominating Committee. The closing date of the call was 17 August. The ccNSO Council has been made aware that some members of the community commented on the procedure, in particular the concern about the non-conformity of the procedure with the established Guideline. Draft Resolution The ccNSO adopts the following procedure for the call for nominations and for the appointment of the ccNSO candidate on the ICANN Nominating Committee: 1. The ccNSO secretariat is requested to send out a renewed call for nominationsto ccTLD community by sending an email to the ccNSO members list and ccTLD community list. The call should include a reference to this Council resolution, and clearly state that representatives from ccTLD managers may self-nominate. This call for nominations should close one (1)week after the day it has been sent. Nominations, which have already been submitted, will remain valid and added to the set of nominations from the additional call for nominations. 2. One day after closure the secretariat will send the list of candidates and their CVs to the Council, requesting each member of Council to select one (1) candidate within a week after the secretariat submitted the list of candidates by email vote. The candidate receiving the majority of votes will be appointed. If two or more candidates receive the same number of votes, there will be additional rounds of voting, until one candidate has received a majority of the votes. The email vote is to be conducted by sending an email to Bart Boswinkel, ccNSO Senior Policy Advisor, indicating their preferred candidate. 3. After completion of the vote, the candidates, the chair of the NomCom and community will be informed accordingly. Further, the ccNSO Council requests its chair to inform the chair of the ccNSO Guideline Review Committee of the matters that have arisen in the context of the ccNSO Guideline on Appointment of delegate of the Nominating Committee, and to request the Review Committee advise Council on a practical and sustainable procedure for the nomination and selection of delegates/candidates before the next appointment to the NomCom is expected to be due (August 2016) .