Dear all,

Please find include a call for volunteers to participate in the UA Day selection committee. The UAC has been requested to appoint up to 3 members to the panel reviewing the proposals pertaining to UA Day 2025. Please note the deadline for appointment is 1 October 2024.

If you are interested to serve on the panel, please send a reply to the UAC list or to the secretariat by Monday 30 September 2024, 17.00 UTC. This will provide time to sshare the nominations with ICANN  

Kind regards,

Bart

Call for expression of interest

ICANN would like to invite ccNSO’s UA Committee to nominate up to three volunteers to join the panel being organized to review the UA Day 2025 proposals.

In addition to the ccNSO nominees, the panel would consist of the UA Steering Group (UASG) and ALAC nominees.

(To ensure equal representation in the cross-community group, we may have fewer than 3 UAC nominee on the committee. So, we’ll have at least 1 person and no more than 3.)

See the UA Day 2025 announcement for details.

Volunteer Responsibilities:

• Review previous shortlisting criteria and finalize it before 11 November.
• Review and evaluate around 133 proposals in 3-4 weeks based on predefined criteria. (This number is based on the UA Day 2024)
• Participate in virtual meetings to discuss and finalize the shortlisting process (3-4 meetings in total).
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to the ethical guidelines of the review process.

Time Commitment:

The shortlisting work is expected to take 4weeks and aimed to be completed by 11 November. We plan to have mostly weekly meetings. Please ensure that you have the availability to commit to this timeframe before volunteering.

Conflict of Interest:

To maintain the integrity of the shortlisting process, individuals who have submitted proposals or associated with the organizations submitting UA Day proposals are kindly requested not to participate in this volunteer opportunity due to potential conflicts of interest.

We request ccNSO’s UA Committee to share the nomination by 1 October 2024.