April 2018 - comments-board-integrity-screening-02mar18@icann.org

[Comments-board-integrity-screening-02mar18] NCSG Comment
by Rafik Dammak April 21, 2018

April 21, 2018

Hi, I am submitting on behalf of NCSG comment on Uniform Board Member Integrity Screening Process. Thanks, Best Regards, Rafik

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[Comments-board-integrity-screening-02mar18] Uniform Board Member Integrity Screening Process
by Stephen Deerhake ＠ GDNS April 17, 2018

April 17, 2018

First, I wish to thank the Board for recognizing the importance of having Board members who exhibit only the highest level of integrity serve. This is critically important now that ICANN is organized under the Empowered Community structure. And overall, I support what the Board and ICANN Org are trying to achieve here. I note that to date, as described in the Proposed Uniform Board Member Integrity Screening Process, that currently ALAC, the ASO, and the Nominating Committee engage in a screening process for their prospective Board members. This leaves the ccNSO and apparently the GNSO as the outlying SO/AC’s that do not currently screen their prospective Board members. I should also note that the ccNSO does not appoint their Board members, but instead, chooses them by a democratic process (i.e., a representative election process involving their members). My remaining comments are based on my experience with the ccNSO’s procedures; I cannot address how the GNSO does things, as I am not sufficiently familiar with their processes to do so. I have some concerns regarding this proposal as it now stands, and in particular, how it might impact Board member selections of the SO/AC’s that elect rather than appoint. In its current form, the proposed screening process contains no objective criteria that would govern the disqualification of a prospective Board member. What prior offences or life events are considered disqualifying for a Board member? A brush with the law as a youth? A personal bankruptcy? Certainly, any offense related to financial irregularities would probably be high on the list of disqualifying offenses, but again, the proposal is silent. Further, who decides what is a disqualifying offense? For those SO/AC’s that appoint rather than elect (specifically, those who do not elect via a wide-open membership election process that may include a candidates’ forum for the community, as we do in the ccNSO), I think the process is much simpler. Especially so for the Nominating Committee, who are essentially free to apply whatever criteria they wish against their candidate pool, without risking reputational harm to the individuals within their candidate pool. Candidates who fail their background checks I assume are simply dropped from the consideration process. But how to carry out screening without risking reputational harm is much trickier if the Board member is elected by an SO/AC. At what point in the election process is the integrity screening performed? Once a candidate is nominated (and seconded, in the case of ccNSO procedures) and thus is publicly known to be interested? After the election? And if after the election, who does the vetting, and who makes the decision regarding the newly elected Board member’s fitness to be on the Board? The SO/AC Council? ICANN Org? Or the Board itself? None of these thorny issues are addressed by this proposal. And most dangerous of all, under this proposal, given its ambiguity, it is entirely possible that procedures may be adopted that would set up the possibility that SO/AC elections for Board members could be nullified after the fact, by arbitrary action based on subjective criteria. And that, in my view, is extremely dangerous for the Empowered Community. Stephen Deerhake

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[Comments-board-integrity-screening-02mar18] RrSG Response - Uniform Board Member Integrity Screening Process
by Zoe Bonython April 17, 2018

April 17, 2018

Hello, On behalf of the Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG), I would like to submit the below response to the Uniform Board Member Integrity Screening Process. Kind regards, Zoe Bonython RrSG Secretariat _____________________________________________________________________________________ RrSG Response to Uniform Board Member Integrity Screening Process The RrSG welcomes ICANN’s initiative to introduce a uniform screening process in addition to the selection process for Board Members across all nominating groups. Regardless of whether individual groups currently perform screening during selection, all SO/AC’s should follow exactly the same process. The stages, information sought and duration of the screening should be uniform and facilitated by the same independent party. This is both the most efficient and, more importantly, fair way to handle the process. RrSG members would expect their own employees to be screened in advance of employment, so it’s not only appropriate, but in fact necessary for screening to be conducted on potential Board members. In summary, the RrSG supports ICANN’s recommendation to mandate all Board members having to (1) pass through an individual selection process; and (2) also pass through a screening review regarding their fitness to meet the fiduciary duties required of Board members.

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[Comments-board-integrity-screening-02mar18] RySG comment on Uniform Board Member Integrity Screening Process
by Paul Diaz April 17, 2018

April 17, 2018

On behalf of the gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG), please find attached our comment in the Uniform Board Member Integrity Screening Process. In the interest of time, we did not conduct a vote on these comments. We did discuss them on our mailing list and during our 11 April biweekly conference call, and no member opposed their submission. Feel free to contact me with questions or concerns. Best, P Paul Diaz Chairman, Registries Stakeholder Group Mobile:+1 703.973.1667 | Skype: pdiaz(a)pir.org

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[Comments-board-integrity-screening-02mar18] Uniform Board Member Integrity Screening Process
by Alfredo Calderon April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

I support the implementation of a uniform screening process across all SO/AC to ensure a transparent and reliable system. I belief this will ensure that the same methodology is used to qualify candidates. > > Alfredo Calderon > eLearning Consultant > calderon.alfredo(a)gmail.com |http://aprendizajedistancia.blogspot.com | Skype: Alfredo_1212| wiseintro.co/alfredocalderon > > > > > > > > > Get your own email signature

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