I wondered about this but focused on the meaning of 'unaffiliated' in context. I took the meaning to be applied as 'being independent and not taking the 'whip' from any other person or group'. 

I chose to reject an Orwellian interpretation. But at the risk of being accused of special pleading, I cannot see how one can avoid some history in one or other ICANN group/constituency/gathering/special interest and come to Council ready to fully participate. I submit that a neophyte to the ICANN environment would be totally disadvantaged.

I do not have a pecuniary interest in names and numbers policy development; no money invested in registry or registrars. Neither do I work for a registry or registrar. But I do have permanent interests. I came to the names and numbers policy development in supporting the public interest; that of the people in my home region on any matter that impinges on the access to and provident use of the Internet for their social and economic development. My antecedents and experience in the At-Large constituency socialized me to the ICANN ways. If you look at the issues surrounding my interests - ICANN in the global IG framework, equitable access to registration data services, privacy, applicant support for expanding opportunities for businesses in the Global South participating in the domain name business - you will find my investments in knowledge and time. Yes, matters pertaining to those issues could and have come before Council; defining charters for WGs; adopting policy recommendations for WGs, even deciding if an issue is worthy of examination. 

I argue my convictions but will always leave room for constructive alliances to objective. This is the imperative that I should think is the essence of the vaunted multistakeholder framework we say we are severally committed to. I do not take the whip ever. But in an organization whose entire being is based on interests represented - and I'm speaking of the Council - one would be dumber than...well, let's say it would be counterintuitive not to seek allies for advancing those interests consistent with one's objective.

Carlton 

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On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 3:07 AM Flip Petillion via council <council@gnso.icann.org> wrote:

All:

 

I am puzzled about the proposed addition ‘preferences will be given to candidates who are not affiliated with a SO/AC or GNSO Stakeholder Group or Constituency’, especially as you propose to delete that an applicant must act in the larger public interest, which is a key goal of ICANN. Can Council Leadership articulate with greater precision and detail the precise nature of their concerns?  Also, it seems a rarity to find someone with the appropriate depth of experience within ICANN needed to be effective at Council who is also unaffiliated with any of ICANN’s various groups.  Is there a list of such unaffiliated persons from which to draw future nominations?  The IPC is not aware of any such list.  

Isn’t there a risk that appointed candidates with no apparent connection, refrain from playing an active role ? Are we not better served if members show up and actively engage ?

 

Thanks

 

Best

 

Flip

 

 

 

 

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From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Olga Cavalli via council <council@gnso.icann.org>
Reply to: Olga Cavalli <olgacavalli@gmail.com>
Date: Friday, 17 September 2021 at 22:29
To: Marie Pattullo - AIM <marie.pattullo@aim.be>
Cc: "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org>, "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: Re: [council] Review of the GNSO job description for NomCom

 

Hi Philippe,

 

I agree with the changes included in the document you shared and  also agree with those changes suggested by Marie.

 

Best regards

Olga

 

El vie, 17 sept 2021 a las 12:54, Marie Pattullo - AIM via council (<council@gnso.icann.org>) escribió:

Thanks, Philippe.

 

Some very minor suggestions from the BC:

 

Responsibilities

●        Attend monthly GNSO Council meetings held remotely.

Qualifications

●        Willingness, ability, and commitment to travel to and actively participate in ICANN's three Public Meetings per year, or participate virtually, if applicable, as well as attend all monthly remote Council meetings, and serve as a volunteer on the Council throughout the term.

 

(specifying these are calls and do not require travel)

 

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

 

Marie

 

 

From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> On Behalf Of philippe.fouquart--- via council
Sent: Monday, 13 September 2021 19:13
To: council@gnso.icann.org
Cc: gnso-secs@icann.org
Subject: [council] Review of the GNSO job description for NomCom

 

Dear Councilors,

 

Some of you may be aware that in recent years, the GNSO Council is invited on an annual basis to review the job description that the ICANN Nominating Committee uses in order to fulfil its appointments to the GNSO Council. The job description is a critical piece of guidance for the NomCom to ensure that it appoints GNSO Councilors that will succeed in their role. In an effort to try and make the job descriptions consistent across the various community organization, ICANN org made non-substantive updates to the job description structure. Council leadership has used this as the starting point for this review cycle. There is a window of opportunity for such a review, so we would like to use it lest this be deferred to a much later stage.

 

The GNSO Council has made incremental improvements to the criteria each year, and it is with the goal to continually refine the guidance to the NomCom that Council leadership has made suggested redlines in the attached.

 

You will see that the redlines focus primarily on the affiliation of candidates, where leadership believes that preference should be given towards non-affiliated candidates. This is of particular importance when the appointee will serve as a voting Councilor, where the balance of the Council needs to be considered; voting NomCom appointees may be in position to provide deciding votes, so it is important that they act independently. I want to stress that the suggested redlines are absolutely not in reaction to any particular appointees, recent or not, but rather a conclusion reached over the course of several cycles.

 

Please review the attached document and provide feedback by the end of this week.

 

Best regards,

 

Philippe

 

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