Dear Councillors, Please note the ICANN 2009 Nominating Committee Selectees. Congratulations Olga! http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28aug09-en.htm 28 August 2009 The 2009 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) has completed its selections for nine leadership positions within ICANN. NomCom Chair, Tricia Drakes, said "We are delighted to announce this year's selectees to ICANN's leadership. They include highly accomplished individuals from Russia, India, Malaysia, Jamaica, Argentina, Chile and the United States. The Committee's hard work has given us a result that we believe balances continuity and diversity, and includes the selection of the youngest ever member to serve on the ICANN Board. We have added some new faces to the mix, but I hope the community will agree that there is a real depth of experience as well." The NomCom is charged with recruiting and selecting a portion of ICANN's community leadership. NomCom works to make sure that, overall, ICANN's leadership is diverse in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective. The basic criteria are that nominees are people of integrity, objectivity and judgment, can help group decision-making, can work effectively through English, have an understanding of ICANN's mission and work, are committed to its success, contribute to cultural, professional and geographic expertise, and can work long and hard as volunteers working in the global public trust. The NomCom evaluated over eighty candidates, many of whom were unusually strong, against key criteria set out in the ICANN Bylaws. The Committee also wanted to include some of those with skills, expertise and experience in some of the important new areas where ICANN may face challenges throughout the organization over the next few years, including IDNs (internationalized domain names). The Committee took very seriously the evolving and increasing importance of independent Board directors, and in so doing found itself unable to appoint to the Board some very experienced applicants whom it might otherwise have wished to do so. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICANN Board of Directors Rajasekar Ramaraj, India (2nd term) Gonzalo Navarro, Chile George Sadowsky, United States ALAC James Seng, Malaysian citizen residing in China Carlton Samuels, Jamaica Dave Kissoondoyal, Mauritius GNSO Council Olga Cavalli, Argentina (2nd term) Andrey Kolesnikov, Russian Federation ccNSO Council J. Beckwith Burr (Becky), United States (2nd term) The biographies of the Nominees are reproduced below. The nominees will take up their positions at the end of ICANN's Annual Meeting in Seoul, Korea on 30 October 2009. This year's Nominating Committee received 86 Statements of Interest from candidates worldwide during its open nomination period from 2 December 2008 to 15 April 2009. 71 of the 2009 candidates were men and 15 are women. The regional breakdown of this year's candidates was: * 10 from Africa, * 24 from Asia/Australia/Pacific * 23 from Europe * 12 from Latin America/Caribbean. * 17 from North America For more information about NomCom, please visit http://nomcom.icann.org/ Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org