Dear kristina: There are a "norm" , the ICANN Bylaws are mandatory and clearly decide about the situation
Section 3. GNSO COUNCIL
1. Subject to the provisions of Transition Article XX, Section 5 of these Bylaws and as described in Section 5 of Article X, the GNSO Council shall consist of:
a. three representatives selected from the Registries Stakeholder Group;
b. three representatives selected from the Registrars Stakeholder Group;
c. six representatives selected from the Commercial Stakeholder Group;
d. six representatives selected from the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group; and
e. three representatives selected by the
ICANN Nominating Committee, one of which shall be non-voting, but
otherwise entitled to participate on equal footing with other members of
the GNSO Council including, e.g. the making and seconding of motions
and of serving as Chair if elected. One Nominating Committee Appointee
voting representative shall be assigned to each House (as described in Section 3(8) of this Article) by the Nominating Committee.
Kind regards.
Carlos Dionisio Aguirre
NCA GNSO Council - ICANN
former ALAC member by LACRALO
Abogado - Especialista en Derecho de los Negocios
> From: krosette@cov.com
> To: Glen@icann.org; council@gnso.icann.org
> CC: robert.hoggarth@icann.org; stephane.vangelder@indom.com; gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org
> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:35:07 -0400
> Subject: [council] RE: Nominating Committee Appointees (NCA) selection to two Houses
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> I don't believe it's correct to say that there has been any "norm" as I don't think we've been doing this long enough to say there is. It's my recollection that any pattern you describe is due primarily to an incoming NCA deferring to the preference of an existing NCA. As both Lanre and Carlos would like to be assigned to NCPH, this is a matter for the NCPH to address, in my opinion.
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> From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 5:27 AM
> To: council@gnso.icann.org
> Cc: Robert Hoggarth; Stéphane Van Gelder; gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org
> Subject: [council] Nominating Committee Appointees (NCA) selection to two Houses
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> Dear All,
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> As you know, the Nominating Committee (Nom Com) has selected two Nom Com Appointees (NCAs), Lanre Ajayi and Thomas Rickert, to serve on the GNSO Council for the upcoming year.
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> Thomas Rickert has requested to be assigned to the Contracted Parties House (CPH) and the CPH has formally agreed that Thomas is a voting member in the CPH.
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> As it has traditionally been the norm that the previous year's non-voting NCA becomes a voting NCA, we expect that Carlos Aguirre will be assigned to the NCPH this year, and Lanre Ajayi will be assigned the non-voting seat.
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> Is this correct? Due to the close proximity of the Dakar meeting and the need to finalize organizational aspects of the meeting, the GNSO Council Secretariat would appreciate being informed of the NCPH NCA assignment no later than 30 September 2011 at 22:00 UTC.
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> Thank you very much.
> Kind regards,
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> Glen
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> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
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