Thank you very much Bill, not only for the endorsements but also for the diversity recommendations in this round and going forward. Is it accurate to conclude that the NCSG would support adding George Asare Sakyi to the SSR RT slate? Chuck
-----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner- council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of William Drake Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 2:53 AM To: GNSO Council List Subject: [council] NCSG RT endorsements, diversity
Hi,
NCSG endorses:
WHOIS: Kim G. Von Arx (Canada/Switzerland)
SSR: David Cake (Australia)
BTW, our SSR endorsee pool comprises three USian men and one Australian man. This obviously fails both the geographic and gender diversity tests we approved:
3. In making their selections, stakeholder groups should give due consideration to the following diversity objectives: *Unless the applicant pool does not allow, no more than half of the GNSO's nominees should come from the same geographical region; and *Unless the applicant pool does not allow, the GNSO's nominees should not all be of the same gender.
We could somewhat improve the blend by following the diversity procedure and voting to add to the pool George Asare Sakyi. People might want to review his application and talk to their SGs before the Council call.
The WHOIS endorsee pool comprises two USian women, one Canadian man, and one USian man. So on gender diversity we're good, on geographic not so much. However, there's nothing that can be done about it given the applicant pool, seven USian and one non, who's already in.
Going forward, we might want to encourage more diverse folks from our SGs to apply.
Cheers,
Bill