a question that comes from reading the LSE report:
Hi, In recommendation 13 of the report, (for those who have not seen it yet : http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-15sep06.htm ) they recommend term limits of 2@2 year or 1@3 year. I never gave any thought to how long people had been in the council and was wondering if a list of councilors with their years in the council could be generated. I am curious as to how many councilors this would affect if it were the practice. I looked for such a table in the Annex, and while I may have missed it, did not see one. Might even be interesting to include that information in the council members list at http://gnso.icann.org/council/members.shtml . Note on my personal opinions on the the issue: I am not in general in favor of strict term limits, but i am in favor of transparency that allows all to know how long someone has been in place. In terms of renewals I tend to prefer guidelines that. e.g. say - after 1 term - renew unless there is a reason not to - after 2 terms - renew if there is a good reason to do so - after 3 terms - do not renew unless it is vitally important to do so thanks a.
Avri Doria wrote:
Note on my personal opinions on the the issue: I am not in general in favor of strict term limits, but i am in favor of transparency that allows all to know how long someone has been in place. In terms of renewals I tend to prefer guidelines that. e.g. say
- after 1 term - renew unless there is a reason not to - after 2 terms - renew if there is a good reason to do so - after 3 terms - do not renew unless it is vitally important to do so Thanks, Avri - I share your opinion. And I want to add: for somebody who is not a lawyer, and not an ICT specialist, and who does not know the different lines of ICANN policy and policy changes over the years, it is almost impossible to be useful on the council if the period of service is short.
I have been involved with ICANN since the Singapore Asia Regional Meeting in mid 1998 - on the way towards the creation of ICANN, and since 1999 in the Non-Commercial section (though I was also the ccTLD creator for Cambodia and administered .kh for about 4 years - and still there are a lot of things in ICANN and on the GNSO agenda which are not transparent, though I try to read a lot. So I agree with your suggestions not to be rigid - but still to be considerate. Norbert Klein
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