Dear Annette: Having just signed an agreement with ICANN, and between each other, I cannot think it would be anything but improper to start ignoring what has just been agreed. This would not seem to me a good way to start out with a new organisation. If the ALS community is happy to have Veronica join an ALS at this time, then I'm sure someone would make a 'home' for her in order to satisfy the requirement. if it is felt that she needed to be a member of an ALS before the nominations closed, or in order to have been nominated in the first place, then that would clearly pose a problem to her candidacy - I do not recommend any particular course of action here - except that the group find a way not to disregard the documents it has just signed up to. On 30/04/07, Annette Muehlberg <annette.muehlberg@web.de> wrote:

Dear Nick, dear all,

I agree with Jeanette and would like to add, that Veronica applied already in January and the ALAC, who discussed proposing Veronica as one of the candidates to the ICANN Board did not get a hint that there would be any restriction concerning non-ALS members.

Anyhow, Veronica could join any time the network new media (an accredited european ALS) if not being an ALS member would be a serious problem, though I do not think it is.

Instead of creating bureaucracy we should be practical: it is the same situation as with the EURALO board - if the EURALO selects a person, this person means something to the EURALO members and this is what counts. It is enough that an ALS nominates a candidate, this candidate should not be forced to join an ALS for formal reasons (this procedure might raise the number of members of the nnm, which I very much appreciate ;-) but it is absolutely not neccessary). As far as I know, the NomCom is not restricted to select a person who is a member of an ALS, the EURALO should not be so either.

Best greetings

Annette

Jeanette Hofmann schrieb: Hi,

no matter what bylaws and MoU say, I support a broad interpretation of diversity including gender, geo-political culture and political perspectives. If we have the opportunity to cover several dimensions of diversity, why would we not do this? Regarding experience with ICANN, if experience would principally count more than diversity, old hands would always prevail and newcomers never had a chance. Moreover, ALAC like the ICANN board can and should combine a mixture of experienced and new members. Jeanette

Thomas Roessler schrieb:

On 2007-04-29 21:06:06 +0200, Patrick Vande Walle wrote:

/To be frank, I'd find it a strange move to have two folks wearing ISOC hats as EURALO's choices to ALAC. I'd rather see that more balanced; in practice, that would mean that we should appoint Veronica and either Sebastien or you./

/I see nothing in the MoU or bylaws that support this vision.

I was arguing from an overall political perspective. I was *not* talking about the MOU, so your response is a distraction. (Which I find disappointing.)

Cheers,

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