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GNSO Council confirmation of SSC leadership
by Emily Barabas Dec. 12, 2025

Dec. 12, 2025

Hi all, During today’s GNSO Council meeting, the Council approved Carlton as SSC Chair and Sophie as Vice Chair. You can find the Council meeting agenda here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Final+Proposed+GNSO… Kind regards, Emily Emily Barabas Policy Manager, GNSO Policy Development Support Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976 www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>

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FW: [council] Fellowship - Mentor and Selection Committee - EOIs
by DiBiase, Gregory Dec. 1, 2022

Dec. 1, 2022

Hello Selection Committee, Please see the notice below sent to council informing them that we will formally launch an EOI for a Fellowship Mentor and a member of the Fellowship Selection Committee. This email is to inform you that these two selections processes have been assigned you. Additional details will follow. Thanks, Greg From: council <council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org> On Behalf Of Sebastien--- via council Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 8:01 AM To: COUNCIL(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG; GNSO-Chairs <gnso-chairs(a)icann.org>; gnso-secs(a)icann.org Subject: [EXTERNAL] [council] Fellowship - Mentor and Selection Committee - EOIs CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Council Members, Our informal call for interest for the positions of Fellowship Mentor and Fellowship Selection Committee has raised interest within the GNSO. We have consequently decided that we will formally launch an EOI and inform the SSC of the assignment to make a selection. The Mentor position has been the subject of a number of EOIs in the past, for which we do have documents available - please find them attached. The Selection Committee position hasn't and we are now finalizing the corresponding documents which I will share as soon as possible. Do note that these EOIs are opened to the GNSO in general (not just Council) and we will engage with the different constituencies directly. Kindly, Sebastien Ducos GoDaddy Registry | Senior Client Services Manager [signature_1764163612] +33612284445 France & Australia sebastien(a)registry.godaddy<mailto:sebastien@registry.godaddy>

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Final re: SSC leadership - deadline for input - Friday 18 November
by Julie Hedlund Nov. 21, 2022

Nov. 21, 2022

Dear all, As noted below, responses to the proposed SSC leadership were requested no later than Friday, 18 November. The only responses received were in support and there were no other volunteers for Vice Chair. Thus, per the proposal the leadership of the SSC will be, subject to GNSO Council confirmation, as follows: * Arinola Akinyemi (BC) Chair * Alan Woods (RySG) Vice Chair Thank you all for your consideration and thank you very much to Arinola and Alan for volunteering! The next step is for staff to add to this item to the agenda for the Council to confirm the leadership at its next meeting on 05 December. Kind regards, Emily and Julie From: Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Emily Barabas via Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Reply-To: Emily Barabas <emily.barabas(a)icann.org> Date: Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 7:53 AM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [Gnso-ssc] SSC leadership - deadline for input - Friday 18 November Dear all, A reminder to please send any responses no later than tomorrow, Friday 18 November. Kind regards, Julie and Emily From: Emily Barabas <emily.barabas(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2022 at 20:44 To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: SSC leadership - deadline for input - Friday 18 November Dear SSC members, During today’s meeting we discussed selection of the SSC leadership team for the 2022-2023 term: * Arinola Akinyemi (BC) has volunteered to stay on as Chair * Alan Woods (RySG) has volunteered to serve as Vice Chair if no other candidates step forward Thanks to you both! Noting that not all members were able to attend the call, if you have any comments in relation to our candidates for the leadership team, or you would like to step forward for the Vice Chair role, please respond on list no later than Friday 18 November at 23:59 UTC. Absent any additional comments, confirmation of the leadership team will be included on the consent agenda for the December Council meeting. Kind regards, Julie and Emily Emily Barabas Policy Development Support Senior Manager Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976 www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>

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SSC leadership - deadline for input - Friday 18 November
by Emily Barabas Nov. 17, 2022

Nov. 17, 2022

Dear SSC members, During today’s meeting we discussed selection of the SSC leadership team for the 2022-2023 term: * Arinola Akinyemi (BC) has volunteered to stay on as Chair * Alan Woods (RySG) has volunteered to serve as Vice Chair if no other candidates step forward Thanks to you both! Noting that not all members were able to attend the call, if you have any comments in relation to our candidates for the leadership team, or you would like to step forward for the Vice Chair role, please respond on list no later than Friday 18 November at 23:59 UTC. Absent any additional comments, confirmation of the leadership team will be included on the consent agenda for the December Council meeting. Kind regards, Julie and Emily Emily Barabas Policy Development Support Senior Manager Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976 www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>

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Notes & Action Items - SSC meeting - 15 November 2022 at 19:00 UTC
by Julie Hedlund Nov. 15, 2022

Nov. 15, 2022

Dear SSC members, Please find below notes and action items from today’s call on Tuesday, 15 November 2022 at 19:00 UTC. These also are posted to the wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/2022-11-15+GNSO+Standing+Selection…. Kind regards, Emily and Julie Action Item: Staff to ask for comments on the list by Friday, 18 November on 1) Arinola Akinyemi as volunteer for Chair; and 2) volunteer for Vice-Chair or on Alan Woods as volunteer for Vice-Chair if there are no volunteers. [DONE] Notes: Proposed Agenda SSC Meeting – 15 November 2022 1. Welcome and SOI Updates * See https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Sam+Lanfranco+SOI and * https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Anne+Aikman-Scalese+SOI. 2. Member Introductions * See full membership at: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64077781 3. Brief Overview of the SSC * Group meets as needed. * When assignments come up, group may need to move quickly. * See the FAQs at: https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/GNSO+Standing+Selection+Committee+… * SSC duties are mostly lightweight. * Decisions are full consensus. * Question: When the Council signs to the SSC, do they specify the qualifications? Answer: Typically the Council in designing expression of interest materials includes the desired skills and experience/criteria. If the SSC has concerns it can communicate that to the Council if something isn’t clear. Presentation from staff: Charter: Mission and Scope The GNSO Standing Selection Committee (SSC) is tasked, as requested by the GNSO Council, to 1) where applicable, prepare and issue calls for applications related to the selection or nomination of candidates for ICANN structures, 2) review and evaluate all relevant applicants/candidates, 3) rank candidates and make selection/appointment recommendations for review and approval by Council, and 4) communicate selections to all interested parties. Charter: Composition • One member appointed by each Stakeholder Group of the Contracted Party House; • One member appointed respectively by each of the Business Constituency, the Intellectual Property Constituency, and the Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency; • Three members appointed by the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group; and, • One member from one of the three Nominating-Committee appointees to the GNSO Council. In addition, the GNSO Chair or one of the Council Vice-Chairs will serve as an ex-officio (non-voting) member of the SSC to ensure that there is always a direct link between the SSC and the GNSO Council. Charter: Absence and Recusal If a member is not able to participate in a selection process, that member will be responsible, in accordance with the processes of the appropriate SG/C, to identify an alternate who is expected to participate in the SSC deliberations in case of absence of the member or in cases where a member maybe conflicted (e.g. in case the member is one of the candidates to be reviewed by the SSC). Members or alternates do not need to be Council members but they do need to be appointed and/or reconfirmed by the leadership of the appointing SG and/or C. Charter: Decision-Making Methodology The Chair will be responsible for designating the position as having the following designation: Full consensus: when no one in the group speaks against the recommendation in its last readings. This is also sometimes referred to as Unanimous Consensus. Charter: Transparency Unless otherwise directed by the GNSO Council, the names of all applicants and all documents received during the selection process shall be considered public and published on the GNSO web-site or other ICANN web-site as standard practice. To facilitate its deliberations, the SSC may decide to conduct some or all of its deliberations in private, but if so, it is expected to provide a rationale with its recommendations. If the SSC determines that it needs to keep certain application materials private, for example to protect personal information provided by applicants, it is also expected to provide a rationale for doing so. Note: SSC meeting recordings, meeting notes, and mailing list archives are also public by default. Standard Selection Process in Brief • Council typically designs and launches the Expressions of Interest process, assigning the selection to the SSC. • An SSC wiki page provides all relevant materials to support the SSC’s process, including list of candidates and EOI materials. Staff confirms affiliation stated by candidates, if applicable. • SSC meets to review the assignment, evaluation criteria. • SSC members fill out poll individually to organize thoughts on candidates. • SSC meets to review poll results, deliberate on candidates and come to preliminary agreement of ranking of candidates. • Consensus call is held by non-objection on the mailing list after meeting. • SSC submits recommendation to GNSO Council for its consideration. 4. Selection of SSC Leadership Team for the 2022-2023 Term * Leadership also participates. * Arinola has volunteered to return as Chair – that can be put to the full group on the list. * We need a Vice-Chair. Asking for volunteers. Take this to the list. Alan Woods volunteers if there are no others. ACTION ITEM: Staff to ask for comments on the list by Friday, 18 November on 1) Arinola Akinyemi as volunteer for Chair; and 2) volunteer for Vice-Chair or on Alan Woods as volunteer for Vice-Chair if there are no volunteers. [DONE] 5. AOB: Possible selection assignment for the GNSO Nominated Fellowship Program Mentor and Fellowship Selection Committee Member to be provided by the GNSO Council if decision is made at the meeting on Thursday, 17 November. SSC to be updated accordingly.

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Post Call | Standing Selection Committee meeting | Tuesday, 15 November 2022
by Terri Agnew Nov. 15, 2022

Nov. 15, 2022

Dear all, All recordings for the GNSO Standing Selection Committee held on Tuesday, 15 November 2022 at 19:00 UTC can be found on the agenda wiki page <https://community.icann.org/x/uIAxDQ> (attendance included) and the GNSO Master Calendar<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calen…>. These include: * Attendance (please let me know if your name has been left off the attendance list) * Audio recording * Zoom recording (including audio, visual, rough transcript & chat) * Transcript Thank you! Kind Regards, Terri

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Proposed Agenda - SSC meeting - 15 November 2022 at 19:00 UTC
by Emily Barabas Nov. 14, 2022

Nov. 14, 2022

Dear all, Please find below the proposed agenda for the SSC meeting scheduled for 15 November 2022 at 19:00 UTC. Prior to the call, it is helpful to review the SSC charter<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64077773/Standing%20Select…> if you are not already familiar with the document. Kind regards, Julie and Emily GNSO Standing Selection Committee Proposed Agenda 15 November 2022 1. Welcome and SOI Updates 2. Member Introductions 3. Brief Overview of the SSC 4. Selection of SSC Leadership Team for the 2022-2023 Term 5. AOB Emily Barabas Policy Development Support Senior Manager Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976 www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>

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REMINDER | Please complete | Doodle poll | Next SSC meeting
by Terri Agnew Nov. 9, 2022

Nov. 9, 2022

**REMINDER, please complete Dear all, Please be so kind as to complete the below Doodle poll to schedule the next GNSO Standing Selection Committee (SSC) to be held 14-17 November 2022. Doodle poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/aAN8LM3b [doodle.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/aAN8LM…> We will close this doodle on 10 November 2022. Thank you! Kind regards, Terri

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Please complete | Doodle poll | Next SSC meeting
by Terri Agnew Nov. 7, 2022

Nov. 7, 2022

Dear all, Please be so kind as to complete the below Doodle poll to schedule the next GNSO Standing Selection Committee (SSC) to be held 14-17 November 2022. Doodle poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/aAN8LM3b Thank you! Kind regards, Terri

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