Happy new year once again. Having gone through the Terms of Reference for the role, and the specific request from the GNSO to us on this duty, I have few concerns and suggestions.
First, since this is the first time such a duty is coming to us to execute, I suggest we recommend to the GNSO council and to further be passed on to ICANN org that the Expression of Interest should rather come in a template form to be completed. A specific example is the form used to recruit the GNSO liaison to the CSC. By getting this template to be used by all applicants with specific questions, it will make it easier for comparing one applicant to the other. For example, the form should have specific questions for the applicants to answer to indicate how they meet the set criteria. We can all remember that the template we used recently for the ICANN Fellowship Mentor role helped us so much to compare and choose among the 4 applications we got. I strongly recommend we pass on this suggestion going forward.
Secondly, I support the call for the draft poll to be broken down so we can evaluate if the candidate has met the specific criteria set out for this role as indicated by Sophie.
Regards,
Raymond Mamattah
Accra, Ghana