Thank you for the reminder.  These comments of mine are included in the Draft Collaborative document. The California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law ("CNPBCL") under which ICANN is chartered has no specific definition or requirement for Committees to be ”balanced” or “diverse”.  Sec. 5212 only sets minimum majority requirements for appointment of Committee members which may be superseded by the charter or bylaws.   Article 1 of ICANN By-laws in turn lists as one of its core values guiding its actions “(vii) Striving to achieve a reasonable balance between the interests of different stakeholders, while also avoiding capture”.    In a corporation the best indicator of balance is that provided by numerical power of its shareholders or contributors, with a public benefit entity my opinion of balance is moot because each stakeholder will have their own concept of balance. If the NomCom is to be rebalanced - the concept of balance inevitably always being subjective - the number of members should be odd instead of even to avoid the occasional tie.   Balance should be achieved by “balanced for diversity (including functional, geographic and cultural) AND SKILL” (as the ICANN Bylaws demands for several of its organizations).   Granting voting rights to NomCom non-voting is among the changes proposed in the Bylaws Amendments and Documents to Implement the NomCom2 Review subject to Public Comments. Rebalancing for the sake of rebalancing creates a distraction from the main purpose of NomCom - which incoming delegates already undergo a 6-month training period to ensure their understanding of the mandates from ICANN constituencies.  An assessment of balance may be carried out every 5 or 6 years (depending on whether the 1 or 2-year terms are maintained or implemented, respectively), or earlier if more than 1 of the Supporting Organizations (SO) or Advisory Committees (AC) requests so. In the case of geographical community groups, LACRALO has internal criteria by subregion.  However, mentoring and capacity-building initiatives should be started to increase cultural, linguistic and gender diversity rather than try to legislate a priori a diversity which will always be subjective. In addition, ICANN Board is seeking Public Comments on the Bylaws Amendments and Documents to Implement the NomCom2 Review (https://www.icann.org/es/public-comment/proceeding/bylaws-amendments-and-doc...) until JUNE 12, 2023.  I encourage more LACRALO members to provide their comments.  My comments have been uploaded here. These opinions represent my own and not necessarily those of any Committee or association I am a member of. Regards, Alvaro Aguilar Mobile: +507 6638-8707 Fax: +507 340-6446 Tel: +507 396-5081 Skype lagcentral  / Linkedin / Facebook Airmail address: P.O.Box 0831-1110, Panama 0831, Panama  Courier address: Aquilino de la Guardia St. Ocean Business Plaza, 12th Floor, Panama City, Panama  The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the author's own and may not reflect those of the firm.  The information contained may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure.  If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. Le mercredi 31 mai 2023 à 10:42:25 UTC−5, Claire Craig <claireccraig@gmail.com> a écrit : Dear Everyone Please remember to complete your responses to the questions on the NomCom Rebalancing in the attached Google Doc link below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VUNiCnwsnHo1rl1M9v8LQc0uFwXl5aegUYme9yX5... For ease or reference the questions are presented in English and Spanish.  Claire C. CraigLACRALO Secretariat_______________________________________________ lac-discuss-en mailing list lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-en _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. | | Virus-free.www.avg.com |