Dear all, Most likely you have all now seen this ICANN resolution: Resolved (2009.08.27.15) that the recommendation of the BRWG to add one voting director appointed from the At Large Community to the ICANN Board of Directors, and removing the present ALAC Liaison to the Board, is approved in principle for implementation. Staff is directed to identify all steps required to achieve the implementation of this principle, after issuing of the BRWG Final Report. The resolution is rather ambiguous and vague about what is the "At Large Community" and about who it is that does the appointing, and it says nothing about the process that will be used to arrive at an appointment (other than the fact that ICANN Staff will "identify" all the steps required). We need to start talking about this. Just as there were some problems associated with the original at-large elections, so too are there problems associated with appointment processes currently in use at ICANN -- it's no secret that the Nominating Committee process has resulted in quite a few appointments to the ALAC over the years that have turned out to be total duds. I'm of the view that first we need to have our prior NonCom reps explain to us what went wrong in their process so that we can try to avoid the same set of errors going forward. Secondly, I think that we need to devise mechanisms that are not limited to selecting people from only the existing ALAC and its RALOs but are broader based. Finally, I don't want to leave the process for selecting an At-Large director up to the Staff. We need to be the ones setting forth the plan and all the necessary steps involved. Your comments will be appreciated. regards, Danny