Thank you for this comprehensive brief, it is always appreciated. -----Original Message----- From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Glenn McKnight Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 4:06 PM To: NA Discuss Subject: [NA-Discuss] NOMCOM March Report *NomCom 2013 report card* Issue date: March 2013 NomCom 2013 essentials Committee Leadership: Chair (chosen by the Board): Yrjö Länsipuro Associate Chair (chosen by Chair to assist): Adam Peake Chair Elect (chosen by the Board to be 2014 NomCom Chair): Cheryl Langdon-Orr Committee: Voting members: 5 ALAC; 1 ccNSO; 1 ASO; 1 TLG; 1 IAB; 7 GNSO (RrSG, RySG, NCUC, ISPCP, IPC, CBUC [1 small / 1 large business rep]) Non voting members: 1 SSAC, 1 RSSAC ICANN Staff support: Olof Nordling (Staff Support Lead), Joette Youkhanna (Staff Support) Meeting essentials Last meeting held: February (Teleconference). This meeting: Teleconference. Duration: 90 minutes. Expected next meeting: April 2013, ICANN International meeting. Attendance: Chair; Chair Elect; Associate Chair; 3 ALAC (Asia/Australia/Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean Islands and North America); 0 NCUC; 1 ISPCP; 1 ccNSO; 1 ASO; 1 IPC; 1 RrSG; 1 RySG; 1 SSAC; 1 TLG; 0 RSSAC, 1 BC; 1 IAB. Apologies received from members unable to attend. Meeting agenda Agenda 1) Opening of the meeting, roll call 2) SOI Update 3) External recruitment help 4) Outreach reports/plans of members - tour de table 5) Results of the NCA survey 6) Beijing 7)AOB Highlights of Output: Agenda Item 2 Joette, Nom Com Secretariat, reports that not much has changed as far as SOIs are concerned since our last call. We have not received many more, but we have begun to receive references for SOIs that have been received. Total of 6 new SOIs. Total 16 SOIs. Agenda Item 3 Adam Peake reports on discussions with a recruiting firm that he has been leading with Stephane Van Gelder. An agreement has been found and Adam and Stephane have put this to the NomCom, which is satisfied. Recruitment firm using a 2-step process to ensure that their requirements for effective recruitment efforts meet Nom Com requirements for SOIs. Chair called for committee to agree on using recruitment firm. Committee agrees. Adam and Stéphane now to continue working with recruitment firm. Agenda Item 4 Committee members giving updates on recent outreach events: WSIS+10 in Paris, ICANN event in Singapore, the Canadian Internet Forum by CIRA event in Canada, launch of ISOC Canada, event in Africa Members report difficulties in raising interest for positions other than the Board. Suggestions that some work be done with the ICANN fellowship recipient community. Joette will follow up with Janice (ICANN fellowship staff support), that the Nom Com work with the ICANN PR agency, and that articles be written to highlight the need for global representation in ICANN. NomCom table will feature in the ICANN Village with banner, brochures and slideshow. NomCom has 3 time slots from Monday to Thursday, at 10:30, 12:30 and 15:00. Doodle poll open to solicit NomCom volunteers to man these slots. Agenda Item 5 Results of Survey initiated by Ron Andruff on the wiki page. Good guide for the committee to use in outreach efforts. Agenda Item 6 Overview of the ICANN Beijing schedule. NomCom meetings include: - Closed breakfast meeting from Monday to Thursday. - Outreach committee meeting on Monday. - Open NomCom meeting on Tuesday. - Planning meeting for NomCom Selection meeting in Durban on Wednesday. - Open public workshop on Wednesday. - A few other sessions being organised, including one with the BCG, the NCUC, etc Joette will send this schedule in Excel format to the email list. Attachment is PDF Version The Open meeting of the NomCom is a first and an important meeting to show the community how the NomCom works. It is something the 2013 NomCom has wanted to pushfor, but it means we will have to plan this meeting well. Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn@gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com