Hi Robert Slight clarification: Article XI,S2,4(e) e. The ALAC shall annually appoint one non-voting liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors, without limitation on re-appointment, and shall, after consultation with each RALO, annually appoint five voting delegates (no two of whom shall be citizens of countries in the same Geographic Region, as defined according to HYPERLINK "http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-5"Section 5 of Article VI) to the Nominating Committee. The entire ALAC appoints after consultation, not just the 3 regional reps. I’ve emailed the Secretariats already to ask them to get the RALOs to give us their recommendations soon. If you can assist in getting the process going in the NA region, that would be greatly appreciated. Jacqueline From: Robert Guerra [mailto:lists@privaterra.info] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:01 To: NA Discuss Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] FW: [At-Large] NomCom review I've been informed that the three North American At-Large Advisory representatives (Alan, Beau and myself) get to appoint one voting member of the nomcom. I am not sure what the process is... Having just learned this, my view is that the NA RALO must be consulted and play a key role in this most important decision. How we should go about this, i'm not sure.I'm open to suggestions. regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <HYPERLINK "mailto:rguerra@privaterra.ca"rguerra@privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377 On 26-Jul-07, at 9:08 AM, RJGlass | America@Large wrote: In my opinion, the NomCom should be made up by and appointed by the constituency organizations. Randy Glass A@L On 7/23/07, Evan Leibovitch <HYPERLINK "mailto:evan@telly.org"evan@telly.org> wrote: Robert Guerra wrote:
Questions and comments related to Nomcom were raised during the NA RALO discussions @ San Juan. Would be good to collect the comments and send them in.
I remember Evan having the most # of comments on this issue. correct?
From the high-level view, I'm very uncomfortable with the move of the Board from being chosen by direct elections to one made from the selections of a NomComm that is multiple levels removed from the public. There's also some feedback loop logic inherent in a process in which ALAC picks members of NonComm who then pick members of ALAC.
If direct Board elections aren't in the cards soon then the NomComm ought to be substantially -- if not overwhelmingly -- populated by people who are there to protect the public interest and the focus on ICANN's mandate (ie, not general Internet governance and not trademark treaties). My initial preference would be that the NomComm would be populated by one appointment from each NSO and one from each At-Large Region as well as the previous Chair of the Board -- but I can be easily swayed to other models that preserve the intent. I have other opinions related to the relationship between the ALAC and the NomComm, but that may be more appropriate for the ALAC review. My view here is that there should be NO NomComm-selected people on ALAC. If there is a pressing need for a third person from each region not picked by RALOs, then that spot should be elected by At-Large individuals not affiliated to a RALO in each region. (IMO this may help address the "enfranchisement of the unaffiliated", if only partially. It's still a far cry from direct Board elections.) Having said all this. I promised I would limit my participation on issues that weren't specifically project or policy related. Neither the composition of NomComm nor of ALAC will be of any relevance (from our POV) if at-large doesn't contribute to policy. I've now stated my piece and will leave the rest to others, unless I'm specifically dragged in (as happened here ;-) ). - Evan _______________________________________________ NA-Discuss mailing list HYPERLINK "mailto:NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org"NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.or g HYPERLINK "http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic ann.org"http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-l ists.icann.org --- Draft MoU with ICANN: HYPERLINK "http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU"http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU Draft Operating Principles: HYPERLINK "http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP"http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP Draft Code of Conduct: HYPERLINK "http://www.icannwiki.org/NARALO_Code_of_Conduct"http://www.icannwiki.org/NA RALO_Code_of_Conduct -- ------------------------- AmericaAtLarge.org RJPacific.com DDMF.org _______________________________________________ NA-Discuss mailing list HYPERLINK "mailto:NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org"NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.or g HYPERLINK "http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic ann.org"http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-l ists.icann.org --- Draft MoU with ICANN: HYPERLINK "http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU"http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU Draft Operating Principles: HYPERLINK "http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP"http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP Draft Code of Conduct: HYPERLINK "http://www.icannwiki.org/NARALO_Code_of_Conduct"http://www.icannwiki.org/NA RALO_Code_of_Conduct No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.19/918 - Release Date: 7/25/2007 14:55 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.19/918 - Release Date: 7/25/2007 14:55