[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Delegate to the ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee

Avri Doria avri at acm.org
Tue Aug 4 21:23:31 CEST 2015


Hi

Are you saying you want to stand for the role?
If so, you should self-nominate.

Or do you have a nominee we should all consider?
If so, please nominate.

avri


On 04-Aug-15 15:04, Remmy Nweke wrote:
> Thanks Amr
> In my suggestion I did not imply only for NomCom positions but every
> representation of NCUC likewise others within ICANN.
>
> If you have followed NCUC history you will understand my position and
> except we encourage regional rotation of delegations across board
> since they are tenure based, we will continue to lament on poor
> representation or entirely lack of representation by some regions of
> the world while we claim that ICANN which is our umbrella body
> systematically favor some regions in its mission and omissions.
>
> I have taken this up previously with Fade and the understanble
> response was that it must start from constituents or groups within the
> ICANN family and transcend to the larger family.
>
> And commencing the needed change of inclusiveness or expanded
> inclusiveness with NCUC will not be bad idea, otherwise we especially
> from the "marginalized" by the structure we belong to and strive to
> protect will remain as marginalized as ever.
>
> One other thing I think we may do despite that some of us are well
> qualified is that we must build capacity of others too to maintain the
> kind of engagement deserved for non commercial users across the globe. 
>
> What are we doing about it is another question? May be you revisit
> Stephanie mail earlier and the one from NomCom which was specific on
> geographic diversity of delegations.
>
> Without making reference to any particular person or persons who have
> paid their dues as far as ICANN is concerned, we must look beyond
> regional advantage to some of us in other to carry most often
> others along and progress beyond the politrick and overwhelming
> advantage to some of us, from advanced regions.
>
> I rest my case for now.
>
> Remmy Nweke
>
> On Tuesday, August 4, 2015, Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at egyptig.org
> <mailto:aelsadr at egyptig.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Remmy,
>
>     Personally, considering the greater diversity in NCUC’s membership
>     (relative to other groups within ICANN), I believe that regional
>     diversity should always be a priority for this constituency. This
>     should not be limited to leadership positions and other
>     constituency selection processes, but also in participation in
>     GNSO working groups where regional (such as African) participation
>     is most important. How can we achieve African representation in
>     our policy positions without African interests being presented as
>     part of the discussions by those they affect the most?
>
>     Having said that…, I’m not in favour of your proposal to have
>     rotational selection based on regions. NCUC has only one appointee
>     to the NomCom, and this appointment is too important to forgo
>     appointing the most appropriate individual in favour of other
>     criteria, no matter how laudable the reasons may be.
>
>     I will note that there has been an African representing the NCUC
>     on the NomCom immediately prior to our current NomCom
>     representative. Furthermore, the NCUC has regionally elected
>     officers to the NCUC executive committee (EC), for which we have
>     elections every year. In addition, the NCUC EC, not too long ago,
>     selected an African member as the beneficiary of the NCUC travel
>     policy. In this respect, I believe (and please correct me if I am
>     mistaken) we are unique in the GNSO. I don’t think it is just to
>     say that Africa has been under-represented by our constituency.
>
>     What I would personally like to see is our future regional EC
>     members (including from Africa) do a better job at fulfilling some
>     of their duties as per the NCUC bylaws (check section IV/D/4 of
>     the NCUC bylaws at http://www.ncuc.org/governance/bylaws/):
>
>     > Ensure that members from their region are made aware of and
>     respond to calls for comments by members of the Policy Committee
>     on Working Group and other Council and other ICANN policy
>     development activities. Regional Representatives must provide a
>     reply to all such requests from the Policy Committee.
>
>
>     Although the bylaws are not as updated as they should be, that
>     doesn’t change the sentiment regarding what elected regional EC
>     members should be doing for members from their respective regions.
>     Instead of suggesting regional rotation rules for NomCom
>     appointees, maybe what we should be doing is focusing more on how
>     our diverse membership could engage more effectively from the
>     bottom-up in a process where the bottom layer is the most crucial.
>
>     Just my personal thoughts.
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     Amr
>
>     > On Aug 4, 2015, at 7:12 PM, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at GMAIL.COM
>     <javascript:;>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Thanks Stephanie,
>     > That is the same point I just made too, even if it means
>     rotational delegation structure, NCUC could come up with.
>     > Frankly speaking in NCUC history, Africa for instance has been
>     under-represented alongside others.
>     > A rethink is most welcome.
>     > Remmy Nweke
>     >
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>     > On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Stephanie Perrin
>     <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca <javascript:;>> wrote:
>     > While I have already indicated my support for Bill, may I also
>     suggest, as a tired multiple commentator on the Westlake GNSO
>     review, that we need to ensure a lively, diverse field of
>     candidates for all these positions, so that we are not fulfilling
>     the criticism of not enough rotation of senior (travel-funded)
>     positions in our constituency/stakeholder group.   I suspect noone
>     will want to run against Bill, but we do need to have elections,
>     not acclamations.
>     >
>     > Kind regards,
>     > Stephanie
>     >
>     > On 2015-08-04 12:44, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" wrote:
>     > Many thanks to Brenden for a great Job!
>     >
>     > Wolfgang
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>     > Von: ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org <javascript:;> im
>     Auftrag von Anriette Esterhuysen
>     > Gesendet: Di 04.08.2015 16:37
>     > An: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org <javascript:;>
>     > Betreff: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Delegate to the ICANN 2016
>     NominatingCommittee
>     >   Dear Bill
>     >
>     > Who has played this role in the past? I recall Adam has, and of
>     course
>     > Brenden. And once Karen Banks from APC did too.. a long time ago :)
>     >
>     > Why don't you take this on? Will you have time?
>     >
>     > Anriette
>     > APC
>     >
>     >
>     > On 04/08/2015 16:08, William Drake wrote:
>     >
>     > Begin forwarded message:
>     >
>     > *From: *Joette Youkhanna <joette.youkhanna at icann.org <javascript:;>
>     > <mailto:joette.youkhanna at icann.org <javascript:;>>>
>     > *Subject: **Non-Commercial Users Constituency Delegate to the ICANN
>     > 2016 Nominating Committee*
>     > *Date: *August 4, 2015 at 12:37:33 AM GMT+2
>     > *To: *William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch <javascript:;>
>     <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch <javascript:;>>>
>     > *Cc: *"Stephane Van Gelder (svg at milathan.com <javascript:;>
>     > <mailto:svg at milathan.com <javascript:;>>)" <svg at milathan.com
>     <javascript:;>
>     > <mailto:svg at milathan.com <javascript:;>>>, "Ron Andruff
>     (RA at ONRconsulting.com
>     > <mailto:RA at ONRconsulting.com <javascript:;>>)" <RA at ONRconsulting.com
>     > <mailto:RA at ONRconsulting.com <javascript:;>>>, Cheryl Langdon-Orr
>     > <langdonorr at gmail.com <javascript:;>
>     <mailto:langdonorr at gmail.com <javascript:;>>>, Marika Konings
>     > <marika.konings at icann.org <javascript:;>
>     <mailto:marika.konings at icann.org <javascript:;>>>, "Jia-Juh
>     > Kimoto" <jiajuh.kimoto at icann.org <javascript:;>
>     <mailto:jiajuh.kimoto at icann.org <javascript:;>>>
>     >
>     > Dear Bill,
>     >   This email is sent on behalf of the 2016 Nominating Committee
>     (NomCom)
>     > Chair, still to be appointed by the ICANN Board of Directors and ask
>     > that the stakeholder groups and constituencies of the Generic Names
>     > Supporting Organization (GNSO) select a delegates to join the 2016
>     > NomCom. Brenden Kuerbis (NCUC delegate) served on the 2014 and 2015
>     > NomComs and is not eligible to serve another term.
>     >   The composition of the NomCom is outlined in Article VII,
>     Section 2.
>     > Composition of ICANN's Bylaws:
>     > (http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#VII)
>     >   */"Section 2. COMPOSITION/*
>     > /The Nominating Committee shall be composed of the following
>     persons:/
>     > /1. A non-voting Chair, appointed by the ICANN Board;/
>     > /2. A non-voting Chair-Elect, appointed by the ICANN Board as a
>     > non-voting advisor;/
>     > /3. A non-voting liaison appointed by the ICANN Root Server System
>     > Advisory Committee established by Article XI of these Bylaws
>     >
>     <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#XI-2.3>;/
>     > /4. A non-voting liaison appointed by the ICANN Security and
>     Stability
>     > Advisory Committee established by Article XI of these Bylaws
>     >
>     <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#XI-2.2>;/
>     > /5. A non-voting liaison appointed by the Governmental Advisory
>     > Committee
>     >
>     <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#XI-2.1>;/
>     > /6. Subject to the provisions of the Transition Article of these
>     > Bylaws, five voting delegates selected by the At-Large Advisory
>     > Committee established by Article XI of these Bylaws
>     >
>     <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#XI-2.4>;/
>     > /7. Voting delegates to the Nominating Committee shall be selected
>     > from the Generic Names Supporting Organization, established by
>     Article
>     > X of these Bylaws
>     >
>     <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#X-5.3>, as
>     > follows:/
>     > /a. One delegate from the Registries Stakeholder Group;/
>     > /b. One delegate from the Registrars Stakeholder Group;/
>     > /c. Two delegates from the Business Constituency, one representing
>     > small business users and one representing large business users;/
>     > /d. One delegate from the Internet Service Providers Constituency;/
>     > /e. One delegate from the Intellectual Property Constituency; and/
>     > /f. One delegate from consumer and civil society groups, selected by
>     > the Non-Commercial Users Constituency./
>     > /8. One voting delegate each selected by the following entities:/
>     > /a. The Council of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization
>     > established by Article IX of these Bylaws
>     > <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#IX>;/
>     > /b. The Council of the Address Supporting Organization established
>     > by Article VIII of these Bylaws
>     >
>     <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#VIII>;
>     and/
>     > /c. The Internet Engineering Task Force./
>     > /9. A non-voting Associate Chair, who may be appointed by the Chair,
>     > at his or her sole discretion, to serve during all or part of
>     the term
>     > of the Chair. The Associate Chair may not be a person who is
>     otherwise
>     > a member of the same Nominating Committee. The Associate Chair shall
>     > assist the Chair in carrying out the duties of the Chair, but shall
>     > not serve, temporarily or otherwise, in the place of the Chair."/
>     >   We would be grateful if you could make your selection as soon as
>     > possible, but no later than *Friday, 21 August 2015*.
>     >   We hope service on the NomCom will be interesting and
>     rewarding.  The
>     > 2016 NomCom will select 3 Directors of the ICANN Board, 2 members of
>     > the ALAC, 1 member of the GNSO Council, and 1 member of the ccNSO
>     > Council.
>     >   All 2016 NomCom members should be able to attend the first formal
>     > meeting of the 2016 NomCom in Dublin, Ireland which is
>     anticipated to
>     > be held at the conclusion of the ICANN 54 meeting, 18 - 22
>     > October 2015. Travel and hotel accommodation will be provided.
>     >   Please note the following as you select and appoint your
>     delegate to
>     > the 2016 NomCom:
>     >
>     >    * Specific criteria for selecting a delegate to the NomCom is
>     >      provided in Article VII, Section 4 of ICANN's Bylaws
>     >      (http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#VII)
>     >
>     >
>     >     *"Section 4. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE
>     DELEGATES*
>     > /Delegates to the ICANN Nominating Committee shall be:/
>     > /1. Accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and
>     intelligence,
>     > with reputations for sound judgment and open minds, and with
>     > experience and competence with collegial large group
>     decision-making;/
>     > /2. Persons with wide contacts, broad experience in the Internet
>     > community, and a commitment to the success of ICANN;/
>     > /3. Persons whom the selecting body is confident will consult widely
>     > and accept input in carrying out their responsibilities;/
>     > /4. Persons who are neutral and objective, without any fixed
>     personal
>     > commitments to particular individuals, organizations, or commercial
>     > objectives in carrying out their Nominating Committee
>     responsibilities;/
>     > /5. Persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the
>     potential
>     > impact of ICANN's activities on the broader Internet community
>     who are
>     > willing to serve as volunteers, without compensation other than the
>     > reimbursement of certain expenses; and/
>     > /6. Persons who are able to work and communicate in written and
>     spoken
>     > English."/
>     >
>     >    * NomCom delegates should have a high level network of contacts
>     >      essential to candidate recruitment (and we hope the NCUC) - as
>     >      sending entity will support your delegate and help them with
>     >      outreach).
>     >
>     >    * Eligibility Exception - No person who is an employee of or paid
>     >      consultant to ICANN (including the Ombudsman) shall
>     simultaneously
>     >      serve in any of the Nominating Committee positions as
>     described in
>     >      Article VII, Section 2 of ICANN's Bylaws
>     >     
>     (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#VII-2).
>     >
>     >    * The person should be able to join monthly teleconferences
>     >      (typically 13:00 or 14:00 UTC).  Note that the committee's
>     >      workload _will increase_ significantly during Apr/May/June 2016
>     >      when the candidate assessment process will be at its busiest.
>     >      Conference calls are held more frequently (typically weekly)
>     >      during this time as well.
>     >
>     >    * The person must be able to attend the NomCom selection
>     meeting in
>     >      late June 2016.
>     >
>     >    * The person should be willing to work in a large,
>     >      consensus-oriented committee.
>     >
>     >   The NomCom have _guideline
>     >
>     <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/2015-guidelines-2014-11-14-en>_
>     and _procedure
>     >
>     <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/2015-procedures-2014-11-14-en>_
>     documents
>     > for reference that provide additional information about the work of
>     > the NomCom.
>     >   Please consider geographic diversity of the NomCom when making
>     your
>     > selection of delegate.
>     >   We would appreciate your acknowledging receipt of this
>     message, and
>     > please send the name of the NCUC delegate no later than Friday, 21
>     > August 2015 to NomCom Staff Support, Joette Youkhanna
>     > at: joette.youkhanna at icann.org <javascript:;>
>     <mailto:joette.youkhanna at icann.org <javascript:;>> and
>     > Jia Kimoto at: jia-juh.kimoto at icann.org <javascript:;>
>     <mailto:jia-juh.kimoto at icann.org <javascript:;>>.
>     >   Many thanks in advance for helping the 2016 NomCom get off to
>     a good
>     > start!
>     >     Warm regards,
>     >   Stephane Van Gelder, Chair - 2015 NomCom
>     > Ron Andruff, Chair Elect - 2015 NomCom
>     > Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Associate Chair - 2015 NomCom
>     >     -------
>     >   Joette Youkhanna
>     > Jia Kimoto
>     > NomCom Staff
>     >   Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>     > 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300
>     > Los Angeles, CA USA 90094-2536
>     > *********************************************************
>     > William J. Drake
>     > International Fellow & Lecturer
>     >    Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
>     >    University of Zurich, Switzerland
>     > Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency,
>     >    ICANN, www.ncuc.org <http://www.ncuc.org> <http://www.ncuc.org>
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