<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi Rafik,</div><div><br></div><div>It's great to read NomCom reports. Thanks for sending them. I have a few questions, if that's alright.</div><br><div><div>On Jan 28, 2013, at 12:54 PM, Rafik Dammak wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="">hello everyone,</div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">I am resending the <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">third report </span><a href="http://nomcom.icann.org/report-cards-2012-2013.htm" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">http://nomcom.icann.org/report-cards-2012-2013.htm</a><font face="arial, sans-serif"> from nomcom summarising last discussion there and planning of next actions.</font></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Could you give some background on Item 4a in the report card issued in December:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; ">Agenda Item 4a</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; ">Stéphane's proposal discussed. Further discussion requested by Yrjö onlist. Proposal is to change the bylaws to allow any NomCom to reallocate all NCAs to the GNSO Council. The issue being that currently, as the sitting NomCom only allocates the NCAs it nominates, no rotation between NCA positions on the GNSO Council can be executed. So, for example, an</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; ">NCA assigned to the non-voting position risks staying there for her/his full term. This was not the intent of the NCA assignment rules.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Just wondering what the meanings of allocations and rotations are in this context.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">
<div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">I would like to take this opportunity to ask for your help to recommend candidates to apply for leadership positions within ICANN </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://nomcom.icann.org/invitation-2013.htm">http://nomcom.icann.org/invitation-2013.htm</a> .</font></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It says here that SOIs should have been received prior to May 1st, 2012. Is that a typo? Is it meant to be May 2013? If that is the case, shouldn't we be submitting a suggestion for someone from NCSG for the Non-Contracted Party House vacancy…, or have we done so already? Do we know if someone from the CSG has been nominated?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again.</div><div><br></div><div>Amr</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">
<div style=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">You can contact either directly a NomCom member</span> (I am representative for NCUC there)<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> or just by filling this online recommendation form. </span><a href="http://nomcom.icann.org/suggest" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">http://nomcom.icann.org/suggest</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">.</span></div>
<div style=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">it is really important to reach potential and diverse candidates bringing different background and expertise . </span><br></div><div style="">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The nomcom is also looking to get your feedback/ideas about possible outreach events to let me more people aware about the opened positions .</font></div>
<div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Best Regards,</font></div><div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Rafik</font></div>
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