<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Avri, Bill, everyone,<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 4:06 AM, William Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi<div><br><div><span class="gmail-"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 16, 2017, at 19:21, avri doria <<a href="mailto:avri@apc.org" target="_blank">avri@apc.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_7869300167340628556Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Hi,<br><br>I think most people know it is not worth the effort to go before an all<br>male committee and hope they will choose a woman.<br></div></div></blockquote><div></div></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><snip></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><span class="gmail-"><div>.  On could carry the exercise back to the beginning and add in applicant pools to get a global assessment of the pattern over time, and I would hope that the current NomCom Review Committee would do this.  Either way, I most certainly would not be telling female candidates not to apply based on the above facts.  We need to encourage applicants, not deter them, please.<br></div></span></div><div><br></div><div>As to NC composition, I have suggested to colleagues that the appointing SOACs should really try to follow a rotation principle, rather than continually appointing men to the NC.  Some parts of the community systematically have more trouble doing this than others; NCUC and ALAC appear to have been the best, and I hope that my replacement as of Abu Dhabi will be consistent with this principle. I also hope that the current external NomCom Review will make a recommendation to this end; perhaps our representatives on it can update as to whether consideration is being given to the matter.</div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>Thanks for raising these issues.</div><div><br></div><div>First, a bit of an apology for not updating everyone sooner.  ICANN published the Request for Proposals on Jan 19:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-nomcom-review-19jan17-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-nomcom-review-19jan17-en.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>In it there is language addressing the issues raised above:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-page" title="Page 5"><div class="gmail-layoutArea"><div class="gmail-column"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri;font-weight:700">B. Accountability and transparency to the public<br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri">How can the NomCom selection process be improved, including but not limited to transparency, accountability, diversity and representativeness?<br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri;font-weight:700">C. NomCom Composition, membership processes and participation<br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri">Does the outcome of the selection processes of the various SO/ACs to the NomCom, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri">including those of the GNSO’s Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, lead to a </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri">functional, diverse, and representative NomCom?<br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri">Does representation in the current NomCom structure appropriately match ICANN’s </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri">goals of diversity and representativeness </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri">– </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri">if not, how could the structure of the NomCom change to reflect that remit better? </span></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>So while the eventual methodological approach may vary, I would expect the selected Independent Assessor to confront diversity questions in its report and to collect and analyze historical data. And once the research begins I would especially encourage anyone interviewed to raise their concerns.</div><div><br></div><div>Just an additional note about timeline.  ICANN is currently receiving and reviewing responses, the Working Party is expecting to get an update on that process sometime during the Copenhagen meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope that helps, please feel to ask or contact me with any further questions about the WP process. </div><div><br></div><div>-- Brenden </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------<br>Brenden Kuerbis<br>Internet Governance Project<br><a href="http://internetgovernance.org/" target="_blank">http://internetgovernance.org</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div></div><div><br></div></div><span class="gmail-"><div><br></div><br><br><div>
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