<div dir="ltr">Well said Ayden ,Bill , Dorothy and others.<div><br></div><div>This is good infromation. It is indeed not a popularity contest and I look forward to hearing more about the actual selection of the candid.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Karel</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 July 2017 at 19:55, Olévié Kouami <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olivierkouami@gmail.com" target="_blank">olivierkouami@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Please all.<div dir="auto">Do remenber that we are a community from diverse geigraphical regions using languages.</div><div dir="auto">For we who don't have english as daily speaking language or are not so fluent in english, the +1 help us to express ourselves in certain manner to decrypt.</div><div dir="auto">Please take it into account too.</div><div dir="auto">My 2 cents.</div><div dir="auto">Warm regards</div><div dir="auto">Olevie</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Le 30 juil. 2017 14:27, "Ginger Paque" <<a href="mailto:virginiap@diplomacy.edu" target="_blank">virginiap@diplomacy.edu</a>> a écrit :<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Interesting discussion.<br><ul><li>I think +1's mean 'I agree, for the stipulated reasons, and I'm not going to reiterate the points, taking up people's time.' <br><b>If +1's are not valid input, we should know that and make it a guideline. (I for one, do not agree. I think I'm saving people's reading time).</b></li></ul><ul><li>If I agree with the general direction of the discussion and have nothing new to add, I don't write to the list. I speak up when I have something to say, and that would usually be 1. if I disagree, or 2. I consider it to be a point that is seeking consensus. So either a dissenting opinion or a +1. That is input I consider <i><b>most</b></i> appropriate for a lot of us.</li></ul><div>Cheers,</div><div>Ginger</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_255197335106402315m_-3736816209606873627gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Virginia Paque</div><div dir="ltr">DiploFoundation<br><div><div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Helvetica;text-align:-webkit-auto"></p><p style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 5:33 AM, Sonigitu Ekpe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:soekpe@gmail.com" target="_blank">soekpe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi All!<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On point.</div><div dir="auto">My 50cents, we all learn by doing and participating.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Skills and knowledge are developed, quality is determined by whoever had chosen to chase for clarity responsibilities and innovative application of knowledge gained over the years.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We can evolve through many means and not only on the challenges of Regional backwardness.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kind regards.<span class="m_255197335106402315m_-3736816209606873627HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Sonigitu Ekpe</div></font></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_255197335106402315m_-3736816209606873627h5">On 30 Jul, 2017 02:53, "William Drake" <<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" target="_blank">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="m_255197335106402315m_-3736816209606873627m_1662780337054395763quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_255197335106402315m_-3736816209606873627h5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Hi</div>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I do agree with
Dorothy that this is not a popularity contest....we have two
great candidates, and the exec cttee will have to figure out
what the job demands and pick the better candidate in their
best judgement. I recommend they ask Bill and Brenden, our
two most recent Nomcom reps, to tell them the challenges of
the role. It would not hurt to discuss exactly what we want
out of Nomcom, and what kind of candidates we think we need
for all the appointees.</font></font></p><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div>I can only re-state what I’ve said on the list on multiple occasions over the past couple years and on the call the other day.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a great deal of strategic interaction going on in NomCom selection processes. To work effectively as the sole civil society rep in a large group, the NCUC rep must </div><div><br></div><div>1) be well familiarized with the various SOAC groups that make up the community, and their respective historical orientations, leadership requirements (since you’re appointing their ‘leaders'), preferences, and interrelationships (so you can recognize the coalitions being formed around decisions, on the fly)</div><div>2) know and be known/respected by the SOAC’s representatives so you can build relationships of trust and have your views be taken seriously on their merits rather than as just special pleading for one tribe’s interests (NomCom is supposed to select people with the interests of the community as a whole at heart, not just the members’ respective groups)</div><div>3) have the skills needed to build coalitions, lobby, and adjust tactics quickly in real time as voting landscape shifts</div><div>4) have extensive personal networks in the ICANN and IG spaces and beyond so you can encourage good people to go through the work of applying and seeing the process through, and can explain the processes to them so expectations don’t get out of line with reality</div><div><br></div><div>The NCUC EC has to take these sorts of consideration into account when making a selection. The decision has to be on professional grounds, not personal.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><br></div><br></div></div><span>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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