<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Hi Stephanie,</div><div><br></div><div>You have pinned and articulatef my thoughts very well, I couldn't habe said it better.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thato Mfikwe.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</div></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca> </div><div>Date: 30/06/2018 21:04 (GMT+02:00) </div><div>To: ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org </div><div>Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Diversity issues vs personal preferences </div><div><br></div></div>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I do think that Thato
has touched upon a problem that has not, to the best of my
knowledge been discussed before, namely the accountability of
the CEO and management team for staffing decisions. Is there
a policy that addresses diversity? I doubt it, I am not even
sure there is a policy or strategic priority that underpins
the globalization of offices and remote participation of
staff. So diversity and multiculturalism may not be an
expressed goal in ICANN hiring practices. In my view it
should; I regard the staff of ICANN.org much as I would a
government organization, I expect it to explicitly attempt to
mirror the community it serves. Implicit in that is cultural
diversity, not just regional presence. However, there are
many who measure ICANN as a high tech corporation, with
different metrics. <br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">If you wish to
register community distress at what the CEO actually said, my
recommendation would be to channel it through the fellowship
program (who invited him) and get multiple signatures from
those who were there and actually heard him</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">cheers Stephanie
Perrin.</font></font><br>
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The session was not recorded and I remember the CEO asking
Siranush if we were being recorded to which she responded the
session was not being recorded.
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On 28 Jun 2018, at 2:57 PM, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" moz-do-not-send="true">icann@ferdeline.com</a>>
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<div> On 28 June 2018 1:35 PM, thatomfikwe <<a href="mailto:thatomfikwe@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">thatomfikwe@gmail.com</a>>
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<div>I am sharing this message as a concerned member of
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<div>Today, 28 June 2018, ICANN 62 during the Fellowship
seşsion we were visited by the CEO of ICANN and after a
lengthy discussion followed Q&A, a question was
asked about diversity in appointment to ICANN org staff
and the board since it seems like a certain type of
people were preffered over other races.<br>
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<div>The troubling response from the CEO was that his
decisions were personal and he is not prepared to answer
this and started swaying his response towards gender
balance that exists with the board and ICANN org which
was not the actual question.<br>
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<div>Now this expérience makes one wonder how
accountability is measured or evaluated within ICANN org
as it seems like they do as they please. This response
from the CEO left fellows disgrantled and I think this
matter needs to be taken forward and escalated to the
board and community before further damage is done. The
response from the CEO was inconsiderate, not
appropriate, unethical, unproffessional and was way out
of line.<br>
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<div>Comments are welcome on this matter as I believe that
accountability needs to strengthen, thanks for taking
time for reading.<br>
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<div>From concerned Thato Mfikwe.<br>
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