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The whole 2020 NomCom process is online sind February. No difference to the rest of the ICANN Community. So far, the Online process and the 20+ Zoom three hours meetings we had workd fine. We have now excellent short lists. No problem. Everything is very good. So far.
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With my personal experiences of seven ICANN NomComs, I expressed my sceptisism that I have doubts that a consensus can be reached online in the remaining time. The last mile is the most controversial. If you have four or five equally qualified candidates - and this is the case this year - it needs a lot of consultations, conversations, communications to pick the final two with the agreement of all 16 voting members. My "scepticism" is very personal. I hope we can achieve a result. This would be great. But I am not sure.
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">To be paralyzed by the inability to have in-person meetings during a pandemic baffles me – am I missing something? What’s stopping you from dumping the in-person meeting part and doing it virtually?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Ncuc-discuss <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a>> <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Wolfgang Kleinwächter<br><strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday, July 30, 2020 2:51 PM<br><strong>To:</strong> NCUC-discuss <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>><br><strong>Subject:</strong> [NCUC-DISCUSS] Nom Com<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p>Based on around 40 virtual one hour interviews with candidates, done by small teams of NomCom members, we had four rounds of virtual discussions in July 2020 and produced for each of the seven positions shortlists. For the two positions in the ICANN Board we have now seven candidates on the shortlist. For the positions in the PTI Board, GNSO, CNSO and ALAC we have a smaller shortlists. <u></u><u></u></p>
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