<div dir="ltr">Thank you to all for this discussion. I think that it is best not to put it to rest, but rather to look at the pertinent issues in depth and at some length. In relation to gender diversity, I do hope that we are referring not only to females but also to persons across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. <div><br></div><div>But, for now--taking "female" as standing in for "gender"--I suggest that it would be instructive to begin with the statement that "excellent female candidates...did not tick all the boxes," to problematize this and study which boxes were not ticked by females and why this is the case or perceived to be the case. That is, not to address why this is the case in an "objective" sense, but rather in an attempt to understand how it is that "females" and other persons of diverse ethnicities and geographic locations do not appear to "check all the boxes" due to forms of systemic discriminations in digital governance regimes. More specifically, the question is why might the ways in which assumptions and practices within the NomCom selection process favor specific and perhaps too narrow definitions of what constitutes notions of expertise and aptitudes that may favor the selection of white males who already have had positions of influence within the organization (not to point fingers at specific white males who have taken positions of responsibility within NCUC but perhaps at system that favors white masculinity in specific roles).</div><div><br></div><div>There are too many ideological issues to study in ICANN as a whole within a defined period of time, and perhaps with limited resources. I suggest that something like a group "self-study" of the NomCom process has the <i>potential</i> to help to inform the selection process and rebalance the membership of the constituency.</div><div><br></div><div>This is not to suggest that a letter expressing concern with the lack of diversity and new leaders in NCUC is unnecessary. I am suggesting that, if the problem is to be addressed, more than a letter is necessary. We are the ones who can "fix" ourselves.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Lisa</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D. (she, her, hers)<br></div><div>Associate Professor, Department of Media, Journalism & Film <span style="font-size:12.8px">(Media and Culture Program)</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">and Department of Global and Intercultural Studies (Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program)</span></div><div>Miami University-Ohio; USA</div><div><br></div><div>Contact:</div><div>Department of Media, Journalism & Film; Williams Hall; Miami University;</div><div>Oxford, OH 45056; USA</div><div>Tele: 513-529-3547; Fax: 513-529-1835; Email: <a href="mailto:mclauglm@miamioh.edu" target="_blank">mclauglm@miamioh.edu</a></div><div>
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</div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:20 AM Akinremi Peter Taiwo <<a href="mailto:compsoftnet@gmail.com" target="_blank">compsoftnet@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Thanks Kathy and other folks. It was really a hard task to </span>select few<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> from
over 60 applications that </span>was<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> received.</span></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">@Kaswesha Your concern is valid but you will agree with me
that having to select few from many applications is more challenging, hence,
need for quality, I mean quality application. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">@Farzaneh NomCom evaluates based on the criteria provided
and the quality of application that was received. Each of the selected
candidate was weighed against such criteria that was provided to the NomCom. My
apologies as I won’t be able to go in-depth because of the confidential nature
of the NomCom. But I can tell you that we have excellent female candidates but unfortunately
did not tick all boxes. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I feel the concern that rotating people in and out might not
necessarily contribute to community vitality, I guess that goes beyond the remit
of NomCom. This is a concern that the community might need to find a way to
address. And for the IPC members being overrepresented on the GNSO council should
be a concern. It was not part of the criteria received by the NomCom for the
selection. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Yes, I agree that NomCom need to do more outreach. But
again, how do we address the issue of poor application and the concern of
losing potential candidate of not reapplying for NomCom positions bearing in
mind that NomCom has few positions to fill. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">@Stephenie, You will see that from the selected candidates
we have fresh blood that have no ICANN experience and background. NomCom will learn
from this and ensure more outreach is done. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">@Shreedeep In my personal opinion, we need to encourage more
quality application. And encourage those that is applying to put in more effort
into the application. Again, NomCom is limited based on the number of positions
to be filed. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">@Gleen Diversity is key but should we slide competency under
the carpet because of diversity. I can tell you that NomCom was very concerned
of the diversity on the board as well as in every stakeholder group. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">@Rafik You are not mistaking. What I can only say on this is that NomCom was
keen on competency and diversity. Reason why we should encourage those that is
applying to submit good application. This is not to say that the application
received wasn’t good. It is unfortunate that we had to select few from many
good applications. It was a tough decision. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">@Shah Good question. I guess this might be to the broader
ICANN ecosystem to answer and see how to motivate experience folks to apply for
GNSO, ATLARGE, ccNSO positions. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">@Bruna. Thanks for raising that, it will be communicated. It
was sad for NomCom for not seeing female made it to the board. I am sure this would
be address going forward. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I would like to thanK every person that responded. It
clearly shows our interest in helping ICANN to get better especially that of
NomCom process. I am pressed to divulge more information, but I am also constrained
by the NomCom confidentiality.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> I hope you all
understand. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Apologies for the typo. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 1:17 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <<a href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com" target="_blank">bruna.mrtns@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello, all, <div><br></div><div>I am sorry to be joining this thread later but I happen to agree with Farzaneh that its really unfortunate that we did not have any female board appointee and to also see the regional diversity shrinking as pointed out by Rafik. I understand that other parts of the world might have had to change thair focus and work perspectives during the pandemic and even scale down their engagement with ICANN but thats no excuse for the org to continue experiencing a board constellation that is nowhere near gender parity - and speaking as a female member of the community leadership, i really hoped that the NomCom had this in mind. </div><div><br></div><div>Do we think it would be the case of writing a letter or asking for a meeting with NomCom in one of the upcoming meetings ? id be happy to help facilitate. </div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div>Bruna </div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 9:57 PM Remmy Nweke <<a href="mailto:remmyn@gmail.com" target="_blank">remmyn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Weldone Peter for sharing<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">___________________</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">REMMY NWEKE, </span><font size="1"><i>mNUJ, mNGE, mGOCOP</i></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Lead Consulting Strategist/Group Executive Editor,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><font color="#0000ff">IT</font><font color="#ff0000">REALMS</font> Media</b> group [<i>Multiple-award winning medium</i>]</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div>(<a href="http://www.itrealms.com.ng/" target="_blank">ITREALMS</a>, <a href="http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/businessnews" target="_blank">DigitalSENSE Business Magazine</a>; <a href="http://www.naijaagronet.com.ng/" target="_blank">NaijaAgroNet</a>)</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">No. 36 Afariogun Street, Oshodi-Lagos</span><br>M: 234-8033592762, 8023122558, T: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ITRealms" target="_blank">@ITRealms<br></a><div>@DigitalSENSEng<br><a href="https://www.itrealms.com.ng/" target="_blank">2022 <b style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font color="#ff0000">Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D</font></b>, Thursday June 9</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.itrealms.com.ng/" target="_blank">2022 <b style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font color="#0000ff">IT</font><font color="#ff0000">REALMS</font></b> e-Waste Dialogue, Thursday December 8</a></div><div><a href="http://welcomecentrehotels.com/" target="_blank">@Welcome Center Hotels, Int'l Airport Road, Lagos-Nigeria</a><br></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Former Vice President, African Civil Society on Information Society (ACSIS)</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">______________________________________________________________<br>*Confidentiality Notice:* The information in this document and attachments <br>are confidential and may also be privileged information. 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Below are the people selected to ICANN leadership positions to begin their term in September 2022.<br><div dir="auto"><b><br></b></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><b>ICANN Board of Directors</b></div><div dir="auto">Maarten Botterman</div><div dir="auto">Europe</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Christopher Chapman</div><div dir="auto">Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sajidur Rahman</div><div dir="auto">Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><b>Public Technical Identifiers Board of Directors</b></div><div dir="auto">Tobias Sattler</div><div dir="auto">Europe</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><b>At-Large Advisory Committee</b></div><div dir="auto">Eduardo Díaz</div><div dir="auto">North America</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Tommi Karttaavi</div><div dir="auto">Europe</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><b>Country Code Names Supporting Organization Council</b></div><div dir="auto">Olga Cavalli</div><div dir="auto">Latin America and the Caribbean</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><b>Generic Names Supporting Organization Council</b></div><div dir="auto">Anne Aikman-Scalese</div><div dir="auto">North America</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">More information of the process can be found here:<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icanns-2022-nominating-committee-announces-leadership-selections-11-08-2022-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icanns-2022-nominating-committee-announces-leadership-selections-11-08-2022-en</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards.</div></div></div></div></div>
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