<div dir="ltr">Dear NCUC members,<div><br></div><div>Good day and I hope your week is going well.</div><div>Thank you for participating in the NCUC Readout session.  As discussed in the meeting today, please share  your response to these questions to gather our community views.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">ICANN Board Chair Tripti Sinha is  requesting feedback from your respective community groups on the </span>question of <span>rebalancing</span> the Nominating Committee (<span>NomCom</span>) by *<b>30 June 2023</b>*. As noted in the letter, the ICANN Board wishes to engage with the <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">community to understand the community’s views on this topic. The Board is specifically seeking input on the following questions:<br><br>1. What does it mean to have a balanced <span>NomCom</span> at a point in time? For example, what criteria would you apply to measure or assess whether the<br><span>NomCom</span> is balanced? And further, how can one test whether or not the <span>NomCom</span> is balanced? </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br>2. Do you support the view that the current composition of the <span>NomCom </span>needs to be <span>rebalanced</span>? Please explain why or why not.<br><br>3. How frequently does the balance need to be measured or assessed?<br><br>4. How do you suggest that the <span>NomCom</span>’s composition be <span>rebalanced</span>?<br><br>5. Who should conduct this work, and how should it be conducted?<br><br>6. How would your community group prioritize consideration of this issue<br>within your planning efforts?<br><br>Additional background on the work to date on this topic, including by the <span>NomCom</span> Review Implementation Working Group that<br>was set up to implement the outcomes of the Second <span>NomCom</span> Review (see <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence</a></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br><<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence</a>> for each of the<br>letters sent to all 21 SOAC leaders). In addition, on 25 May 2023, the<br>Chair of the Board’s Organizational Effectiveness Committee, Katrina<br>Sataki, and members of ICANN org’s Reviews Support & Accountability team<br>gave a presentation to the GNSO Council that covered the present<br>structure of <span>NomCom</span>, a brief history of the <span>rebalancing</span> matter and<br>forthcoming actions. As such, you may find the presentation<br></span><<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/presentation/presentation-gnso-council-nomcom-rebalancing-revised-25may23-en.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/presentation/presentation-gnso-council-<span>nomcom</span>-<span>rebalancing</span>-revised-25may23-en.pdf</a>> and<br>the recording<br><<a href="https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/7pSQ37mSB5wGz8-msQS2PDpzhQ6VdJQISm2SYmWKwfFMWFM_Z6FdMsFiipNyIV-E.J55mm5SBjoZJS9d9?startTime=1684990882000" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/7pSQ37mSB5wGz8-msQS2PDpzhQ6VdJQISm2SYmWKwfFMWFM_Z6FdMsFiipNyIV-E.J55mm5SBjoZJS9d9?startTime=1684990882000</a>> (from<br><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">00:14:10 - 00:31:38) helpful in discussing any planned feedback with<br>your members.</span><br></div></div></div>