NCSG selections for the SSR & WHOIS AoC Review Teams

Wed Aug 18 08:17:00 CEST 2010

HI

There has been very little response for PC members and the candidates have not opted to provide any more information/rationale to the members list as I'd encouraged them to do on the last call.  Nevertheless, we need to notify Glen/Council of our selections by Friday, and Council will discuss next week.  We have four quality candidates but must pick two.

Wendy and Rafik have expressed on this list a preference for Kim for WHOIS.  I agree, so there's three.  If I recall correctly others had expressed similar sentiments before when he submitted his application.  I'm guessing Debbie may prefer Amber…?

For SSR, a number of people have informally indicated a preference for David (who I guess counts as Asia-Pacific) this time.  Hopefully George (who until recently was with the govt telecom operator and participating in ccNSO) will in time move more fully into the NC world and we could engage him more fully later down the line.

FWIW my suggestion would be to endorse Kim for WHOIS, David for SSR, and indicate Amber and George as candidates we could support in the almost certain event of a diversity procedure involving Council votes to potentially add two names.  

For SSR, there's a very high probability that George would be added in this manner, as all six of the non-NCSG candidates are from the USA (surprise!). http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/dns-ssr-en.htm.  Whether the selectors would then pick him, who knows, it'll be tough as GNSO gets only three slots.

Similarly, for WHOIS, seven of eight candidates are from the USA http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/whois-policies-en.htm so putting Kim on alone will not meet the geo diversity requirement.  Nothing can be done about that.  The outstanding question will be gender diversity.  I assume the registries will endorse Kathy (we can mention our support of her, too).  If CSG picks one of its guys over Susan the pool would be three men one woman and here too there'd be a diversity procedure and Amber would likely be voted into the pool.

So we could well end up with all four NCSG candidates going forward.

Anyway, please respond stating preferences on the record so we can make a decision by tomorrow.

Thanks,

Bill

On Jul 31, 2010, at 7:14 AM, William Drake wrote:

> Hi
> 
> The deadline for applications having passed, we now begin the three weeks period during which NCSG has to decide who it endorses for the SSR and WHOIS review teams.  In both cases, we should select a primary person and also have in mind a few possible alternatives in the event that the SG selections yield an inadequately diverse pool and thus trigger the possible selection of 1 or 2 additional names by Council, in coordination with the SGs.  For the WHOIS RT, GNSO got four seats, so whomever we select as our primary is guaranteed to be on the RT.  For the SSR RT, GNSO got three seats, so whomever we pick has a decent chance but is not guaranteed to get on, it's up to Rod and Heather as the Selectors.
> 
> The eight candidates for WHOIS are here http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/whois-policies-en.htm
> 

> The following indicated that they feel most closely aligned with NCSG
> 
> Kim G. Von Arx
> Amber Sterling
> 
> The seven candidates for SSR are here http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/dns-ssr-en.htm
> 
> The following indicated that they feel most closely aligned with NCSG
> 
> David Cake
> George Asare Sakyi
> 
> Please note: a) not that we necessarily would, but technically any SG can endorse any candidates irrespective of which SG they have identified themselves with, and b) in the event that Council did end up having to use the diversity procedure, we should have  additional names we could support or at least live with.  So while our attention should presumably concentrate in the first instance on the four folks who have asked for NCSG endorsement, it'd be good to have a look at the entire pools and see whether there are others who we could support if it comes to that.
> 
> Council's next teleconference is 5 August 2010 @ 15:00 UTC, agenda and motions at 
> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?gnso_council_workspace
> 
> Presumably NCSG will do a cll on 4 August, next Wednesday.  We will need to have a discussion there of the candidates for endorsement and get community input for the Policy Committee with an eye to the 20 August deadline for endorsements. So with apologies for the short time line, if in the next 4 days people could have a look at the candidates that would help.  We could also usefully have some discussion in advance here on the list, if the candidates would care to share their respective pitches on why they're the right people for the jobs etc.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes at verisign.com>
>> Date: July 30, 2010 5:47:16 PM GMT+02:00
>> To: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes at verisign.com>, "Council GNSO" <council at gnso.icann.org>
>> Subject: [council] RE: SSR & WHOIS AoC Reviews - Applications - GNSO Endorsement
>> 
>> Here’s corrected message:
>>  
>> Here are the final set of applicants for the AoC SSR & Whois RTs.  Note that GNSO AoC Reviews site contains these as well with their country and SG; see  http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/ .
>>  
>> The GNSO 21-day period for SG endorsements begins now.  Primary SG endorsements and any alternate candidates to meet diversity goals are due not later than Friday, 20 August, but if you are able to provide them by Wednesday, 18 August, or sooner that would be much appreciated so that we can meet our procedural requirement of 8-day advance notice for our 26 August meeting.
>>  
>> If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
>>  
>> Thanks for your cooperation.
>>  
>> Chuck
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> From: Alice Jansen [mailto:alice.jansen at icann.org] 
>> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:06 AM
>> To: Gomes, Chuck
>> Cc: 'Glen'; Olof Nordling
>> Subject: SSR & WHOIS AoC Reviews - Applications - GNSO Endorsement
>> Importance: High
>>  
>> Dear Chuck,
>>  
>> As you know, the deadline for a position of volunteer Member on the Security, Stability & Resiliency of the DNS (Affrev 2 - SSR) and WHOIS Policy (Affrev 4 - WHOIS) Review Teams expired yesterday.
>>  
>> We are pleased to inform you that the overall number of applications received for a position on the Affirmation review 2 (SSR) tallies up to 21 while 15 candidatures were submitted for the Affirmation review 4 (WHOIS).
>>  
>> Among the applicants, 15 Community Members stated their willingness to represent the GNSO during the process; the Review(s) for which they are volunteering are indicated for your convenience:
>> -          Bill Smith – 1. WHOIS 2. SSR
>> -          David Cake – SSR
>> -          Eric Brunner-Williams – 1. SSR 4. WHOIS
>> -          George Sakyi – SSR
>> -          Jeff Brueggeman – SSR
>> -          Kenneth Silva –SRR
>> -          Richard Wilhem – SRR
>> -          Amber Sterling – WHOIS
>> -          Babagana Abubakar – WHOIS
>> -          James Bladel – WHOIS
>> -          Kathy Kleiman – WHOIS
>> -          Kim Von Arx - WHOIS
>> -          Susan Kawaguchi – WHOIS
>> -           
>> Attached please find the respective applicants’ files and details.
>>  
>> Passing on the torch to you, we now invite you to review these candidatures so as to determine the applications the GNSO wishes to endorse. Please inform us of your decision no later than 12 September -  23:59 UTC so that ICANN’s CEO – Mr. Rod Beckstrom – and the Chair of the GAC – Mrs. Heather Dryden – may begin the selection process.
>>  
>> Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have further questions.
>>  
>> Many thanks in advance for your cooperation.
>>  
>> Kind regards
>>  
>> Alice
>>  
>>  
>> Alice E. Jansen
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