[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Delegate to the 2015 NomCom

[Stephanie Perrin]

I second that, Brenden is doing a great job!
Stephanie
On 2014-08-22, 7:10, Amr Elsadr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm all for Brenden staying on for another term as NCUC's delegate to 
> the NomCom. Glad he's willing.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
> On Aug 22, 2014, at 9:31 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com 
> <mailto:wjdrake at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> We need to appoint a NCUC delegate to the 2015 ICANN NomCom in the 
>> next week or so.  It's unfortunate that NomCom's cycle doesn't synch 
>> with our election cycle but c'est la vie.
>>
>> *What is the Nomcom?*
>>
>> ICANN's Nominating Committee (NomCom) is responsible for the 
>> selection of eight ICANN Board Members and for other selections as 
>> are set forth in the Bylaws. (See Bylaws Article VII, Section 1 
>> athttp://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VII-1)
>>
>> The NomCom is also charged with appointing some members of the At 
>> Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the Country Code Names Supporting 
>> Organization (ccNSO) Council and the Generic Names Supporting 
>> Organization (GNSO) Council. The NomCom complements the other means 
>> for filling a portion of key ICANN leadership positions achieved 
>> within the Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees.
>>
>> Together, the NomCom and Supporting Organization/Advisory Committee 
>> selection pathways ensure that ICANN benefits from functional, 
>> cultural and geographic diversity in its policy development and 
>> decision-making as the Internet evolves.
>>
>> *Who serves on Nomcom? *
>>
>> ICANN's SOs and ACs send appointees to serve up to two consecutive 
>> one-year terms on the Nomcom. You can read more about the structure 
>> here <http://nomcom.icann.org>.
>>
>> *Who is NCUC's current appointee to Nomcom?*
>>
>> For 2014-2015, Brenden Kuerbis of the Internet Governance Project 
>> served. He took over for Rafik Dammak, who was elected to NCSG Chair.
>>
>> Brenden has expressed interest to the Exec Com in continuing as 
>> NCUC's appointee. Despite joining midstream, he was able to make a 
>> positive impact from recruiting applicants to selecting individuals 
>> to positions. Selections were announced on the ICANN website August 
>> 15 <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-15-en>.
>>
>> Next year is an important cycle for Nomcom. It includes selections 
>> for 3 board seats and 2 NCAs to the GNSO, as well as other positions. 
>> Brenden has asked the EC for names of people we should approach about 
>> applying, as well as opportunities where we might do general 
>> outreach.  He is also happy to speak with us about the process and 
>> how NCUC can best engage it.
>>
>> Would anyone else be interested in being considered for this 
>> position?  If so we could have the contending applicants make their 
>> cases here on the list and then the EC would decide taking into 
>> account the views expressed, an assessment of the applicants' 
>> qualifications, etc.  If not, the EC can just go ahead and vote on 
>> Brenden's renewal.
>>
>> Let's please move on this in the next week, before the IGF.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>  ***********************************************
>> William J. Drake
>> International Fellow & Lecturer
>>   Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
>>   University of Zurich, Switzerland
>> Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency,
>>   ICANN, www.ncuc.org <http://www.ncuc.org/>
>> william.drake at uzh.ch <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch> (direct), 
>> wjdrake at gmail.com <mailto:wjdrake at gmail.com> (lists),
>> www.williamdrake.org <http://www.williamdrake.org/>
>> ***********************************************
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