[NCUC-DISCUSS] Non Contracted Parties House Election Procedures 2011

[Avri Doria]

On 13-Feb-14 12:30, Stephanie Perrin wrote:
> I am sorry to use the terms, but my point was really one of who do board members represent, when they are nominated and elected?  Can you please explain how this nomination process works?  I have read the materials and I am no wiser.  When I say Bill is “nice” I mean, he is sympathetic to various perspectives.  My question is, was he nominated because he represented civil society (through the Internet Society, or ALAC, or which constituency) and if as Bill D says he was elected by the business constituency, then is it a requirement to figure out who would be accepted by the business constituency??
> Replace strident with “an effective and passionate advocate for civil society, insofar as it has collectively identified its issues and strategies”.
> cheers Stephanie

While elected from an SG or SO or ALAC, or appointed by the misnomer 
call nomcom, a Board serves the interests of ICANN first and foremost as 
any Board memebr in a Corporaton.  Of course that means serving your 
interpretation of the ICANN's mission for the public interest etc..

Now, the person elected by a group should have some affinity with the 
views of those who elect and is accountable in respect to need 
re-election.  So if there is a mismatch between what the Board member 
does and the beliefs of the electors (in this case the gnso council 
members from the NCPH - Non contracted party house = CSG + NCSG + 1 NCA 
(nomcom appointee)), they won't relect.

To get elected by the NCPH one must get 8 votes, rounds of voting until 
then.  That means that even if you get a majority of 1 SG + 1 NCA you 
still need one vote from the other party.

last time in round 1, i got 7 to Bill's 6.
in the second round I lost 2 NCSG votes, so it became 5 to Bill's 8.

So just like they got Bill who some NCs appreciate, NCSG needs to get 
someone who can draw at least one CSG voter - though practically that 
means 1 CSG constituency.

Unless the rules are changed, of course.  But just as we don't want them 
to make common cause with the NCA and overwhelm us, they don't want us 
to make common cause with the NCA to overwhelm them.  Beyond that, no 
one wants to give the NCA that much power to decide.

avri