[NCUC-DISCUSS] NomCom Review ++

[Edward Morris]

ALAC is composed of both commercial and noncommercial entities, has a completely different purpose and scope, and often takes positions contrary to that of those of us in the NCSG. 

As a brief example, in the CCWG I found myself in agreement with my GNSO colleagues and CCNSO friends far more often than I did with the ALAC participants. 

I do agree that the power structure in the EC is severely flawed. That is not going to change. I'd suggest we do our best to ensure that structure is not ported to other areas like NomCom.

Ed

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On 26 Nov 2016, at 12:23, Raoul Plommer <plommer at gmail.com> wrote:

>> With nearly four billion Internet users there is no way back to "elections". And with 1000+ new gTLDs the balance in a GNSO, designed when we had not more than 20+ gTLDs, gets rocked.
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> Apparently ALAC was created "with the purpose of providing a viable mechanism for participation by a significant number of active individual users of the Internet from around the world". I think there is too much overlap between ALAC and the NCSG and it makes them both weaker, starting from our own members having conflicting schedules. In the pre-transition period, that could be justified as the groups were supposed to do different things. Hasn't that also been changed now? I think ALAC/NCSG is a flaw in the ICANN's governance model itself. We are suffering from a lack of power to effectively uphold human rights for those four billion users.
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> How is it that in the Empowered Community the non-commercial interests have only 1/29 voting power? I'm presuming, that the CSG regurlarly gets 2/5 votes, that the GNSO has in the EC. I couldn't find ALAC's bylaws either, could someone point them out to me?
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>> Against this background, the discussion on a NomCom review could be a good door opener for the "Grand Re-Design".
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> Yes, it's also an excellent opportunity to start levelling the playing field before the needed grand restructuring begins and we should make sure, we'll come up with as many valid arguments as possible to increase our share of seats in the NomCom. With 1/7 share of the seats, we should have plenty. I tried to bring out mine, but that might just be more fitting to bring up later, in the context of the bigger restructuring.
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> -Raoul
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