[NCUC-DISCUSS] Nomcom

[Yolanda Mlonzi]

This is such a great question Ayden!

Looking forward to hearing the responses...

Silly question (newbie 😅) are we allowed to give our views on questions
posed to candidates or should we wait to hear their responses?

Yolanda.

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am glad to hear that we have two nominations for this position. Like
> Renata, I also have a question for our candidates:
>
>    - One of the jobs of the Nominating Committee, as best I understand
>    it, is to ensure that the maximum number of qualified people are willing to
>    offer themselves as nominees for a given role. If you uncover impediments
>    which discourage people from being nominated who might otherwise be
>    qualified and willing to volunteer their time, how would you go about
>    eliminating or reducing those impediments?
>
> I ask this because this is not just a problem which you might face on the
> NomCom. We as NCUC members might face it soon too. In the coming months we
> are going to have elections for a number of important roles (as many as
> four seats on the GNSO Council, as well as leadership roles on both the
> NCSG EC and NCUC EC). Not having a complete slate of candidates could be
> problematic from the perspective of diversity and in terms of making sure
> we have enough people both with new views and the right amount of
> institutional knowledge. Have you any tips you can share with us on how to
> build large nominee pools?
>
> Thanks again for stepping forward.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden Férdeline
> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Nomcom
> Local Time: July 28, 2017 3:04 PM
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> From: raquino at gmail.com
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>
> Hi
>
> It is such good news we have 2 nominations for Nomcom.
> And both women from Africa.
>
> As NCUC LAC member, I'm happy to see Global South representation.
>
> LAC is not represented in numbers well enough in the ICANN community.
> We do hope that changes.
>
> Will the chosen representative be appointed be EC or vote?
>
> Whatever path taken, I believe who decides will have a better chance of
> assessing if we hear more from candidates.
> I'd personally would like to know:
>
> - What are your thoughts and strategies for advancement of diversity in
> ICANN, especially Global South participation?
>
> - If Ines is chosen, do we have to choose a new EC Africa?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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