[NCUC-DISCUSS] Nomcom

[Sonigitu Ekpe]

Hi All!

On point.
My 50cents, we all learn by doing and participating.

Skills and knowledge are developed, quality is determined by whoever had
chosen to chase for clarity responsibilities and innovative application of
knowledge gained over the years.

We can evolve through many means and not only on the challenges of Regional
backwardness.

Kind regards.

Sonigitu Ekpe

On 30 Jul, 2017 02:53, "William Drake" <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi

On Jul 30, 2017, at 04:21, Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin at mail.
utoronto.ca> wrote:

I do agree with Dorothy that this is not a popularity contest....we have
two great candidates, and the exec cttee will have to figure out what the
job demands and pick the better candidate in their best judgement.  I
recommend they ask Bill and Brenden, our two most recent Nomcom reps, to
tell them the challenges of the role. It would not hurt to discuss exactly
what we want out of Nomcom, and what kind of candidates we think we need
for all the appointees.

I can only re-state what I’ve said on the list on multiple occasions over
the past couple years and on the call the other day.

There is a great deal of strategic interaction going on in NomCom selection
processes.  To work effectively as the sole civil society rep in a large
group, the NCUC rep must

1) be well familiarized with the various SOAC groups that make up the
community, and their respective historical orientations, leadership
requirements (since you’re appointing their ‘leaders'), preferences, and
interrelationships (so you can recognize the coalitions being formed around
decisions, on the fly)
2) know and be known/respected by the SOAC’s representatives so you can
build relationships of trust and have your views be taken seriously on
their merits rather than as just special pleading for one tribe’s interests
(NomCom is supposed to select people with the interests of the community as
a whole at heart, not just the members’ respective groups)
3) have the skills needed to build coalitions, lobby, and adjust tactics
quickly in real time as voting landscape shifts
4) have extensive personal networks in the ICANN and IG spaces and beyond
so you can encourage good people to go through the work of applying and
seeing the process through, and can explain the processes to them so
expectations don’t get out of line with reality

The NCUC EC has to take these sorts of consideration into account when
making a selection.  The decision has to be on professional grounds, not
personal.

Cheers

Bill


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