[NCUC-DISCUSS] Nomcom

[Wisdom Donkor]

Well said Dorothy.

Cheers to all,

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On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 10:42 AM, dorothy g <dgdorothydg at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is no need to swipe jabs at each other. Peace , love etc.
> The fact is that it is NOT good management practice to have total
> transparency in this kind of decision making. As Farzaneh correctly points
> out NOT ALL managerial decisions need to be conducted in public. To do so
> would be absurd. We choose our leaders because we trust them to make the
> right decisions on our behalf.
> We just need the process to be transparent and well understood. As I
> mentioned before sharing the criteria that will be used to decide will be
> helpful.
> I am pleased that we are engaging around the topic but we need to stay
> realistic.
> hugs to all!
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 10:21 AM, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Tapani,
>>
>> Transparency is about public accountability. It does not mean that all
>> managerial decisions must be carried out in public. In appointments, the
>> selection committee will be discussing candidate skills and qualifications.
>> This is a sensitive area, and it is typical both inside and outside of
>> ICANN that these conversations take place within a cone of silence to
>> protect the dignity of candidates. We have taken our decision now, and I
>> was preparing to email both candidates privately to provide them with
>> feedback on their applications. If the candidates consent, we can make
>> these emails public, but it would be understandable if they preferred
>> otherwise. I will, however, email this list in due course to announce the
>> selected candidate and the reasons why the selection committee felt like
>> they were best placed to represent the NCUC on the Nominating Committee.
>>
>> During the time that I have been the Chair of NCUC, I have worked
>> fiercely to bring greater transparency to our community regarding available
>> resources, the rationale for our selections and appointments, and called
>> upon the expertise of Michael Karanikolas when drafting our operating
>> procedures to ensure we have given transparency issues appropriate
>> consideration. I find it, frankly, insulting that you would insinuate we
>> have been anything but transparent here given our track record — a track
>> record, I note reluctantly, that you as Chair of the NCSG have not yourself
>> practiced.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Farzaneh
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <
>> ncuc at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> While I'm happy to see two great candidates and good discussion
>>> about NomCom, there's one side issue I find disconcerting, namely
>>> how NCUC EC plans to make its decision.
>>>
>>> I may have misunderstood something, but looking at
>>>
>>> http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-ec/2017-July/004061.html
>>>
>>> it seems they plan to discuss this in private emails.
>>>
>>> Transparency is one of our core values, moving EC deliberations to
>>> private emails is something that should not be done lightly if at all,
>>> certainly not without some extraordinary justification. I would very
>>> much hate to see it become normal, routine procedure whenever EC or
>>> the Chair feel like it.
>>>
>>> There may well be circumstances where confidential discussions are
>>> needed, but they should be rare, explicitly justified and documented,
>>> and even then they should still be recorded and records kept somewhere
>>> where they can be accessed, e.g., by the Ombudsman if need be.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tapani Tarvainen
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