[NCUC-DISCUSS] ICANN 2017 Nominating Committee Announces Selections

Sat Sep 2 09:25:19 CEST 2017

Hi

As NCUC’s representative on the 2017 NomCom it gives me great pleasure to belatedly announce what you already know (since I don't happen to live on California time….we were supposed to get a head’s up before they posted the announcement but whatever).  So yes, the NomCom has appointed to the ICANN Board our own Avri Doria as well as Sarah Deutsch, who is a Board member of NCUC member the Electronic Frontiers Foundation https://www.eff.org/about/staff/sarah-deutsch.  Together with Matt Shears joining the Board as the NonContracted House rep, this means that we now have some first rate people on the Board who can bring to the decision making process an openness to the concerns of the noncommercial users (in the context of their chief responsibility to the Internet and the ICANN community as a whole).  This is a very good thing.

We also appointed some very good people to the other positions on the ALAC, ccNSO, and GNSO.  From a local tribal standpoint, I would draw particular attention to Marita Moll of NCUC joining the ccNSO, and Carlos Gutierrez of NPOC/NCUC/NCSG to the GNSO Council.   So lots of civil society voices in the mix.  And there are other interesting people as well, e.g. Syed Ismail Shah (GNSO Council) reportedly has been a strong voice for an open Internet in Pakistan, and Hadia Elminiawi (Africa), Kaili Kan (Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands), and Richardo Holmquist (Latin America, Caribbean Islands) should be good for the ALAC.

So congratulations to all the selectees.  I assume ICANN will get their bios up on the website shortly.

You may note that the announcement made no mention of the two appointees to the PTI Board.  Apparently ICANN has not finished the due diligence background checks on them yet, so another announcement is forthcoming shortly.

Cheers

Bill

> On Sep 2, 2017, at 05:41, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not really sure which list to send this to because Avri is really an ICANN community person (literarily everywhere so to speak) but I think here is more appropriate.
> 
> As we use to say when a community member crosses to the Board "we probably just lost Avri" ;-) but I think it's a gain for both ICANN Org and community.
> 
> Congratulations to one of the encyclopedia of ICANN, congratulations to Carlos as well and every other person selected to the various positions.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Sent from my mobile
> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
> 
> On Sep 2, 2017 2:26 AM, "ICANN News Alert" <no-reply at external.icann.org <mailto:no-reply at external.icann.org>> wrote:
>  <http://www.icann.org/>News Alert
> 
> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-09-01-en <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-09-01-en>
> ICANN 2017 Nominating Committee Announces Selections
> LOS ANGELES – 01 September 2017 - The ICANN 2017 Nominating Committee is pleased to announce its selections for eight leadership positions within ICANN. The selections include:
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> ICANN Board of Directors
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> Avri Doria (North America)
> Sarah Deutsch (North America)
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> At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
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> Hadia Elminiawi (Africa)
> Kaili Kan (Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands)
> Richardo Holmquist (Latin America, Caribbean Islands)
> 
> Council of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
> 
> Marita Moll (North America)
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> Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)
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> Carlos Gutierrez (Latin America, Caribbean Islands)
> Syed Ismail Shah (Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands)
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> Selectee photos and biographies will be posted to icann.org <https://www.icann.org/> in the coming days.
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> Those selected will take up their positions after the end of ICANN’s Annual General Meeting, which will take place during ICANN60, scheduled for 28 October – 3 November in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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> There will be an announcement coming soon about the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Board seats, which is also part of the Nominating Committee work for this year.
> 
> The Nominating Committee is charged with recruiting and selecting a portion of ICANN’s leadership. The Nominating Committee is mandated to ensure that ICANN’s overall leadership is diverse in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective. Selectees should have the following basic criteria:
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> Have integrity, objectivity, and sound judgment.
> Support decision-making within groups.
> Work effectively in English.
> Understand ICANN’s mission and operation.
> Are committed to ICANN’s success.
> Have experience in world affairs.
> Contribute to cultural, professional, and geographic expertise.
> Can work long and hard, generally as volunteers, for the global public trust.
> An Independent Body at the Community’s Service
> 
> Hans Petter Holen, the Chair of the 2017 Nominating Committee, shared the following statement about the 2017 Nominating Committee results:
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> “As Chair, it is my honor, pleasure, and duty to report that the 2017 Nominating Committee has completed the task assigned to it by the ICANN community and made the selections shown above.
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> I want to thank the Nominating Committee for its work and dedication, in working constructively and efficiently together to reach final agreement.
> 
> I want to extend special thanks to Joette Youkhanna and Jia Kimoto for excellent support to the committee. I also want to thank Zahid Jamil and Stephane van Gelder for supporting me on the Leadership Team throughout the year, and Stephane van Gelder for providing the Committee and the community with regular report cards on our work.
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> During this year's Annual General Meeting in Abu Dhabi, the Committee will present the ICANN community with a Final Report detailing its work and providing in-depth data on the applications received.”
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> Regional Breakdown of Applicants
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> As noted above, the 2017 Nominating Committee received 99 applications from candidates all over the world (36 women and 63 men) during its nomination period. This nominating period took place from 11 January 2017 to 21 March 2017.
> 
> The regional breakdown of this year's candidates is:
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> 16 from Africa
> 23 from Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands
> 25 from Europe
> 13 from Latin America, Caribbean Islands
> 22 from North America
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> To learn more about the Nominating Committee, visit http://nomcom.icann.org/ <http://nomcom.icann.org/>.
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