[NCUC-DISCUSS] Diversity issues vs personal preferences

[Remmy Nweke]

Thanks Stephanie
Very valid option.
Thato over to you.
Remmy

On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 8:04 pm Stephanie Perrin, <
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> I do think that Thato has touched upon a problem that has not, to the best
> of my knowledge been discussed before, namely the accountability of the CEO
> and management team for staffing decisions.  Is there a policy that
> addresses diversity?  I doubt it, I am not even sure there is a policy or
> strategic priority that underpins the globalization of offices and remote
> participation of staff.  So diversity and multiculturalism may not be an
> expressed goal in ICANN hiring practices.  In my view it should; I regard
> the staff of ICANN.org much as I would a government organization, I expect
> it to explicitly attempt to mirror the community it serves.  Implicit in
> that is cultural diversity, not just regional presence.  However, there are
> many who measure ICANN as a high tech corporation, with different metrics.
>
> If you wish to register community distress at what the CEO actually said,
> my recommendation would be to channel it through the fellowship program
> (who invited him) and get multiple signatures from those who were there and
> actually heard him
>
> cheers Stephanie Perrin.
> On 2018-06-28 17:38, Bram Fudzulani wrote:
>
> The session was not recorded and I remember the CEO asking Siranush if we
> were being recorded to which she responded the session was not being
> recorded.
>
> Bram
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 28 Jun 2018, at 2:57 PM, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Thato,
>
> Do you know if this session was recorded?
>
> Best wishes,
> Ayden Férdeline
>
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On 28 June 2018 1:35 PM, thatomfikwe <thatomfikwe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi members,
>
> I am sharing this message as a concerned member of NCSG.
>
> Today, 28 June 2018, ICANN 62 during the Fellowship seşsion we were
>  visited by the CEO of ICANN and after a lengthy discussion followed Q&A, a
> question was asked about diversity in appointment to ICANN org staff and
> the board since it seems like a certain type of people were preffered over
> other races.
>
> The troubling response from the CEO was that his decisions were personal
> and he is not prepared to answer this and started swaying his response
> towards gender balance that exists with the board and ICANN org which was
> not the actual question.
>
> Now this expérience makes one wonder how accountability is measured or
> evaluated within ICANN org as it seems like they do as they please. This
> response from the CEO left fellows disgrantled and I think this matter
> needs to be taken forward and escalated to the board and community before
> further damage is done. The response from the CEO was inconsiderate, not
> appropriate, unethical, unproffessional and was way out of line.
>
> Comments are welcome on this matter as I believe that accountability needs
> to strengthen, thanks for taking time for reading.
>
> From concerned Thato Mfikwe.
>
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>
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