[NCUC-DISCUSS] Diversity issues vs personal preferences

[Ayden Férdeline]

Hi Thato,

Do you know if this session was recorded?

Best wishes,
Ayden Férdeline

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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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Comments are welcome on this matter as I believe that accountability needs to strengthen, thanks for taking time for reading.
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> From concerned Thato Mfikwe.
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
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