[NCUC-DISCUSS] Diversity issues vs personal preferences

[Stephanie Perrin]

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 
> <mailto: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 
>> <mailto: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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