[NCUC-DISCUSS] [2022-NomCom] NomCom Selection Announcement for ICANN Leadership Positions

Mon Aug 15 20:55:59 CEST 2022

+100 Lisa.

And yes I should have used the term nonmale or framed it as gender
diversity to be more inclusive.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 1:38 PM McLaughlin, Lisa <mclauglm at miamioh.edu>
wrote:

> I expect that I should have referred to something along the lines of
> "hegemonic masculinity" rather than "white masculinity."
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lisa
>
>
>
>
> Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D. (she, her, hers)
> Associate Professor, Department of Media, Journalism & Film (Media and
> Culture Program) and Department of Global and Intercultural Studies
> (Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program)
> Miami University-Ohio; USA
>
> Contact:
> Department of Media, Journalism & Film; Williams Hall; Miami University;
> Oxford, OH 45056; USA
> Tele: 513-529-3547; Fax: 513-529-1835; Email: mclauglm at miamioh.edu
>
>  *You, or someone you know, may find the following information to be
> useful:*
>
> *AbortionFinder.org* was created to provide clear, up-to-date information
> about the availability of abortion care across the country. Abortion Finder
> is operated by Bedsider, a project of *Power to Decide. *
> https://www.abortionfinder.org/
> *Where is Abortion Legal, Banned, or Restricted? Tracked by State:
> https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html
>
> Here's How to Avoid Leaving a Digital Trail When Seeking an Abortion:
> https://wapo.st/3I0y8q7
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 1:21 PM McLaughlin, Lisa <mclauglm at miamioh.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you to all for this discussion. I think that it is best not to put
>> it to rest, but rather to look at the pertinent issues in depth and at some
>> length. In relation to gender diversity, I do hope that we are referring
>> not only to females but also to persons across the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
>>
>> But, for now--taking "female" as standing in for "gender"--I suggest that
>> it would be instructive to begin with the statement that "excellent female
>> candidates...did not tick all the boxes," to problematize this and study
>> which boxes were not ticked by females and why this is the case or
>> perceived to be the case. That is, not to address why this is the case in
>> an "objective" sense, but rather in an attempt to understand how it is that
>> "females" and other persons of diverse ethnicities and geographic locations
>> do not appear to "check all the boxes" due to forms of systemic
>> discriminations in digital governance regimes. More specifically, the
>> question is why might the ways in which assumptions and practices within
>> the NomCom selection process favor specific and perhaps too narrow
>> definitions of what constitutes notions of expertise and aptitudes that may
>> favor the selection of white males who already have had positions of
>> influence within the organization (not to point fingers at specific white
>> males who have taken positions of responsibility within NCUC but perhaps at
>> system that favors white masculinity in specific roles).
>>
>> There are too many ideological issues to study in ICANN as a whole within
>> a defined period of time, and perhaps with limited resources. I suggest
>> that something like a group "self-study" of the NomCom process has the
>> *potential* to help to inform the selection process and rebalance the
>> membership of the constituency.
>>
>> This is not to suggest that a letter expressing concern with the lack of
>> diversity and new leaders in NCUC is unnecessary. I am suggesting that, if
>> the problem is to be addressed, more than a letter is necessary. We are the
>> ones who can "fix" ourselves.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D. (she, her, hers)
>> Associate Professor, Department of Media, Journalism & Film (Media and
>> Culture Program) and Department of Global and Intercultural Studies
>> (Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program)
>> Miami University-Ohio; USA
>>
>> Contact:
>> Department of Media, Journalism & Film; Williams Hall; Miami University;
>> Oxford, OH 45056; USA
>> Tele: 513-529-3547; Fax: 513-529-1835; Email: mclauglm at miamioh.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:20 AM Akinremi Peter Taiwo <
>> compsoftnet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Kathy and other folks. It was really a hard task to select few
>>> from over 60 applications that was received.
>>>
>>> @Kaswesha Your concern is valid but you will agree with me that having
>>> to select few from many applications is more challenging, hence, need for
>>> quality, I mean quality application.
>>>
>>> @Farzaneh NomCom evaluates based on the criteria provided and the
>>> quality of application that was received. Each of the selected candidate
>>> was weighed against such criteria that was provided to the NomCom. My
>>> apologies as I won’t be able to go in-depth because of the confidential
>>> nature of the NomCom. But I can tell you that we have excellent female
>>> candidates but unfortunately did not tick all boxes.
>>>
>>> I feel the concern that rotating people in and out might not necessarily
>>> contribute to community vitality, I guess that goes beyond the remit of
>>> NomCom. This is a concern that the community might need to find a way to
>>> address. And for the IPC members being overrepresented on the GNSO council
>>> should be a concern. It was not part of the criteria received by the NomCom
>>> for the selection.
>>>
>>> Yes, I agree that NomCom need to do more outreach. But again, how do we
>>> address the issue of poor application and the concern of losing potential
>>> candidate of not reapplying for NomCom positions bearing in mind that
>>> NomCom has few positions to fill.
>>>
>>> @Stephenie, You will see that from the selected candidates we have fresh
>>> blood that have no ICANN experience and background. NomCom will learn from
>>> this and ensure more outreach is done.
>>>
>>> @Shreedeep In my personal opinion, we need to encourage more quality
>>> application. And encourage those that is applying to put in more effort
>>> into the application. Again, NomCom is limited based on the number of
>>> positions to be filed.
>>>
>>> @Gleen Diversity is key but should we slide competency under the carpet
>>> because of diversity. I can tell you that NomCom was very concerned of the
>>> diversity on the board as well as in every stakeholder group.
>>>
>>> @Rafik You are not mistaking.  What I can only say on this is that
>>> NomCom was keen on competency and diversity. Reason why we should encourage
>>> those that is applying to submit good application. This is not to say that
>>> the application received wasn’t good. It is unfortunate that we had to
>>> select few from many good applications. It was a tough decision.
>>>
>>> @Shah Good question. I guess this might be to the broader ICANN
>>> ecosystem to answer and see how to motivate experience folks to apply for
>>> GNSO, ATLARGE, ccNSO positions.
>>>
>>> @Bruna. Thanks for raising that, it will be communicated. It was sad for
>>> NomCom for not seeing female made it to the board. I am sure this would be
>>> address going forward.
>>>
>>> I would like to thanK every person that responded. It clearly shows our
>>> interest in helping ICANN to get better especially that of NomCom process.
>>> I am pressed to divulge more information, but I am also constrained by the
>>> NomCom confidentiality.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  I hope you all understand.
>>>
>>>
>>> Apologies for the typo.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 1:17 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello, all,
>>>>
>>>> I am sorry to be joining this thread later but I happen to agree with
>>>> Farzaneh that its really unfortunate that we did not have any female board
>>>> appointee and to also see the regional diversity shrinking as pointed out
>>>> by Rafik. I understand that other parts of the world might have had to
>>>> change thair focus and work perspectives during the pandemic and even scale
>>>> down their engagement with ICANN but thats no excuse for the org to
>>>> continue experiencing a board constellation that is nowhere near gender
>>>> parity - and speaking as a female member of the community leadership,  i
>>>> really hoped that the NomCom had this in mind.
>>>>
>>>> Do we think it would be the case of writing a letter or asking for a
>>>> meeting with NomCom in one of the upcoming meetings ? id be happy to help
>>>> facilitate.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Bruna
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 9:57 PM Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Weldone Peter for sharing
>>>>> ___________________
>>>>> REMMY NWEKE,  *mNUJ, mNGE, mGOCOP*
>>>>> Lead Consulting Strategist/Group Executive Editor,
>>>>> *ITREALMS Media* group [*Multiple-award winning medium*]
>>>>> (ITREALMS <http://www.itrealms.com.ng/>, DigitalSENSE Business
>>>>> Magazine <http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/businessnews>;
>>>>> NaijaAgroNet <http://www.naijaagronet.com.ng/>)
>>>>> No. 36 Afariogun Street, Oshodi-Lagos
>>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/No.+36+Afariogun+Street,+Oshodi-Lagos?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>> M: 234-8033592762, 8023122558, T: @ITRealms
>>>>> <http://www.twitter.com/ITRealms>
>>>>> @DigitalSENSEng
>>>>> 2022 *Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D*, Thursday June 9
>>>>> <https://www.itrealms.com.ng/>
>>>>> 2022 *ITREALMS* e-Waste Dialogue, Thursday December 8
>>>>> <https://www.itrealms.com.ng/>
>>>>> @Welcome Center Hotels, Int'l Airport Road, Lagos-Nigeria
>>>>> <http://welcomecentrehotels.com/>
>>>>> Former Vice President, African Civil Society on Information Society
>>>>> (ACSIS)
>>>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>>>> *Confidentiality Notice:* The information in this document and
>>>>> attachments
>>>>> are confidential and may also be privileged information. It is
>>>>> intended
>>>>> only for the use of the named recipient. Remmy Nweke does not accept
>>>>> legal
>>>>> responsibility for the contents of this e-mail. If you are not the
>>>>> intended
>>>>> recipient, please notify me immediately, then delete this document and
>>>>> do
>>>>> not disclose the contents of this document to any other person, nor
>>>>> make
>>>>> any copies. Violators may face court persecution.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 9:33 AM Akinremi Peter Taiwo <
>>>>> compsoftnet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am happy to let you know that the Nomcom selection has been finally
>>>>>> published on the website. Below are the people selected to ICANN leadership
>>>>>> positions to begin their term in September 2022.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *ICANN Board of Directors*
>>>>>> Maarten Botterman
>>>>>> Europe
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christopher Chapman
>>>>>> Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sajidur Rahman
>>>>>> Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Public Technical Identifiers Board of Directors*
>>>>>> Tobias Sattler
>>>>>> Europe
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *At-Large Advisory Committee*
>>>>>> Eduardo Díaz
>>>>>> North America
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tommi Karttaavi
>>>>>> Europe
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Country Code Names Supporting Organization Council*
>>>>>> Olga Cavalli
>>>>>> Latin America and the Caribbean
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Generic Names Supporting Organization Council*
>>>>>> Anne Aikman-Scalese
>>>>>> North America
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More information of the process can be found here:
>>>>>> https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icanns-2022-nominating-committee-announces-leadership-selections-11-08-2022-en
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Ncuc-discuss mailing list
>>>>>> Ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
>>>>>> https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss
>>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Ncuc-discuss mailing list
>>>>> Ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
>>>>> https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>>>
>>>> German Chancellor Fellow 21' (Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin) | Alexander
>>>> von Humboldt Foundation <https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/>
>>>>
>>>> Visiting Researcher (Gastwissenschaftlerin) | Wissenschaftszentrum
>>>> Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) <https://wzb.eu/en>
>>>>
>>>> Member | Coalizão Direitos na Rede <https://direitosnarede.org.br/>
>>>> Chair | Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group at ICANN
>>>> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg>
>>>> Co-Coordinator | Internet Governance Caucus  <https://igcaucus.org/>
>>>>
>>>> Twitter: @boomartins <https://twitter.com/boomartins> // Skype:
>>>> bruna.martinsantos
>>>> *bruna.martinsdossantos at wzb.eu <bruna.martinsdossantos at wzb.eu>* and
>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> *Taiwo Peter Akinremi*
>>> ------ ------ -------  ------ ------ -------  ------ ------ ------- ------
>>> ------ -------  ------ ------
>>> *Certified Salesforce Administrator | Data Protection Specialist | IT
>>> Auditor *
>>> *Phone*; +2348117714345, +2347063830177 *Skype*: akinremi.taiwo
>>> *Email:* compsoftnet at gmail.com, peterexecute at gmail.com
>>> ___________________________________________
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Ncuc-discuss mailing list
>>> Ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
>>> https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
> Ncuc-discuss mailing list
> Ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/attachments/20220815/223448b3/attachment.htm>