[NCUC-EC] Fwd: NomCom changes

[Johan Helsingius]

 From Greg: Hi All- fixing small typo below.  Feedback is requested
by Council leadership no later than 5 June 2024 (not 31 May).

	Julf

On 01/06/2024 09:32, Johan Helsingius via NCUC-EC wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:     NomCom changes
> Date:     Fri, 31 May 2024 14:41:19 +0000
> From:     DiBiase, Gregory <dibiase at amazon.com>
> To:     aheineman at godaddy.com <aheineman at godaddy.com>, Lori Schulman 
> <lschulman at inta.org>, Cole, Mason (POR) <MCole at perkinscoie.com>, Johan 
> Helsingius <julf at Julf.com>, sdemetriou at verisign.com 
> <sdemetriou at verisign.com>, philippe.fouquart at orange.com 
> <philippe.fouquart at orange.com>
> CC:     Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org>, gnso-secs at icann.org 
> <gnso-secs at icann.org>
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Ashley, Julf, Lori, Mason, Philippe, and Samantha,
> 
> I am writing to you all in your roles as Chairs of Stakeholder Groups or 
> Constituencies that appoint delegates to ICANN’s Nominating Committee 
> (NomCom).
> 
> You may recall that the NomCom2 Review produced 27 recommendations, 
> several of which relate to the composition and terms of the NomCom. In 
> order to effectuate these particular recommendations, the ICANN Board 
> approved Standard Bylaws Amendments in Articles 8, 12, and 27.
> 
> The Bylaws amendments made no change to the number and nature of 
> delegates from the GNSO (i.e., 1 each from the RySG, RrSG, ISPCP, IPC, 
> NCSG, and 2 from the BC), though the length of terms were extended to 
> two years (see Section 8.3 of the Bylaws). However, from Article 27, in 
> order to, “effectuate the introduction of the two-year terms and support 
> the goal of staggering delegate terms…”, three of the GNSO delegates 
> shall serve a one-year term. ARTICLE 27 TRANSITION ARTICLE states that 
> the GNSO is responsible for determining which three of the seven 
> delegates shall initially serve one-year terms.
> 
> Unfortunately, no guidance was provided on how to identify the three of 
> seven GNSO delegates to serve one-year terms. For reference, the ALAC 
> was also in the position of having to identify a subset of delegates to 
> serve one-year terms. They elected to rely on random selection during a 
> live call.
> 
> The GNSO may want to rely on a similarly simple approach. An important 
> point in considering the approach is that the level of representation on 
> the NomCom is not affected by the term-length. However, the SG/Cs with 
> one-year terms will have to replace those delegates after one year 
> rather than two.
> 
> *Question: Do you believe there would be any objections from your 
> groups, and potentially delegates that you have already identified, to 
> proceeding with a simple path forward in which we randomly select three 
> of seven GNSO delegates to serve one-year terms?*
> 
> If you believe that there may be concerns (e.g., we may want to avoid 
> having the one-year terms concentrated in particular areas), please 
> share them with Council leadership no later than 31 May 2024.
> 
> If however there are no concerns, Council leadership can perform the 
> random selection process with staff or if you prefer, on a Zoom call 
> with all of you.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Greg DiBiase, GNSO Chair
> 
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