[NCUC-EC] NomCom changes

[Benjamin Akinmoyeje]

I got your email. It was just that the GNSO chair , did not copy NCUC chair.


That it is worthwhile noting for future, although in his email he made
references to stakeholder group an constituencies.

I hope you see my point.

Kind regards,
Benjamin




On Tue, Jun 4, 2024, 9:35 PM Johan Helsingius <julf at julf.com> wrote:

> I did copy ncuc-ec, assuming the chair would be part of it.
>
>         Julf
>
> On 04/06/2024 18:59, Benjamin Akinmoyeje wrote:
> >    Hi Julf,
> > Thank you for this email....but it is strange that the GNSO chair has
> > chosen not to copy the  NCUC Chair in this email.
> >
> > NCUC appointed Pascal, our current Nomcom representative if I am correct.
> >
> > It would be great if the GNSO chair could be pointed to this omission.
> >
> > Just checking if things have changed.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Benjamin
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 9:32 AM Johan Helsingius <julf at julf.com
> > <mailto:julf at julf.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     -------- Forwarded Message --------
> >     Subject:        NomCom changes
> >     Date:   Fri, 31 May 2024 14:41:19 +0000
> >     From:   DiBiase, Gregory <dibiase at amazon.com
> >     <mailto:dibiase at amazon.com>>
> >     To: aheineman at godaddy.com <mailto:aheineman at godaddy.com>
> >     <aheineman at godaddy.com <mailto:aheineman at godaddy.com>>, Lori
> Schulman
> >     <lschulman at inta.org <mailto:lschulman at inta.org>>, Cole, Mason (POR)
> >     <MCole at perkinscoie.com <mailto:MCole at perkinscoie.com>>, Johan
> >     Helsingius <julf at Julf.com>, sdemetriou at verisign.com
> >     <mailto:sdemetriou at verisign.com>
> >     <sdemetriou at verisign.com <mailto:sdemetriou at verisign.com>>,
> >     philippe.fouquart at orange.com <mailto:philippe.fouquart at orange.com>
> >     <philippe.fouquart at orange.com <mailto:philippe.fouquart at orange.com>>
> >     CC:     Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org
> >     <mailto:steve.chan at icann.org>>, gnso-secs at icann.org
> >     <mailto:gnso-secs at icann.org>
> >     <gnso-secs at icann.org <mailto: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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