ICANN News Alert -- ICANN 2017 Nominating Committee Announces Selections

[dorothy g]

Great news! Congrats Avri - we are counting on you.

On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congratulations Avril.
>
>
> On Saturday, September 2, 2017, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Not really sure which list to send this to because Avri is really an
>> ICANN community person (literarily everywhere so to speak) but I think here
>> is more appropriate.
>>
>> As we use to say when a community member crosses to the Board "we
>> probably just lost Avri" ;-) but I think it's a gain for both ICANN Org and
>> community.
>>
>> Congratulations to one of the encyclopedia of ICANN, congratulations to
>> Carlos as well and every other person selected to the various positions.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Sent from my mobile
>> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
>>
>> On Sep 2, 2017 2:26 AM, "ICANN News Alert" <no-reply at external.icann.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert
>>
>> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-09-01-en
>> ------------------------------
>> ICANN 2017 Nominating Committee Announces Selections
>>
>> LOS ANGELES – 01 September 2017 - The ICANN 2017 Nominating Committee is
>> pleased to announce its selections for eight leadership positions within
>> ICANN. The selections include:
>> *ICANN Board of Directors*
>>
>> Avri Doria (North America)
>> Sarah Deutsch (North America)
>> *At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)*
>>
>> Hadia Elminiawi (Africa)
>> Kaili Kan (Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands)
>> Richardo Holmquist (Latin America, Caribbean Islands)
>> *Council of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)*
>>
>> Marita Moll (North America)
>> *Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)*
>>
>> Carlos Gutierrez (Latin America, Caribbean Islands)
>> Syed Ismail Shah (Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands)
>>
>> *Selectee photos and biographies will be posted to* *icann.org*
>> <https://www.icann.org/>* in the coming days.*
>>
>> Those selected will take up their positions after the end of ICANN’s
>> Annual General Meeting, which will take place during ICANN60, scheduled for
>> 28 October – 3 November in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
>>
>> There will be an announcement coming soon about the Public Technical
>> Identifiers (PTI) Board seats, which is also part of the Nominating
>> Committee work for this year.
>>
>> The Nominating Committee is charged with recruiting and selecting a
>> portion of ICANN’s leadership. The Nominating Committee is mandated to
>> ensure that ICANN’s overall leadership is diverse in geography, culture,
>> skills, experience, and perspective. Selectees should have the following
>> basic criteria:
>>
>>    - Have integrity, objectivity, and sound judgment.
>>    - Support decision-making within groups.
>>    - Work effectively in English.
>>    - Understand ICANN’s mission and operation.
>>    - Are committed to ICANN’s success.
>>    - Have experience in world affairs.
>>    - Contribute to cultural, professional, and geographic expertise.
>>    - Can work long and hard, generally as volunteers, for the global
>>    public trust.
>>
>> *An Independent Body at the Community’s Service*
>>
>> Hans Petter Holen, the Chair of the 2017 Nominating Committee, shared the
>> following statement about the 2017 Nominating Committee results:
>>
>> “As Chair, it is my honor, pleasure, and duty to report that the 2017
>> Nominating Committee has completed the task assigned to it by the ICANN
>> community and made the selections shown above.
>>
>> I want to thank the Nominating Committee for its work and dedication, in
>> working constructively and efficiently together to reach final agreement.
>>
>> I want to extend special thanks to Joette Youkhanna and Jia Kimoto for
>> excellent support to the committee. I also want to thank Zahid Jamil and
>> Stephane van Gelder for supporting me on the Leadership Team throughout the
>> year, and Stephane van Gelder for providing the Committee and the community
>> with regular report cards on our work.
>>
>> During this year's Annual General Meeting in Abu Dhabi, the Committee
>> will present the ICANN community with a Final Report detailing its work and
>> providing in-depth data on the applications received.”
>> *Regional Breakdown of Applicants*
>>
>> As noted above, the 2017 Nominating Committee received 99 applications
>> from candidates all over the world (36 women and 63 men) during its
>> nomination period. This nominating period took place from 11 January 2017
>> to 21 March 2017.
>>
>> The regional breakdown of this year's candidates is:
>>
>> 16 from Africa
>> 23 from Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands
>> 25 from Europe
>> 13 from Latin America, Caribbean Islands
>> 22 from North America
>>
>> To learn more about the Nominating Committee, visit
>> http://nomcom.icann.org/.
>> This message was sent to *seun.ojedeji at gmail.com* from
>> *no-reply at external.icann.org*
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