Fwd: [council] Regarding GAC liaison position

[Bruna Martins dos Santos]

Once again, thanks Manju for the excellent email and to all councilors for
doing such an outstanding job in coordinating yourselves.

Best,
B

On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 7:47 PM Kathy Kleiman <kathy at dnrc.tech> wrote:

> Terrific email and excellent points. Tx Manju for sending and Farzi for
> sharing!
>
> Best, Kathy
> On 7/27/2022 2:27 AM, farzaneh badii wrote:
>
> This is a great email from Manju to the Council that I hope other Council
> members support.
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: 陳曼茹 Manju Chen via council <council at gnso.icann.org>
> Date: Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 1:09 AM
> Subject: [council] Regarding GAC liaison position
> To: council at gnso icann. org <council at gnso.icann.org>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to follow up with our discussions in last week's Council meeting
> regarding opening the call for GAC liaison position.
>
> As emphasized in my intervention, this proposal shall not be seen as
> unsatisfaction for the current GAC liaison. Jeff has done an amazing job
> and we are extremely grateful for his time and devotion.
>
> However, I believe we as Council should not have one individual carrying
> out 2 critical liaison roles—the GAC liaison and SupPro liaison, both
> require impeccable neutrality. Again, this is not about the
> capability/performance of the individual but the Council's responsibility
> of making the two jobs clearly separated. We have obligations to ensure
> transparency and accountability of such processes and appointments.
>
> I proposed we open the position of GAC liaison and call for volunteers. As
> the deadline for SubPro ODA has been pushed to December this year, it goes
> without saying that subsequent work and discussions will continue until
> next year. I think we can all agree that the Council will feel crippled
> without Jeff as our SubPro ODP liaison.
>
> I've also suggested during last week's meeting that it is time for the
> Council to review the job description of GAC liaison, specifically,
> considering adding term limits for the role. I believe this will be another
> step towards better accountability and transparency of the GNSO Council.
>
> Thank you for reading this lengthy email. I look forward to further
> discussions!
>
>
> Best,
> Manju
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*Bruna Martins dos Santos *

German Chancellor Fellow 21' (Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin) | Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation <https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/>

Visiting Researcher (Gastwissenschaftlerin) | Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
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