Suggested amendments to ICANN's bylaws and NomCom

Raoul Plommer plommer at GMAIL.COM
Tue May 30 08:43:48 EEST 2023


The spot in the NomCom was NOT an elected position, nor was my spot in TPR
working group which I am now quitting, effective immediately.

-Raoul

On Tue, 30 May 2023, 00:12 Johan Helsingius, <julf at julf.com> wrote:

> Hi Poncelet,
>
> I agree blaming each other is not very productive, but I do feel
> we need more objectively verifiable accountability from the
> people we elect to positions of responsibility, however unpleasant
> it might sometimes feel.
>
>         Julf
>
> On 29/05/2023 22:33, Poncelet Ileleji wrote:
> > Hello Colleagues,
> > The overriding factual reality is uniting for the true cause, let's stay
> > on track, the disagreements will happen.  However doing the needful for
> > the right progression that's what as a body we all after.  Just my
> > 0.00001% contribution.
> >
> > Peace
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> > On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 5:31 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos
> > <bruna.mrtns at gmail.com <mailto:bruna.mrtns at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     hey all,
> >
> >     As much as I appreciate this discussion being held on the list, Im
> >     failing to see the reason for yet another moment of our members
> >     accusing people of not being fully engaged on the matter and so on.
> >     This sort of exchange is not productive and we should focus on what
> >     actually matters: rebalance of nomcom.
> >
> >     @Judith Hellerstein <mailto:judith at jhellerstein.com>, I do also
> >     appreciate you fishing for more information about the process and
> >     trying to understand what was the real issue at the time. During
> >     these debates our SG was also going through some issues regarding
> >     membership, as well as a previous chair of NCUC had recently
> >     resigned and we happened to have a significant group of new
> >     leadership that was still trying to grasp the issues - as well as
> >     our most recent engagement issues during the pandemic.
> >
> >     Other than that, I wouldnt be so naive to frame the removal of
> >     recommendation 10 as something thats directly connected to our
> >     participation being in much small numbers. Even though the nomcom
> >     rebalancing is something that would benefit GNSO as a whole since it
> >     allows the group's membership to be fully portrayed at the nomcom
> >     level - its not all constituencies and groups that envision this
> >     issue as a true relevant one.
> >
> >     But Id like to suggest we focus on what we have on the table now and
> >     discuss further possibilities for chatting with the Board and
> >     community about this issue.
> >
> >     best,
> >     B
> >
> >     On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:06 PM Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:remmyn at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >         Hi Johan and colleagues
> >         It was not a private meeting.
> >         I was on the review team with Raoul and we ensured it got to the
> >         documentation prepared but unfortunately the larger NCSG family
> >         did not see it as a priority.
> >         EC meets without invites to some of us for an update if there is
> >         need, especially since I left the Finance Committee, but
> >         definitely it was not followed through during the comments
> >         period. I remember alerting us on that but no cogent action
> >         followed.
> >         We actually aimed at rebalancing that could give us more slots
> >         that could be distributed across NCSG, NCUC and NPOC, otherwise
> >         we redefine how it rotates among the NCSG community.
> >         At a time we met weekly until things got well underway.
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> >         On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 5:36 PM Johan Helsingius <julf at julf.com
> >         <mailto:julf at julf.com>> wrote:
> >
> >             On 29/05/2023 17:54, Judith Hellerstein wrote:
> >
> >              > I am coming late to this discussion but it was not just
> >             the meetings
> >              > that were missed during the NomCom Review but also the
> >             important
> >              > meetings afterwards that led to the Board and others
> pulling
> >              > recommendation 10 from the Public Comment.
> >
> >             Were these council meetings, or some private meetings?
> >
> >                      Julf
> >
> >
> >
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