[EC-NCSG] NCSG Request to ICANN Board of Directors to Provide NPOC with Representation on Nominating Committee

[Robin Gross]

Dear EC & PC members:

As the below text was circulated for approval on 4 July to the EC and PC lists and not having heard any objections to it and only endorsements for it, I will send the below letter to the ICANN Board of Directors requesting that NPOC be provided a seat on the Nominating Committee today.  Thanks for your input.  I'll let you know if you receive any response from the board on the request.

Thank you,
Robin
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Dear ICANN Board of Directors,

It has come to the NCSG's attention that NPOC, one of our Stakeholder Group constituencies, still has not been given a seat on ICANN's Nominating Committee.  While we understand that a corporation bylaws change is required for this, we would have expected the Board to have taken care of this within a year of having created a mechanism for the creation of new constituencies and having approved the creation of NPOC.  It has been much longer and we understand that NPOC has tried to get this taken care of.

We also understand that there is no time for the Board to do so in time for this year's Nominating Committee, please get this done before next year's Nominating Committee.

We are currently faced with a NomCom where NPOC is not represented.  We understand that the Board has the ability to appoint an academic representative to the NomCom.  We urgently request that the Board immediately appoint that academic representative from the NPOC.

This urgent request has been endorsed by the NCSG Executive and Policy Committees

Signed,
Robin Gross
NCSG Chair