[NCSG-EC] Fwd: [Ext] RE: RE: NomCom changes

[Johan Helsingius]

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Subject: 	Re: [Ext] RE: RE: NomCom changes
Date: 	Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:15:54 +0000
From: 	Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org>
To: 	DiBiase, Gregory <dibiase at amazon.com>, Demetriou, Samantha 
<sdemetriou at verisign.com>, aheineman at godaddy.com 
<aheineman at godaddy.com>, lschulman at inta.org <lschulman at inta.org>, 
MCole at perkinscoie.com <MCole at perkinscoie.com>, julf at Julf.com 
<julf at Julf.com>, philippe.fouquart at orange.com <philippe.fouquart at orange.com>
CC: 	GNSO-Secs <gnso-secs at icann.org>, gnso-chairs at icann.org 
<gnso-chairs at icann.org>



Hi All,

We (Greg, Tomslin, Mason as well as Devan and me from staff) just 
completed the randomization process. If you’re curious to see how the 
selection process was conducted, you can review the _very_ brief call (a 
grand total of 6 minutes!) here: 
https://icann.zoom.us/rec/play/BJtII0xE98UCeVrzOvAPTkX1RLnvsoqvbiQGXx5luCztNEFTbsUH5q7FDHXn93zNdlFfLi3QrSwcozZw.FcicxlWXnIiUrE8-?autoplay=true&startTime=1721073677000 
<https://icann.zoom.us/rec/play/BJtII0xE98UCeVrzOvAPTkX1RLnvsoqvbiQGXx5luCztNEFTbsUH5q7FDHXn93zNdlFfLi3QrSwcozZw.FcicxlWXnIiUrE8-?autoplay=true&startTime=1721073677000>

The three groups that will have the 1-year terms are:

   * Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers
   * Non-Commercial Users Constituency
   * Business Constituency

We will provide our ICANN org colleagues with the results. If you have 
any questions or concerns, please let us know.

Best,

Steve

*From: *"DiBiase, Gregory" <dibiase at amazon.com>
*Date: *Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 9:26 AM
*To: *"Demetriou, Samantha" <sdemetriou at verisign.com>, 
"aheineman at godaddy.com" <aheineman at godaddy.com>, "lschulman at inta.org" 
<lschulman at inta.org>, "MCole at perkinscoie.com" <MCole at perkinscoie.com>, 
"julf at Julf.com" <julf at Julf.com>, "philippe.fouquart at orange.com" 
<philippe.fouquart at orange.com>
*Cc: *Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org>, GNSO-Secs 
<gnso-secs at icann.org>, "gnso-chairs at icann.org" <gnso-chairs at icann.org>
*Subject: *[Ext] RE: RE: NomCom changes

Hi All,

Thank you for your patience while we worked out this process. I’ve 
received feedback from all of you that the proposed process is 
acceptable and we will proceed with randomly selecting three of seven 
GNSO delegates to serve one-year terms.

One additional parameter arose in these conversations: there can only be:

         - no more than one delegate assigned the 1-yr term from the CPH

         - no more than one delegate assigned the 1-yr term from the BC

The next step is to run the randomization exercise. Steve, myself, and 
the GNSO Secretariat will perform the randomization on a recorded Zoom 
call on Monday. If any of you would like to attend, please let me know 
and I will send an invite.

Please let me know if you have any concerns with this approach.

Thanks,

Greg

*From: *"DiBiase, Gregory" <dibiase at amazon.com <mailto:dibiase at amazon.com>>
*Date: *Friday, May 31, 2024 at 12:02 PM
*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 <mailto:julf at Julf.com>>, Samantha Demetriou 
<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>>
*Subject: *[EXTERNAL] RE: NomCom changes

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Hi All- fixing small typo below.  Feedback is requested by Council 
leadership no later than 5 June 2024 (not 31 May).

*From:* DiBiase, Gregory
*Sent:* Friday, May 31, 2024 7:41 AM
*To:* 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 <mailto:julf at Julf.com>>; 
'sdemetriou at verisign.com' <sdemetriou at verisign.com 
<mailto:sdemetriou at verisign.com>>; '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>
*Subject:* NomCom changes

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