[NCSG-EC] Fwd: NomCom changes

[Johan Helsingius]

When the changes were voted on in the WG our rep was missing in action.
When the council discussed reopening it, we didn't get support from
the CPH. We have been discussing it with them, as well as with the
board governance committee, but so far little progress.

	Julf

On 02/06/2024 08:03, farzaneh badii wrote:
> Julf,
> They are doing the bylaws amendment change and they didn't give us a 
> simple equal number of delegates on NomCom? We need to have a meeting 
> with the CPH, describe the issue to them and ask them to reconsider this 
> at the GNSO council.
> 
> As to how we should have a one year term for some delegates, I am so 
> surprised what is the point of this recommendation??... this has always 
> been in the mandate of each stakeholder group? We have issued calls for 
> delegates every year since I think at least 2017 or 2018.  Whatever the 
> decision, it should NOT undermine the noncommercial delegation on nomcom 
> any further.
> 
> 
> 
> Farzaneh
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 1:53 AM Johan Helsingius via NCSG-EC 
> <ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is <mailto:ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is>> wrote:
> 
>     The deadline has been amended to 5 June 2024.
> 
>              Julf
> 
> 
>     -------- Forwarded Message --------
>     Subject:        NomCom changes
>     Date:   Fri, 31 May 2024 14:41:19 +0000
>     From:   DiBiase, Gregory <dibiase at amazon.com
>     <mailto:dibiase at amazon.com>>
>     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>, sdemetriou at verisign.com
>     <mailto:sdemetriou at verisign.com>
>     <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>>
> 
> 
> 
>     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
> 
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