[NCSG-EC] Fwd: [GNSO-SG-C-Leadership] Pilot Holistic Review - Call for Volunteers and Preliminary Steps

Sat May 4 11:13:23 EEST 2024

Thanks for sharing, Julf.

Considering that the letter talks of SO/AC selection, is it your
understanding therefore that it will be GNSO putting the call out?

Warmly,
Tomslin

On Fri, 3 May 2024, 01:11 Johan Helsingius via NCSG-EC, <
ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:

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> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        [GNSO-SG-C-Leadership] Pilot Holistic Review - Call for
> Volunteers and Preliminary Steps
> Date:   Thu, 2 May 2024 12:59:13 +0000
> From:   Larisa Gurnick via GNSO-SG-C-Leadership
> <gnso-sg-c-leadership at icann.org>
> Reply-To:       Larisa Gurnick <larisa.gurnick at icann.org>
> To:     soac-leadership at icann.org <soac-leadership at icann.org>
> CC:     gnso-sg-c-leadership at icann.org <gnso-sg-c-leadership at icann.org>,
> Team-leaders at icann.org <Team-leaders at icann.org>, Theresa Swinehart
> <theresa.swinehart at icann.org>
>
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> Dear SO/AC Chairs,
>
> In response to the action taken by the Board to initiate the Pilot
> Holistic Review on 29 April
> <
> https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/materials/approved-resolutions-special-meeting-of-the-icann-board-29-04-2024-en#section1.a>,
>
> we would like to bring to your attention the upcoming Call for
> Volunteers for the Pilot Holistic Review (PHR) Team, scheduled for 23
> May  – 19 June 2024. The Call for Volunteers launches the application
> phase, followed by the nomination and selection phase.
>
> Through its action, the Board requested “that the Supporting
> Organizations and Advisory Committees shall assemble a Pilot Holistic
> Review Team following the process stipulated at Article 4.6, Section (a)
> of the ICANN Bylaws and follow the Operating Standards for Specific
> Reviews...”
>
> As Chairs of your respective SOs and ACs, you play an important role in
> the review team nomination and selection process. ICANN Bylaws
> <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article4>
> stipulate that “The chairs of the Supporting Organizations and Advisory
> Committees participating in the applicable review shall select a group
> of up to 21 review team members from among the prospective members
> nominated by the Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees,
> balanced for diversity and skill.” Further details on the nomination
> process will be shared via Policy support staff.
>
> We developed the timeline below to commence the PHR Team’s work in
> September 2024, considering the upcoming ICANN meeting and the August
> holiday impacting some of you. Please let us know if you have any
> concerns with the timeline or identified skills and expertise outlined
> below**by*17 MAY 2024*.
>
> Please share this upcoming opportunity amongst your community and
> encourage qualified candidates to apply when the Call for Volunteers is
> announced, and the application period opens. For more information about
> the Pilot Holistic Review, including its Board approved Terms of
> Reference, visit the pilot’s wiki page here
> <https://community.icann.org/x/Cgx1Cw>.
>
> Thank you for your support of this important work. Please feel free to
> contact me directly or my team at reviews at icann.org
> <mailto:reviews at icann.org>if you have any questions.
>
> /Larisa Gurnick/
>
> /VP, Reviews Support & Accountability/
>
> /Global Domains and Strategy/
>
> *Steps and Timeline*
>
> We developed an estimated timeline for the nomination and selection of
> volunteers to serve on the Pilot Holistic Review. This timeline is
> designed to provide sufficient time for each SO/AC to follow its
> internal nomination process and for the Chairs of all the participating
> SO/ACs to complete the selection process to start the review process in
> September 2024. Please find the steps, estimated dates and durations below:
>
> *Steps*
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> *Start Date*
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> *End Date*
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> *Duration*
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> *Call for Volunteers - *window for applications to be submitted**
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> *23 May 2024*
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> *19 June*
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> *4 weeks*
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> SO/AC’s review list of applicants and determine their respective
> nominations
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> 20 June
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> 2 August
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> 6 weeks
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> *ICANN org posts a list of all SO/AC nominated applicants on the PHR
> wiki and produces a skill and diversity analysis of nominated candidates*
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> *5 August*
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> *9 August*
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> *5 days*
>
> SO/AC Chairs select Review Team members and identify review leadership
> from list of nominated applicants
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> 12 August
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> 6 September
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> 4 weeks
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> SO/AC Chairs inform ICANN of selected Review Team members.
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> 9 September
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> 9 September
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> *Review Team members are announced publicly*
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> *13 September*
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> *13 September 2024*
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>
> *Skills and Expertise *
>
> For this important review, ICANN is seeking volunteers that represent
> different parts of the ICANN community and are geographically and
> experientially diverse. These volunteers will participate in the
> development of methodologies and guidelines for future Holistic Reviews.
> The following skills and expertise needed were identified based on the
> community-supported and Board-approved Terms of Reference
> <
> https://community.icann.org/display/PHR/PHR+Home?preview=/329220199/330072289/PHR%20ToR_29%20April%202024.docx.pdf
> >:
>
>    * Performance assessment and audits of organizational effectiveness
>      and governance
>
>    * Development of methodologies and guidelines for process improvement
>      and measurement
>    * Data analysis informing fact-based findings and recommendations
>    * Familiarity with ICANN Reviews, and ICANN structures
>    * Knowledge of recognized frameworks for organizational excellence
>    * Principles of accountability applicable to organizations broadly
>      similar to ICANN
>
> In addition to the above skills and expertise, all selected review team
> members are expected to actively participate for the duration of the
> review, anticipated to start in September 2024 and last for up to 14
> months.
>
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