[NCSG-EC] [Ext] Re: NCPH Board Seat 14 Timeline

Wed Nov 26 14:00:30 EET 2025

Hi Mason,

Sorry, we might have missed the window for this week but we can meet early
next week e.g. Tuesday.
@Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon at icann.org>  can you please send placeholder
invite for Tuesday 14:00 UTC and we can reschedule later.

Best,

Rafik

On Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 03:42 Cole, Mason <mason.cole at morganlewis.com> wrote:

> Rafik –
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> I agree we should open the process as soon as possible.  The US
> Thanksgiving holiday is Thursday 27 November, and many (including my
> employer) also grant Friday 28 November as an additional holiday day.  If
> we’re able to get a call arranged before Thursday I’ll do everything I can
> to make it.  I agree with your recommendation for a common message email.
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> Let me know how I can help from here.
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> Mason
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> *From:* Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 21, 2025 6:16 AM
> *To:* Fouquart <philippe.fouquart at orange.com>
> *Cc:* Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon at icann.org>; Cole, Mason <
> mason.cole at morganlewis.com>; John McElwaine <
> john.mcelwaine at nelsonmullins.com>; csg-excomm at ICANN.org; NCSG EC <
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> *Subject:* Re: [Ext] Re: [NCSG-EC] NCPH Board Seat 14 Timeline
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> Hi Philippe,
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> I only quoted verbatim the rec #3 which leave to the search committee to
> self-organize and decide on appointing such facilitator.
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> For timeline, we can ask the search committee to accelerate the process
> and start call for candidates asap (something we will support too)
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> For a call next week, I assume it is challenging due to Thanksgiving ?
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> Best,
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>
>
> Rafik
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> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 22:55 <philippe.fouquart at orange.com> wrote:
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> Rafik,
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> Happy to be on a call with the selection committee to talk about the
> timeline and the expectations. Not sure about needing a “non voting chair”
> since that committee will not vote, my initial thinking was that they could
> sort it out by themselves and appoint a rapporteur (call that a chair
> person if you will). Either way, I personally don’t mind as long as the
> committee starts asap.
>
>
>
> FWIW re timeline (not the selection committee), here’s what I had as notes
> when we reviewed this in team 14, Andrea should be able to correct this,
> but indeed seems that we’re already late.
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> Day zero is spelt out in Section 7.8 (d) and 11.3 (f) of the Bylaws.
>
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>
> AGM begins on October 17th , the deadline for the GNSO representative to
> the EC is 6 months (the bylaws say “at least”) before that, ie April 17th.
> The prerequisite for this is that the name goes through the GNSO Council,
> which we can’t assume will hold a dedicated meeting for this, so 1 month
> prior is a conservative estimate, as a result : day zero as deadline for
> the House to agree on a name for a motion to the GNSO Council is middle of
> March.
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> As a result, as per the Team 14 procedures (and if my maths are correct):
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> *15 September* *2025* Six months before - the search committee begins its
> work.
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> *15 October* *2025* Five months before - the recruitment phase begins
> with a call for candidates.
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> *15 December* *2025* Three months before - interviewing complete.
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> *15 January 2026* Two months before - applicant pool narrowed down
> (vetting).
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> *15 February  2026* One month before - tentative selection is made and
> vetting begins.
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> *15 March 2026* Day zero - decision made.
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> *16 April 2026 (or 11 March 2026) *Council’s vote under consent agenda,
> and then announcement to the EC
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> Regards,
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> Philippe
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> *From:* Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon at icann.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 21, 2025 2:39 PM
> *To:* Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>; FOUQUART Philippe INNOV/NET <
> philippe.fouquart at orange.com>; Cole, Mason <mason.cole at morganlewis.com>;
> John McElwaine <john.mcelwaine at nelsonmullins.com>
> *Cc:* csg-excomm at icann.org; ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is
> *Subject:* Re: [Ext] Re: [NCSG-EC] NCPH Board Seat 14 Timeline
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> Hi Rafik,
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> I will try to find that exact date for day 0.
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> Thanks!
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> Andrea
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> *From: *Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 21:34
> *To: *Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon at icann.org>, Fouquart <
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> Hi Andrea,
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> thanks for this. It is helpful as we already discussed in Dublin. We are
> already a little bit late with regard to the search committee but it is set
> up now and can start.
>
> What is the exact date for day 0?22nd April?
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> @Fouquart <philippe.fouquart at orange.com>  @Cole, Mason
> <mason.cole at morganlewis.com>  @John McElwaine
> <john.mcelwaine at nelsonmullins.com>  I think one first step is to send a
> common message to the search committee to explain about the mandate, share
> the timeline and have a first call . Their first action would be selecting
> a non-voting facilitator and we let them organize following the scope of
> rec #3.
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> Best,
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>
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> Rafik
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> Le jeu. 20 nov. 2025 à 03:59, Andrea Glandon via NCSG-EC <
> ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is> a écrit :
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> Hello all,
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> Please find below the link to the timeline that I created for the road to
> Board Seat 14. Please review and check my dates.
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aBgA9ZsA2cf-AaiXULtMJDgjlU2VdzMiKgg56HzxJRo/edit?usp=sharing
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