[PC-NCSG] final deadline for NCSG endorsement to ATRT2?

[William Drake]

Hi

On Jan 21, 2013, at 12:11 AM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:

> Thank you, Jonathan.  Unfortunately I don't think we can come to a single determination before the council meets tomorrow, since we are considering the endorsement of 2 excellent candidates (Marie-Laure and Avri).  We only received word of our need to provide endorsements on 16 Jan. and we've had to discuss putting a process in place for making a selection for a single candidate.  If council wanted to select both of our candidates, we would not need to pare it down to only a single endorsement.
> 
> As there are these other gender and diversity issues to consider, could NCSG endorse the 2 above candidates since Council may need to add some additional participants to meet the gender and other diversity requirements?

Assuming the Council is following the rules of the Endorsement Process it formally adopted after a great deal of negotiating, renegotiating, drafting and revising, then no that would not be an option (helpfully buried at the URL http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-agenda-15mar10-en.htm).  If it is not following its own rules that would presumably be problematic, not to mention a bit depressing to those of us that blew a lot of time on this.  BTW NCSG was among those that insisted on one per to ensure parity across SGs and avoid the situation that arose in the initial phase where some of the industry SGs were looking to have multiple representatives nominated.

Under the process there would be another option, as "up to two additional nominees will be selected by a simple majority vote of each house.  One slot will be open to applicants of any kind. The other slot will be reserved for candidates who do not self-identify with any particular stakeholder group, including NomCom appointees [more on self-identification below]. Prior to the vote, an Evaluation Team comprising one Councilor from each stakeholder group plus one NomCom appointee will assess the applications for these two slots and report to the Council."  There are also additional requirements intended inter alia to advance gender and geo diversity, so that could help here.

In addition, I don't recall exactly how the selectors and ICANN staff are handling the Independent Experts category, but I believe someone who put themselves forward for GNSO nomination and didn't get it can still be considered for selection as an IE.   I noticed an ALAC member has already put herself forward as an IE, potentially increasing its representation beyond its allotment.

Best,

Bill

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> On Jan 20, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Jonathan Robinson wrote:
> 
>> Dear Robin,
>>  
>> We have a meeting scheduled tomorrow, Monday 21st January 15h00 UTC, at which we were intending to review endorsed candidates.
>>  
>> The process provides for a very limited role for the Council i.e. we review the SG endorsed candidates against gender and geographic diversity requirements.
>> If the SG endorsed candidates do not meet these requirements, we seek to meet these by adding up to two additional candidates to the GNSO endorsed list.
>>  
>> I?ll forward you previous correspondence / information so that you have that to hand.
>>  
>> Best wishes,
>>  
>> 
>> Jonathan
>>  
>> From: Robin Gross [mailto:robin at ipjustice.org] 
>> Sent: 20 January 2013 20:57
>> To: Jonathan Robinson
>> Cc: NCSG-Policy <PC-NCSG at ipjustice.org>
>> Subject: final deadline for NCSG endorsement to ATRT2?
>>  
>> Dear Jonathan,
>>  
>> I am writing to inquire as to the deadline by which you need the name of the person endorsed by NCSG to participate in the ATRT2.  We have several excellent candidates and so were planning to hold a candidacy call (or email interview) before making NCSG's final determination for endorsement.  Thank you for any further info you can provide on this.
>>  
>> Best,
>> Robin
>>  
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