[PC-NCSG] Appointments Policy

[Edward Morris]

Hello everybody,
  
 ?During the Council meeting in Hyderabad,  Susan Kawaguchi of the Business Constituency  and myself were tasked with the job of developing a standardised appointments procedure for the GNSO. I am pleased to report that we've completed our work and within the past hour have submitted our plan to GNSO Council Chair James Baldel. I have attached a copy of our proposal for your consideration. 
  
 I'm proud of what we've come up with. It is a document full of compromises but I do believe it is a proposal that protects the interests of the NCSG, NCUC and NPOC and will generate GNSO appointments of the highest quality. Among the highlights: 
  
  
 ?- A standing GNSO Selection Committee, one whose composition reflects the diversity of the GNSO, which shall serve as the coordinating body for the appointment process. 
  
 ?- A procedure which encourages the largest number of possible candidates from all parts of the GNSO, combined with a ranking system designed to ensure merit based selection in combination with a rotation system ensuring equal representation amongst the Stakeholder Groups for Review Team appointments. 
  
 ?-A comprehensive appointments procedure designed both for Review Team appointments (section II) and any other appointments (section 111) the GNSO Council may be asked to make. No more ad hoc processes. 
  
 -An unqualified commitment to transparency in the process. No longer will applications go into a "black box" and come out with selections made on an unknown basis from an unknown pool of candidates. Unless otherwise directed by Council, the entire appointments process will be fully open and transparent. 
  
 ?There was one area Susan and I were not able to come to an agreement on: the composition of the GNSO Selection Committee. I preferred a committee consisting of the GNSO Council Chair and one member selected from each Stakeholder Group. Susan preferred a committee consisting of the GNSO Council Chair and one member of each Constituency and Stakeholder Group. We agreed to put this decision to the full Council where I trust RySG and RrSG will join what I hope will be our position in supporting Stakeholder Group based appointments. 
  
 I regret the I will be unable to join you on the call tonight or or the full Council meeting on Thursday. As many of you know, I've asked the NCSG EC to appoint a Temporary Alternate to replace me on Council for the next few weeks. I have a few minor medical procedures I'm scheduled to undergo in hospital  and unfortunately the National Health Service has schedule them for this week and for the week of our January call. I hope to rejoin all of you as soon as I can. This leave will not impact any of my other activity in ICANN and I certainly expect to be active, as required, between the calls. 
  
 In he interim, I'm more than happy to answer any questions anyone may have about this proposal. I do not know when it will be scheduled for Council consideration, but I did want to let everyone know the result of our work and to give you time to consider our work. 
  
 Kind Regards, 
  
 Edward Morris  
  
  
  
  

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