[NCSG-PC] Fwd: Request for confirmation of members - GNSO Standing Selection Committee

[Tapani Tarvainen]

Dear all,

See below. We need to appoint three (3) members to the SSC.

Deadline is March 27 - there's not much time.

Suggestions, volunteers?

Tapani

----- Forwarded message from Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine at icann.org> -----


Dear All,

On 15 March, the GNSO Council adopted the charter for the GNSO
Standing Selection Committee (SSC) – see
https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/draft-standing-selection-committee-15mar17-en.pdf[gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_drafts_draft-2Dstanding-2Dselection-2Dcommittee-2D15mar17-2Den.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=KmYsfcYHwH-JYXWIJ58L-ZnwETFBe1FrVJ8qghEsRV8&s=GmTt0n-0Bp3olHk5awt9BtmGRrEZnY7TI9fF4Fnvcy4&e=>.

The SSC is tasked, as requested by the GNSO Council, to 1), where
applicable, prepare and issue calls for applications related to the
selection or nomination of candidates for ICANN structures such as
ICANN review teams as well as structures related to the Empowered
Community, 2) review and evaluate all relevant applicants/candidates,
3) rank candidates and make selection/appointment recommendations for
review and approval by Council and 4) communicate selections to all
interested parties.

The membership structure of the SSC is as follows:

The SSC shall consist of a total of 9 members appointed as follows:
-          One member appointed by each Stakeholder Group of the Contracted Party House;
-          One member appointed respectively from each of the Business Constituency, the Intellectual Property Constituency, and the Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency;
-          Three members appointed by the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group; and,
-          One member from one of the three Nominating-Committee appointees to the GNSO Council.

The GNSO Council has tasked the SSC to carry out the review and
selection of GNSO endorsed candidates for the Registration Directory
Service Review Team for Council consideration at the latest by its 20
April 2017 meeting. Furthermore, the GNSO Council has tasked the SSC
to develop the criteria and the process for the selection of the GNSO
Representative to the Empowered Community for GNSO Council
consideration by its June 2017 meeting.

Your respective groups are requested to communicate their member(s) to
the SSC to the GNSO Secretariat
(gnso-secs at icann.org)<mailto:gnso-secs at icann.org)> by 27 March at the
latest. A first meeting of the SSC will be scheduled for Thursday 30
March at 16.00 UTC.

Best regards,

Marika Konings
Vice President, Policy Development Support – GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

----- End forwarded message -----