[NCSG-PC] Fwd: NomCom changes

[Stephanie E Perrin]

Well they sure didnt give us long to think about that one....

Seems ok in our case.

cheers SP

On 2024-05-31 1:56 pm, Johan Helsingius via NCSG-PC wrote:
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> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:     NomCom changes
> Date:     Fri, 31 May 2024 14:41:19 +0000
> From:     DiBiase, Gregory <dibiase at amazon.com>
> To:     aheineman at godaddy.com <aheineman at godaddy.com>, Lori Schulman 
> <lschulman at inta.org>, Cole, Mason (POR) <MCole at perkinscoie.com>, Johan 
> Helsingius <julf at Julf.com>, sdemetriou at verisign.com 
> <sdemetriou at verisign.com>, philippe.fouquart at orange.com 
> <philippe.fouquart at orange.com>
> CC:     Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org>, gnso-secs at icann.org 
> <gnso-secs at icann.org>
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> Dear Ashley, Julf, Lori, Mason, Philippe, and Samantha,
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> I am writing to you all in your roles as Chairs of Stakeholder Groups 
> or Constituencies that appoint delegates to ICANN’s Nominating 
> Committee (NomCom).
>
> You may recall that the NomCom2 Review produced 27 recommendations, 
> several of which relate to the composition and terms of the NomCom. In 
> order to effectuate these particular recommendations, the ICANN Board 
> approved Standard Bylaws Amendments in Articles 8, 12, and 27.
>
> The Bylaws amendments made no change to the number and nature of 
> delegates from the GNSO (i.e., 1 each from the RySG, RrSG, ISPCP, IPC, 
> NCSG, and 2 from the BC), though the length of terms were extended to 
> two years (see Section 8.3 of the Bylaws). However, from Article 27, 
> in order to, “effectuate the introduction of the two-year terms and 
> support the goal of staggering delegate terms…”, three of the GNSO 
> delegates shall serve a one-year term. ARTICLE 27 TRANSITION ARTICLE 
> states that the GNSO is responsible for determining which three of the 
> seven delegates shall initially serve one-year terms.
>
> Unfortunately, no guidance was provided on how to identify the three 
> of seven GNSO delegates to serve one-year terms. For reference, the 
> ALAC was also in the position of having to identify a subset of 
> delegates to serve one-year terms. They elected to rely on random 
> selection during a live call.
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> The GNSO may want to rely on a similarly simple approach. An important 
> point in considering the approach is that the level of representation 
> on the NomCom is not affected by the term-length. However, the SG/Cs 
> with one-year terms will have to replace those delegates after one 
> year rather than two.
>
> *Question: Do you believe there would be any objections from your 
> groups, and potentially delegates that you have already identified, to 
> proceeding with a simple path forward in which we randomly select 
> three of seven GNSO delegates to serve one-year terms?*
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> If you believe that there may be concerns (e.g., we may want to avoid 
> having the one-year terms concentrated in particular areas), please 
> share them with Council leadership no later than 31 May 2024.
>
> If however there are no concerns, Council leadership can perform the 
> random selection process with staff or if you prefer, on a Zoom call 
> with all of you.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg DiBiase, GNSO Chair
>
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