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  • Subject: Summary Analysis
  • From: Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 15:15:45 -0700

Dear Web-Admin,

Please find attached and below the summary analysis for the public consultation 
on the At-Large Director Selection process.

Could you please post this text at your earliest convenience?

Thanks,
Heidi

Text:


Summary and analysis of public comments for Call for Community Comment on the 
Proposed Process for the 2010 Selection of an ICANN At-Large Board Member



Comment period ended: 06 March 2010



Summary published: 31 March 2010



Prepared by: Heidi Ullrich, Director for At-Large


I. BACKGROUND

On 27 August 2009, the ICANN Board of Directors passed a 
resolution<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-27aug09-en.htm> approving in 
principle the implementation of the Board Review WG recommendation "to add one 
voting director appointed from the At-Large Community to the ICANN Board of 
Directors, and removing the present ALAC Liaison to the Board (...)."

In preparation for this new appointment, the ALAC, in consultation with the 
At-Large Community, has prepared a White 
Paper<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/announcements/white-paper-2010-board-process-05feb09-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 240K] entitled "Call for Community Comment on the Proposed Process for 
the 2010 Selection of an ICANN At-Large Board Member" that was the posted for 
public comment between 5 February 2010 and 6 March 2010.

Included in this document is a review of community discussions to date, 
inclusive of debate points and rationale for any recommendations made, a draft 
process timeline, specific issues and recommendations for community review and 
feedback.

This White Paper had already been subject to At-Large Community review 
beginning 11 January 2010.

On 26 January 2010, the Board Review WG released its final 
report<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/board/board-review-final-26jan10-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 116K]. Regarding the issue of the voting director to be appointed by the 
At-Large Community, the report stipulates in part:

 *   The acknowledgement that the Board already approved in principle its 
recommendation for one At-Large voting Director replacing the ALAC Liaison
 *   The conclusion that ALAC and At-Large should develop a mechanism for the 
selection of their voting Board Director. "The selection process must ensure 
that the appointment has the approval of ALAC and the approval of the At-Large 
Community more broadly."

The public consultation on this White Paper allowed all members of the ICANN 
community and the public to review the ALAC and At-Large Community White Paper 
on the Proposed Process for the 2010 Selection of an ICANN Board Member.

This public consultation was organized pending any Board decision on the 
formalization of the in-principle decision adopted in August 2009 on the 
possibility for the ALAC/At-Large Community to select a voting Board Director 
in replacement of the present non-voting ALAC Liaison to the Board.
II. GENERAL COMMENTS - The Summary and Analysis

Summary and Analysis:


The IPC states that it did not express a view on whether the new Board seat to 
be selected by the At-Large community should be created, since the Board has 
already made that decision. The IPC also states that it does not have any 
objections to the procedure that the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and the 
At-Large Community have set out in the White Paper on the Proposed Process for 
the 2010 Selection of an ICANN At-Large Board Member.



However, the IPC set out their view that the Board's 'in-principal' decision to 
add one voting director appointed from the At-Large Community to the ICANN 
Board should be accompanied by an outline of steps for addressing the remaining 
key issues, including:

1)      The current status of the ALAC as an advisory committee - Will this 
status change with the seating of the new Board Director? Does this set a 
precedent for other advisory committees of ICANN?

2)      Composition of the Nominating Committee - How should the new Board 
Director impact the current composition of the Nominating Committee?

3)      Role of ALAC in ICANN Structures - What impact will the new Board 
Director have on the integration of the ALAC into other ICANN structures.


III. NEXT STEPS


Members of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and the At-Large Board 
Selection Design 
Team<https://st.icann.org/absdt/index.cgi?at_large_board_selection_design_team_2010>
 (ABSdt) will review in detail the comment received. Based on this comment as 
well as the many comments received from members of the At-Large community 
previously, some recommendations within the document may be revised prior to 
being submitted to the Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) for its 
consideration.



IV. CONTRIBUTORS


One (1) comment was made to the public comment forum in response to the ALAC 
White Paper:

Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) [see: 
http://forum.icann.org/lists/at-large-director/msg00001.html]
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Heidi Ullrich
Director for At-Large
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647
Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649
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Attachment: Summary and analysis of public comments for At-Large Director White Paper - final.doc
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