Summary Analysis
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] . Heidi Ullrich Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956 Attachment:
Summary and analysis of public comments for At-Large Director White Paper - final.doc |