[bc-gnso] Apply now for GNSO Council Non Commercial Seats

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Apply Now For GNSO Council Non Commercial Seats


5 August 2009

Representation of the Non Commercial Community on the GNSO Council will
double

from three to six representatives this October when a new Council is seated
in

Seoul, South Korea. New transitional ICANN Board appointments will fill
three of

the new Council seats. This month the ICANN Board is accepting Statements of

Interest from members of the non commercial community who would like to

volunteer for these three new positions and potentially serve as full GNSO

Councilors for the next two years.


As outlined in the attached flyer [PDF, 226K | DOC, 148K]





http://www.icann.org/en/committees/improvements/soi-notification-board-ncsg-
appo

intments-04aug09-en.pdf


this is a unique opportunity for leaders in the non commercial community to
step

forward and serve the ICANN community at a pivotal moment in the Internet's

development.


Background and Explanation:


At its 30 July meeting the ICANN Board approved a transitional charter for a
new

Non Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) (see -
http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-proposed-charter-30jul09-en.pdf).
 The charter sets out a

transitional approach (Section 8 - Appendix) for selecting the NCSG's GNSO

Council representatives. Under this transitional approach, the current

Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) will elect 3 Council seats (in
total).

The remaining 3 seats will be temporary Board appointments with the
expectation

that additional non-commercial Constituencies will be formed/approved and

participate in filling future NCSG Council seats. The transition period will
be

two years.


Of the four new Stakeholder Group Charters approved by the Board last week,
this

temporary seat selection by the Board is unique to the NCSG. It reflects a

fundamental view that the current non-commercial community participation in
the

GNSO is not yet sufficiently diverse or robust to select all six of the
NCSG's

allocated Council seats (as was originally intended by the Board's GNSO

Improvements initiative). It is important to note that this condition is

temporary. The Board expects that the new Board-appointees will work hard in
the

coming months with the ICANN Staff and the community to forge new
relationships

and structures that will achieve the Board's goal of a robust and diverse

non-commercial community within the GNSO framework.


At the direction of the Board's Structural Improvements Committee (SIC), the

ICANN Staff has prepared a formal GNSO Council NCSG Position Notification
Form

[PDF, 60K | DOC, 71K] and a formal Statement of Interest Form application
[PDF,

30K | DOC, 54K] for interested persons to review. The GNSO Council NCSG
Position

Notification Form explains the duties of the new positions. The Statement of

Interest Form asks interested persons for some personal information and
gives

volunteers the opportunity to explain their interest in the positions and
their

qualifications for the Council member duties. The Board and ICANN Staff will

keep all submissions in strict confidence and no personal contact
information

will be shared.


The Process From Here:


The Board hopes that a number of candidates will express their interest in

volunteering for these new positions over the course of this month.


The Structural Improvements Committee of the Board will evaluate all
statements

of interest and will make recommendations for finalists to the full Board
for

consideration at the Board's scheduled 30 September special meeting.
Selected

candidates will be notified as soon as possible to give them an opportunity
to

travel to and participate in the first meeting of the restructured GNSO
Council

in Seoul, South Korea on 28 October 2009.


Deadline and How to Submit Statements of Interest:


Statements of Interest will be accepted through Noon PDT on Monday 31 August

2009 at the email address - ncsg-seats@xxxxxxxxx


The promotional flyer announcing this opportunity can be found here: [PDF,
226K

| DOC, 148K]





http://www.icann.org/en/committees/improvements/gnso-councilor-recruitment-a
dver

tisement-05aug09-en.pdf



The formal Statement of Interest Form can be found here: [PDF, 30K | DOC,
54K]





http://www.icann.org/en/committees/improvements/soi-form-ncsg-council-positi
ons-

2009-2011-en.pdf



The formal Position Notification Form can be found here: [PDF, 60K | DOC,
71K]





http://www.icann.org/en/committees/improvements/soi-notification-board-ncsg-
appo

intments-04aug09-en.pdf



Staff Responsible: Robert Hoggarth (please send specific questions or
queries to

policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx)


Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


http://gnso.icann.org