AW: AW: [gnso-et] Final Candidate list & process from here
2 late applications came in. So see the list update. Kind regards Wolf-Ulrich -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Caroline Greer [mailto:cgreer@xxxxxxxxx] Gesendet: Montag, 8. März 2010 11:10 An: Knoben, Wolf-Ulrich; william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Gnso-et@xxxxxxxxx Betreff: RE: AW: [gnso-et] Final Candidate list & process from here Lets be careful also not to get too caught up in diversity to the exclusion of everything else - quality of candidates matters too: experience and qualifications etc. FYI I will be offline most of today travelling to Reston but I will check in tonight. Thanks, Caroline. -----Original Message----- From: KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 08 March 2010 09:59 To: william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Caroline Greer; Gnso-et@xxxxxxxxx Subject: AW: AW: [gnso-et] Final Candidate list & process from here Bill, I appreciate all your effort in this respect. I am sure the CSG will carefully discuss the options. Kind regards Wolf-Ulrich -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: William Drake [mailto:william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Gesendet: Montag, 8. März 2010 10:52 An: Knoben, Wolf-Ulrich Cc: cgreer@xxxxxxxxx; Gnso-et@xxxxxxxxx Betreff: Re: AW: [gnso-et] Final Candidate list & process from here Yes, but we do have a South African and Bangleshi candidate...NCSG can't be held singularly responsible to fulfill all diversity goals leaving other SGs with nothing to do ;-) On Mar 8, 2010, at 12:49 PM, <KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill, > > I agree with respect to Eric's allocation. > Regarding the diversity targets to be met it's a pity that the NCSG was not > able to motivate any female applicant. I'm looking forward to a lively > discussion within the CSG as well in the ET. > > Wolf-Ulrich > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: owner-gnso-et@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-et@xxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von > William Drake > Gesendet: Montag, 8. März 2010 09:31 > An: Caroline Greer > Cc: Gnso-et@xxxxxxxxx > Betreff: [gnso-et] Final Candidate list & process from here > > > So the application period is now closed and we have ten candidates: > > > Eric Brunner-Williams (Rgy or Rgr? Not this time?) > * My order of preference for the review areas is security and stability > first, accountability & transparency second, competition third, and whois last > * I self-identify with the Registrar Constituency, and the Registry > Constituency" > * USA, male > > Brian Cute (Rgy) > * I self-identify with the GNSO - gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group > * USA, male > > Warren Adelman (Rgr) > * I self-identify with the GNSO - Registrars Stakeholder Group > * USA, male > > Mike O'Connor (CSG) > *USA, male > > Ron Andruff (CSG) > *USA, male > > Olivier Muron (CSG) > *France, male > > Victoria McEvedy (CSG) > *UK, female > > Willie Curie (NCSG) > *South Africa, male, NCUC member > > Hakikur Rahman (NCSG) > *Bangladesh, male > > S. S. Kshatriya (Unaffiliated) > *Indian, male > > Parsing the pool: > > Rgy one and maybe two names, Brian and Eric. I'm assuming RgySG will put > Brian into the allocated slot, so we won't have to review, right? > > Rg one and maybe two names, Warren and Eric. I'm assuming RgSG will put > Warren into the allocated, right? > > =>Action item: we have to decide how we're allocating Eric and whether to > hold him over for a future RT, S&S, his first preference. I suggest we hold > him over and ask him to decide on the SG by that time, unless you all have > enough info to make that call independently. > > CSG four names, Mike, Ron, Olivier, Victoria. They will need to decide which > is their allocated and which two are standing for the competitive slot. > > NCSG two names, Willie and Hakikur. Willie will be our allocated person. > We'll consult tomorrow on whether to endorse Haikkur for the competitive > slot, he's not one our more active and known people. > > Unaffiliated one name, Kshatriya. > > => Action item: Once the four SG's ID their allocated people and identified > their up to two for the competitive slots (Hopefully Wednesday/Thursday), we > are looking at the ET having to "assess" a rather small pool--Eric if he > stays in, the two of four CSG selects, Hakikur (who'd be competing for the > "open" slot) and Kshatriya (who is alone in the unaffiliated slot). This > should be pretty easy for the ET to do quickly, and the house vote shouldn't > be unduly complicated. > > However, there's one last wrinkle, diversity: > > It looks like Rgy, Rr have put forth white guys from the USA for the > allocated slot. If CSG does the same, we have a problem, as our rules say > that unless the pool doesn't allow, we can't have more than two from the same > region. So CSG picking either Mike or Ron for the allocated will trigger the > ET having to undertake a diversity negotiation with them to see if they can't > perhaps put foward Olivier or Victoria instead. Moreover, if CSG does not > nominate Victoria either for the allocated slot or for one of the two for the > competitive slot, (and even if they do and she loses in the vote), we will > have no women in a situation where the candidate "pool did allow". So here > too, we would then have to go back to CSG and ask for reconsideration, which > I gather wouldn't be easy. > > The only way out on gender front that I can see would be to reverse from what > I'd previously suggested re; Victoria. Yes she's identifiably IPC, but she > declared as an independent. In order to achieve the diversity objective, and > in order not to have a slot with just one candidate and no competition, I > would think we could be flexible and allow her to compete with Kshatriya in > the unaffiliated slot, and hopefully stay in at the the end, so we have least > one woman to the five men. > > In any event Wolf, CSG sort of holds the keys to unlocking the principle > puzzles and potential problems, so I hope you can do a sit down ASAP with > them to sort out the approach. Nominating Olivier for your allocated slot and > either nominating Victoria for one of the two competitive candidacies OR > agreeing (amongst us all) to release her to the unaffiliated pool are the big > priorities now. > > Best, > > Bill > > *********************************************************** William J. Drake Senior Associate Centre for International Governance Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html *********************************************************** Attachment:
AoC applicants.xls
|