RE: [gnso-osc-csg] Actions/Summary: 26 March 2010 Meeting

[Claudio Di Gangi <cdigangi@xxxxxxxx>]

Rafik,

Just to further expand on my last reply to you:

In light of the complexities of the issues that fall under ICANN’s remit, it 
may be necessary or of great value to a Group to have a volunteer serve on the 
executive committee or policy committee for several consecutive terms before 
they have enough experience and knowledge etc. to serve as Chair or in another 
similar leadership position. That is if the Group is fortunate enough to have 
such volunteers who are willing and able to dedicate the time and energy 
necessary to serve in these positions in the first instance.

No matter how representative a group may be of its community, one cannot assume 
that there will be endless pool of willing volunteers to serve in these 
positions. On the contrary, what likely matters more is what community or 
interest is being represented by these Groups and how directly or indirectly 
ICANN’s policies impact them. Each group represents significantly varying 
interests that are impacted by ICANN’s policies is a markedly different way, so 
this directly impacts participation. Therefore rules restricting participation 
on committees can impact Groups very unequally, and this is separate and aside 
from the issue of representativeness.

Therefore, I believe we need to thread very carefully here. We have agreed to 
establishing term limits for constituency officers, which implements the BGC 
recommendation we were tasked with addressing. If groups want to expand term 
limits to other areas of their operations based on their specifics, that is of 
course something they are always able to do through their charters. If it’s an 
issue our work team feels very strongly about, then I suggest we consider 
including it as a best practice.

Hope this was helpful.

claudio

From: Rafik Dammak [mailto:rafik.dammak@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 3:36 AM
To: Claudio Di Gangi
Cc: Gomes, Chuck; Julie Hedlund; gnso-osc-csg
Subject: Re: [gnso-osc-csg] Actions/Summary: 26 March 2010 Meeting

Hi Claudio,
I am confused about your suggestion as the limit will be meaningless if it is 
not applied to executive committee.
if there is fears about volunteering, that issue is more linked to 
representativeness level of Group.
 "but I would not extend the term limit to policy and executive committees. 
This is consistent with the BGC recommendation which we are tasked with 
implementing, which states: “"There should be term limits for constituency 
officers, so as to help attract new members and provide everyone with the 
chance to participate in leadership positions."
 and after the effort done for II.8 I am not in favor of deletion.
Regards

Rafik