[npoc-voice] Fwd: Regarding request to add an additional seat to the nominating committee for the NPOC constituency

[Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues,

Here is a communication from Bruce Tonkin as well as my response.

Will forward the next strand right after this.

Let's discuss further during at our December 11th Constituency wide call
and decide what to do beyond disseminating to NPOC-Voice.

Best,

Alain

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: Regarding request to add an additional seat to the nominating
committee for the NPOC constituency
To: Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Amy Stathos <amy.stathos@xxxxxxxxx>, Ray Plzak <plzakr@xxxxxxxxx>, John
Jeffrey <john.jeffrey@xxxxxxxxx>


Hi Bruce,

Thanks for getting back to me on this.

With modesty and without intent to challenge the Board's GC to make
decisions as it sees fit, let me say that I am not sure this request is
getting the appropriate treatment nor that it is getting treated at the
proper level. The Nom Com has to carry out business as usual until the next
review in any case. So a simple addendum to the bylaws to allow NPOC an
NomCom voice would make sense, if ICANN is to have a level playing field,
and not doing so in a timely manner is making NPOC "less equal among
equals". John of course can say if that is possible or not, but I
understand that bylaws changes require Board Approval.

Getting the right structure for the nominating committee is highly
desirable of course, but it is really a different and longer term matter -
and not having NPOC on board soonest is skewing further the actual
structure to be reviewed, given that NPOC is now an operating Constituency.
I am of the management philosophy that you fix what you can fix now and
what you cannot fix now  gets fixed later on. The short-term addition of an
NPOC rep on Nom Com should not get caught into this longer term
consideration. It is simply unfair!

That is my personal opinion. I will now carry this Board Governance
Committee's decision (to postpone a ruling on our request until some
unknown future date by passing it on to the Boar's SIC) to NPOC-Voice and
NCSG-Discuss and aggregate the feedback for your perusal and Ray's. NPOC
getting a voice on Nom com seems also to be of concern to other SGs in the
GNSO, so we will consult them too at some appropriate time. I can delay
these consultations if you think we need to talk this out more.

A final point: this decision also has repercussions on the resources
available to NPOC to participate in equal numbers as other Constituencies
in ICANN meetings. That is a secondary effect, but a real one nevertheless.

I have copied John on this as we have been dealing with him on this up to
now.

Bruce, Ray, Amy, John thanks for your consideration in this matter.

Best regards, Alain


On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Bruce Tonkin <
Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello Alain,
>
> The Board Governance Committee considered your request to add a seat  on
> the  nominating committee for a representative from the NPOC constituency.
>
> This would require a bylaws change, and is really a question of the right
> structure for the nominating committee.
>
> The Board Governance Committee, has passed the request onto the Board's
> structural improvements committee (SIC), chaired by Ray Plzak.  This
> committee manages the periodic review of the various structures at ICANN.
>
> The review requirements are:
>
> " 1. The Board shall cause a periodic review of the performance and
> operation of each Supporting Organization, each Supporting Organization
> Council, each Advisory Committee (other than the Governmental Advisory
> Committee), and the Nominating Committee by an entity or entities
> independent of the organization under review. The goal of the review, to be
> undertaken pursuant to such criteria and standards as the Board shall
> direct, shall be to determine (i) whether that organization has a
> continuing purpose in the ICANN structure, and (ii) if so, whether any
> change in structure or operations is desirable to improve its effectiveness.
>
> These periodic reviews shall be conducted no less frequently than every
> five years, based on feasibility as determined by the Board. Each five-year
> cycle will be computed from the moment of the reception by the Board of the
> final report of the relevant review Working Group."
>
> Information on previous reviews of the Nominating Committee is available
> here:
> http://www.icann.org/en/groups/reviews/nomcom
>
>
> The SIC will consider the timing of the next review where your request can
> be considered, along with other proposed changes.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
>


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Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
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Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
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Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca
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