[npoc-voice] Reminder: Apply Now for ICANN's Leadership Positions through NOMCOM

[Cintra Sooknanan <cintra.sooknanan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues,

This is just a gentle reminder of the opening of the NOMCOM openings
on the ICANN
Board, GNSO Council, ccNSO and the ALAC. Please note the Application Round
closes on 1 May 2013 with the application found at
http://nomcom.icann.org/apply. If you require any assistance in filling out
the form, please email me privately.

While the selection is confidential, do indicate to the NPOC Executive
Committee  privately if you have applied so that we may offer our support
of your application.

Selected candidates will be take their positions after the ICANN meeting in
Argentina in November 2013.

Thank you for your attention,

Cintra Sooknanan





On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Eduardo Monge <eduardo.monge@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> For your information:****** **Apply Now for ICANN's Leadership Positions**
> **
>
> Apply Now to Join the ICANN Board, the Councils of GNSO and ccNSO, and the
> ALAC ****
>
> 7 November 2012****
>
> Source:
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07nov12-en.htm  **
> **
>
> ICANN's Nominating Committee (NomCom) invites Statements of Interest and
> candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership
> positions to fulfill ICANN's technical and policy coordination role.
> Interested individuals are invited to submit a Statement of Interest to the
> Nominating Committee for the following positions:****
>
>    - Three members of the Board of Directors of ICANN****
>    - Three At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each
>    from the Africa, Asia/Australia/Pacific Islands and Latin America/Caribbean
>    Islands regions)****
>    - Two members of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting
>    Organization (GNSO)****
>    - One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting
>    Organization (ccNSO)****
>
> The NomCom is an independent committee tasked with selecting eight members
> of the Board of Directors and other key positions within ICANN's structure.
> ICANN is a not-for-profit, public benefit corporation dedicated to:
> preserving the operational security and stability of the Internet;
> promoting competition; achieving broad representation of global Internet
> communities; and supporting the development of policies appropriate to its
> mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.****
>
> Individuals selected by the NomCom will have a unique opportunity to work
> with accomplished colleagues from around the globe, address the Internet's
> intriguing technical coordination problems and policy development
> challenges with diverse functional, cultural, and geographic dimensions,
> and gain valuable insights and experience from working across boundaries of
> knowledge, responsibility and perspective.****
>
> Those selected will gain the satisfaction of making a valuable public
> service contribution towards the continued function and evolution of an
> essential global resource. Considering the broad public interest, those
> selected will work to achieve the goals towards which ICANN is dedicated in
> order to facilitate the Internet's critically important societal functions.
> ****
>
> Current Board members who have been selected by the NomCom include:
> Cherine Chalaby, Bertrand de la Chapelle, Steve Crocker, Olga
> Madruga-Forti, Erika Mann, Gonzalo Navarro, George Sadowsky, and Judith
> Duavit Vazquez.****
>
> Statements of Interest for the positions described above can be submitted
> through an on-line application form at (http://nomcom.icann.org/apply) or
> by contacting nomcom2013@xxxxxxxxx.****
>
> More information regarding the NomCom can be found at
> http://nomcom.icann.org. Applications will be considered in confidence
> and should be received by 1 May 2013 for full consideration. Selections
> will be announced in early September 2013. Successful candidates will take
> up their positions following ICANN's Annual Meeting in November 2013.****
>
> Candidate recommendations are encouraged and can be submitted through an
> on-line form at http://nomcom.icann.org/suggest, and questions or
> comments may also be submitted to nomcom2013@xxxxxxxxx.****
>
> Fluency in English is a requirement for all positions. These positions may
> involve significant international travel, including personal presence at
> periodic ICANN Public Meetings, as well as regular telephone and Internet
> communications. Reasonable direct expenses incurred in the course of
> service will be reimbursed. Each Board Member may also choose to receive
> compensation in accordance with the resolution passed by the Board on 8
> December 2011, but is not required to do so. (*See*
> http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-08dec11-en.htm#3.)****
> Background****
>
> The NomCom is designed to function independently from the ICANN Board,
> Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees. NomCom members act only
> on behalf of the interests of the global Internet community and within the
> scope of the ICANN mission and responsibilities assigned to it by the ICANN
> Bylaws.****
>
> NomCom members contribute understanding of the broad interests of the
> Internet community as a whole, and knowledge and experience of specific
> Internet constituencies who have appointed them.****
>
> The challenge for the NomCom is to integrate these perspectives and derive
> consensus in its selections. Although appointed by Supporting Organizations
> and other ICANN bodies, individual NomCom members are not accountable to
> their appointing bodies.****
>
> NomCom members are accountable for adherence to the ICANN Bylaws and for
> compliance with the rules and procedures established by the NomCom.****
>
> Recent ICANN Public Meetings have been held in Senegal, Costa Rica, Czech
> Republic and Canada. Meetings during 2013 are scheduled for Beijing, China;
> Durban, South Africa; and in the Latin America/Caribbean region.****
>
> ** **
>