Re: [alac] Nomcom process

[Izumi Aizu <izumi@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Thomas,

At 12:43 04/04/03 +0200, you wrote:
> As a basic process for sending people to the nominating committee, I
> believe we should stick with soliciting interest from the general
> public, producing short-lists, etc.

I agree.

> That said, there are several things I'd suggest we change against
> last year's practice:
>
> * We selected free-form applications.  That has proven to be a bad
>   idea, given the unstructured and sometimes lengthy material we
>   received.  I'd suggest we go for a form-based approach like last
>   year's nominating committee.  Before adopting their form from last
>   year, though, it could be a good idea to hear about any practical
>   experiences -- as in, "nobody seriously answered question x."
>
> * If we go for a form-based approach, we have to think about
>   possibly adding some questions on how people believe that *we* are
>   the ones who should send them to nomcom.

Good point. That may require them to understand and hopefully
support us.


> * We need to get at-large structures involved.  There are several
>   ways to do that:
>
>   - Ask them for nominations, and give their nominations particular
>     weight.
>   - Look for candidates among their members.

These two above are fine.

>   - Ask them to vet a short-list of nominees.  This, of course,
>     brings us to the question what information about nominees we are
>     going to make publicly available, and how we possibly expect
>     structures to deal with that informtion.  We could, of course,
>     ask the structures to send us one person, each, that
>     participates in the nomcom member picking exercise.

I have some reservation about this, given various different
involvement of ALSs to ICANN.

> * We need to be more proactive in soliciting statements of interest
>   from good candidates.
>
> In terms of moving forward now, I'd suggest that we attempt to come
> up with a rough proposal quickly, and send that to als-discuss for
> review and further refinement. Maybe we even get some feedback this
> time...

I agree, though the responses may not be as high as last year.

Let's act quickly and see how it goes,

thanks Thomas,

izumi


> Thoughts?
> --
> Thomas Roessler  <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> At-Large Advisory Committee: http://alac.info/

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