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font-family: Arial; ">T: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 51<br>F: +22 (0)1 48 01 83 61<br><br></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span>
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<div><br><div>Début du message réexpédié :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>De : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Steve Crocker <<a href="mailto:Steve@shinkuro.com">Steve@shinkuro.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Objet : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Proposed change in seating dates for SO and ALAC appointees to the ICANN board</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">15 septembre 2012 02:01:24 HAEC<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>À : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>>, Stéphane Van Gelder <<a href="mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com">stephane.vangelder@indom.com</a>>, Lesley Cowley <<a href="mailto:lesley@nominet.org.uk">lesley@nominet.org.uk</a>>, Louis Lee <<a href="mailto:louie@louie.net">louie@louie.net</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Steve Crocker <<a href="mailto:Steve@shinkuro.com">Steve@shinkuro.com</a>>, Samantha Eisner <<a href="mailto:Samantha.Eisner@icann.org">Samantha.Eisner@icann.org</a>>, Diane Schroeder <<a href="mailto:diane.schroeder@icann.org">diane.schroeder@icann.org</a>>, Raymond Plzak <<a href="mailto:plzakr@gmail.com">plzakr@gmail.com</a>>, Michael Silber <<a href="mailto:mike.silber@icann.org">mike.silber@icann.org</a>>, Bruce Tonkin <<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>>, Kuo Wu <<a href="mailto:kuoweiwu@gmail.com">kuoweiwu@gmail.com</a>>, Chris Disspain <<a href="mailto:ceo@auda.org.au">ceo@auda.org.au</a>>, Sébastien Bachollet <<a href="mailto:sebastien@bachollet.com">sebastien@bachollet.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Olivier, Stéphane, Lesley and Louis,</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">I want to bring to your attention a proposal to change the seating of SO and ALAC appointees to the ICANN board to be deferred until the Annual General Meeting. The purpose is make changes to the board just once a year instead of the present system which usually causes changes twice a year. The departures of SO and ALAC appointees in mid-year sometimes causes difficulty in key leadership positions within the board and adds complication to the membership and functioning of the board committees.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">As you're probably aware, the reason for the present scheme was to provide the Nomcomm with information about the SO -- and now ALAC -- appointees so the Nomcomm could properly implement the required geographic balance of at least one and no more than five from any region.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Our proposed change asks that your organizations continue to select your appointees on the same schedule so the Nomcomm would continue to have that information, but the actual seating of the board members selected from your organizations would be at the same time as the Nomcomm selectees. This will result in five selections each year, two or three from the SOs and ALAC and three or two from the Nomcomm.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">A proposed change to the bylaws was developed by the Board Governance Committee and sent to the full board for action. Yesterday, the board passed a resolution to post this proposed change and begin the public comment process. The resolution is posted at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-13sep12-en.htm#1.d">http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-13sep12-en.htm#1.d</a> and the public comment should open by Monday at the latest. I am sending you this note to make sure you are informed directly and to open the door for direct communication. To see how this change affects the people currently appointed, please see the table below.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><br></div><div><table class="MsoTableGrid" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "><tbody><tr><td width="85" valign="top" style="width: 84.65pt; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div></td><td width="87" valign="top" style="width: 86.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">NomCom Term Begin<o:p></o:p></div></td><td width="106" valign="top" style="width: 106.2pt; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">SO/AC Selection/Seating*<o:p></o:p></div></td></tr><tr><td width="85" valign="top" style="width: 84.65pt; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">AGM 2012<o:p></o:p></div></td><td width="87" valign="top" style="width: 86.5pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">3 (George, Gonzalo, Olga)<o:p></o:p></div></td><td width="106" valign="top" style="width: 106.2pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">2 (Ray, Mike)<o:p></o:p></div></td></tr><tr><td width="85" valign="top" style="width: 84.65pt; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">AGM 2013<o:p></o:p></div></td><td width="87" valign="top" style="width: 86.5pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">3 (Erika, Cherine, Bertrand)<o:p></o:p></div></td><td width="106" valign="top" style="width: 106.2pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">2 (Bruce, Kuo)<o:p></o:p></div></td></tr><tr><td width="85" valign="top" style="width: 84.65pt; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">AGM 2014<o:p></o:p></div></td><td width="87" valign="top" style="width: 86.5pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">2 (Steve, Judith)<o:p></o:p></div></td><td width="106" valign="top" style="width: 106.2pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><div class="MsoNormal">3 (Chris, Sébastien, Bill)<o:p></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">* The SO/AC Seating identified currently occurs earlier in the same year of the AGM identified.<span> </span>For example, Ray and Mike were re-seated in June 2012.<span> </span>Under the proposed revision, their terms will end with the conclusion of the 2015 AGM instead of a few months earlier.</div></div></div></div></span><div><br></div><div>This change is one of a series of improvements in the board's processes that I have been working to improve the board's efficiency and effectiveness. I hope you will find it acceptable. Please feel free to share this note with your constituencies, colleagues, etc., and, of course, please do raise any issues or make any suggestions that come to mind.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Steve</div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>