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<BR><SPAN lang=de><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Wolf-Ulrich Knoben
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'; FONT-SIZE: medium"><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: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'; FONT-SIZE: medium"><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: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'; FONT-SIZE: medium"><B>Date :
</B></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'; FONT-SIZE: medium">15
septembre 2012 02:01:24 HAEC<BR></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'; FONT-SIZE: medium"><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: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'; FONT-SIZE: medium"><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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>3 (Chris, Sébastien,
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Steve</DIV>
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