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Hi,<br>
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I do not think it affects the independence of Board members. It is
a Nomcom activity, composed of the same mix of members as the
appointing Nomcom. It is patterned on the IETF Nomcom Recall
process in RFC 7437, a model that requires only 20 eligible
qualified petitioners to initiate a Nomcom recall process.<br>
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BTW: I would have no problem with requiring a higher threshold of
SOAC to initiate, but figured that the 3 SOAC requirements was
already rather more strict than 20 qualified IETF participants.<br>
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But what is most important to remember is that is is a properly
constituted nomcom that makes the decision and it needs to meet a
high threshold. So if a Nomcom process composed of AC/SO members
can pick independent Directors, then they should be able to remove
them.<br>
<br>
Now if you want to disagree with the antecedent of that last
sentence you might find me in agreement (as I am still a fan of
elected Directors as in ICANN 1.0), but given that we
institutionally trust an ACSO constituted Nomcom to appoint
independent Directors, an ACSO constituted Nomcom should be able to
recall them.<br>
<br>
avri<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16-Apr-15 15:00, Steve Crocker
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Doesn’t this move us even further toward giving the SOs and ACs
control of Board members and thereby reduce, if not eviscerate,
the independence of board members appointed by the NomCom?
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#330033"> Hi,<br>
<br>
Apologies for being so last minute about this.<br>
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In order to remove an individual director(s) appointed by
the Nominating Committee, a Nomcom recall process will be
added to the Bylaws section on Nomcom. The recall process
would be initiated by a petition by 3 AC/SO, including at
least 1 SO and 1 AC. The petition must include a
description of the case for removal. The Recall process
would be chaired by an emeritus chair of a previous
Nominating Committee selected by the ICANN Board. The
Recall Committee will be made up of appointees from the
various AC/SO according to the same formula used by the
Nominating Committee and will use the same processes and
procedures. The members of the current nominating
committee will not be qualified for participation. The
single focus of the Recall Committee will be to review the
case for removal presented by the petitioners and decision
on removal of of Board Member(s) refered to in the AC/SO
petition. the Board Members(s) under consideration for
removal will be givin an opportunity to respond to any
issues in the petition. Decision will be by 3/4 vote of
the Recall Committee. The Recall Committee will be
disbanded after completing its task.<br>
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<br>
avri<br>
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