[Ws2-diversity] CCWG-Accountability-WS2-Diversity Draft Recommendations - suggested edits

Wed Aug 9 12:36:15 UTC 2017

All,

I find the amendments suggested by Pam and Cheryl to be very good and
friendly.

Cheers

B.

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 2:10 AM, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for this Bernie I think this is a very workable document and note
> the  edits  / support  from Pam  (I find these friendly amendments indeed
> Pam :-)   I agree our use of this text will allow for a very "Implementable
> first step on a longer  (and it needs to be) Diversity in ICANN pathway,
> but well and positively meets our brief from WS1.
>
> To that end   I also made a couple of minor edit suggestions in the G Doc,
> and I hope at our meeting we can resolve all the comments received on this
> then take the next step of pushing this document forward as our next phase
> and to become our recommendations for CCWG Review  at the next plenary
> meeting.
>
> Fiona / Rafik  if you need that formally proposed for our call I am happy
> happy to do so...
>
>
> *Cheryl Langdon-O**rr ...  *(CLO)
>
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>
> On 9 August 2017 at 12:30, Pam Little <pam.little at alibaba-inc.com> wrote:
>
>> Bernard & Colleagues,
>>
>>
>> Many thanks to Bernard for the updated draft. I like the reworded
>> recommendations as they seem a lot more  "implementable" than those in the
>> earlier versions.
>>
>> I have made a couple of comments and suggested edits in Google doc but
>> would be happy to support Bernard's version, even if my changes are not
>> adopted by this group.
>>
>> I will not be able to attend the call tomorrow (due to time zone issue)
>> and send my apologies. However, I would try to explain the rationale for my
>> proposed changes to Recommendation 2:
>>
>> *Recommendation 2: Each SO/AC/group should identify which elements of
>> diversity are mandated in their Charters or ICANN Bylaws and any other
>> elements that are relevant and applicable to each of its levels including
>> leadership (“Diversity Criteria”) and publish the results of the exercise
>> on their official web sites.*
>>
>> My thinking is that some elements are already mandated and some are
>> additional (to be identified) and we should recognize and assess both. For
>> example:
>>
>> *RrSG Charter 4.3.4:*
>> *Each of the GNSO Council Representatives should be from separate
>> geographic region in accordance with ICANN's Bylaws.*
>>
>> RySG Charter:
>> VIII.C In order to promote broad representational diversity in accordance
>> with principles contained in the ICANN Bylaws, no more than one (1) of the
>> elected RySG Representatives may come from the same geographic region as
>> defined in the ICANN Bylaws.
>>
>> ICANN Bylaws 7.2(b):
>> In carrying out its responsibilities to nominate the Directors for Seats
>> 1 through 8 for designation by the EC, the Nominating Committee shall
>> ensure that the Board is composed of Directors who, in the aggregate,
>> display diversity in geography, culture, skills, experience, and
>> perspective, by applying the criteria set forth in *Section 7.3*, *Section
>> 7.4* and *Section 7.5*. At no time when it makes its nomination shall
>> the Nominating Committee nominate a Director to fill any vacancy or expired
>> term whose designation would cause the total number of Directors (not
>> including the President) from countries in any one Geographic Region to
>> exceed five; and the Nominating Committee shall ensure when it makes its
>> nominations that the Board includes at least one Director who is from a
>> country in each ICANN Geographic Region ("*Diversity Calculation*"). For
>> purposes of this *Section 7.2(b)*, if any candidate for director
>> maintains citizenship of more than one country, or has been domiciled for
>> more than five years in a country of which the candidate does not maintain
>> citizenship ("*Domicile*"), that candidate may be deemed to be from
>> either country and must select in his or her Statement of Interest the
>> country of citizenship or Domicile that he or she wants the Nominating
>> Committee to use for Diversity Calculation purposes. For purposes of this *
>> Section 7.2(b)*, a person can only have one Domicile, which shall be
>> determined by where the candidate has a permanent residence and place of
>> habitation.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Pam
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> From:Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
>> Time:2017 Aug 9 (Wed) 07:32
>> To:Bernard Turcotte <turcotte.bernard at gmail.com>
>> Cc:ws2-diversity <ws2-diversity at icann.org>
>> Subject:Re: [Ws2-diversity] CCWG-Accountability-WS2-Diversity Draft
>> Recommendations - suggested edits
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> please find the draft in the google doc here: https://docs.google.com/
>> document/d/14nDejmUR9pbEvFCoVeleSRNcgpcQOW1xuB4NeOX_UD0/
>> edit#heading=h.gjdgxs
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>> 2017-08-09 5:26 GMT+09:00 Bernard Turcotte <turcotte.bernard at gmail.com>:
>> All,
>>
>> As per the Diversity Rapporteurs request please find attached my
>> suggested edits to the Diversity recommendations for consideration on our
>> next call.
>>
>> I have tried to be very faithful to the original intents in most cases
>> and have added a few things that seemed to be required and consistent with
>> the other recommendations.
>>
>> The biggest overall change is that I found a number or the original
>> recommendations overlapped which usually causes issues - as such I have
>> cleaned this without hopefully changing any intents.
>>
>> Bernard Turcotte
>> ICANN Staff Support to the CCWG-Accountability-WS2
>>
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