[lac-discuss-en] NOW OPEN: Call for candidates in the At-Large community for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability

[ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of 
Members for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN 
Accountability, has requested a call for candidates in the At-Large community 
for the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability.

On 10 October 2014, ICANN published Revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability: 
Process and Next 
Steps<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-10-10-en>, a document that 
describes the process to examine how ICANN's accountability mechanisms should 
be strengthened to address the absence of its historical relationship with the 
US Government and to strengthen its overall accountability and governance 
processes. The process will be carried out by a Cross Community Working Group 
(CCWG). A Drafting Team which included two members of the ALAC was convened to 
propose a Charter for the CCWG. On 05 November 2014, the 
Charter<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-05-en> was presented 
and is now undergoing ratification by ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SO) and 
Advisory Committees (AC).

The Charter allows the ALAC to name five people and our intent is to select one 
per ICANN region (based on citizenship as per ALAC membership).

Under the assumption that the charter will be ratified by the majority of ICANN 
ACs and SOs, the selection of ALAC representatives is now beginning.

Members must be familiar with, or be prepared to quickly learn about, current 
ICANN accountability measures and the earlier Accountability and Transparency 
Review Team (ATRT) efforts (see 
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-2014-05-06-en, 
Section "Inventory of ICANN's Accountability Efforts").

Members must also commit to actively participate in the activities of the 
CCWG-Accountability on an ongoing and long-term basis. This means attending 
conference calls which will likely last 60-90 minutes per week, ongoing mailing 
list interactions and the ability to travel to any potential face to face 
meeting, if the CCWG decides to do so. The total length of engagement is likely 
to be at least 6 months to a year or possibly more.

The "At-Large Sub-Committee on the Selection of Members for the ICANN Cross 
Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability" ("Selection 
Committee") is requesting that interested members from the At-Large Community  
submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) to 
staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> by Wednesday, 26 
November 2014 23:59 UTC. In their EoI, candidates should respond to the 
following:

  *   A resume (maximum three pages)
  *   A statement explaining why they are interested in serving in this capacity
  *   A Declaration of Interests indicating any potential or actual conflicts
  *   Respond to the following questions addressing your ability to carry out 
posed by the Selection Committee as follows:
  *   (a) Why do you believe that you are in a position to fairly defend end 
user interests on the ICANN Accountability CCWG? (b) Are you prepared to act as 
a representative of the ALAC act according to the directions set by the ALAC? 
(c) Please describe previous roles you have held liaising on behalf of a third 
party. (d) Describe how you meet or will meet the criteria regarding ICANNs 
current accountability mechanisms and review processes (e) Are you prepared to 
make the participation and time commitment specified above?
The candidate EoI will be published in a secured section of the Selection 
Committee wiki page<https://community.icann.org/x/QpDhAg>, which only Selection 
Committee members can access.

Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine 
and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
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