Re: [lac-discuss-en] CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST for the Board Director Selected by At-Large now open through 26 December 2013
Dear José,
I have been reading this thread with much interest.
Regarding how a Board member has to act on the Board, it is true that a
Board member needs to act in the best interests of ICANN when on the
Board and is not there to relay the point of view of the community
having appointed them.
That said, a Board member selected by At-Large will hopefully have the
same values as the At-Large Community. It is by reasoning using these
same values, that the Board member will reflect the views which are held
in our community. So there is no direct link between what the community
decides and what the Board member selected by the community decides -
only a cultural understanding of the community which lets the Board
member make up their mind as to what is better for the Public Interest.
I realise this is a hard subject, one which every Board member needs to
think about.
Do the categories for review need to be very precise and therefore
include the requirement of the Board member knowing their community? I
think that we need to trust the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee to
make up its own mind. I also think that we need to trust the Electorate
too. Let people make up their own mind and not be too prescriptive.
That's just my own point of view.
Kind regards,
Olivier
On 03/12/2013 12:12, José Francisco Arce wrote:
> Thanks Tijiani for the clarification.
> But I still think that we should have 3 different EoI, because if
> knowlege of at-large community is a general requirement to be a Board
> Member I can not imagine that all the current menmber of the borad
> have that backgraund, and for my point of view they do not have to
> have it. It is crazy to think that, so the actual documment for the 3
> categories should be review.
> Maybe Olivier can add something that we are missing.
>
> My 2 cents
>
> José Arce
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> 2013/12/2 Tijani BEN JEMAA <tijani.benjemaa@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:tijani.benjemaa@xxxxxxxxx>>
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> Hi José,
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> Sorry for the late reply. In fact, the EoI is the duty of the
> BCEC, and this reply is a personal opinion.
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> You know, the requirements that you mentioned was in 3 categories:
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> · The requirements for the board members in the ICANN bylaws
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> · The requirements for a board member used by the NomCom
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> · And additional At-Large requirements
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> I think that what appeared as a contradiction for you is the
> result of the combination of the 3 categories.
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> It’s true that a board member is supposed to serve for the benefit
> of ICANN as a whole, and not as a representative of a certain
> stakeholder, but you don’t imagine ALAC appointing someone who
> doesn’t know anything of the end users’ concerns and interests. I
> think that it’s normal that the candidate should be well aware of
> the At-Large affairs. While selected, this Board member will act
> as an individual for the benefit of ICANN, but with his/her
> background and his knowledge of the At-Large community.
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> My 2 cents
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> *De :*José Francisco Arce [mailto:josefranciscoarce@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:josefranciscoarce@xxxxxxxxx>]
> *Envoyé :* lundi 2 décembre 2013 11:48
> *À :* ICANN At-Large Staff
> *Cc :* lac-discuss-en@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:lac-discuss-en@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Roberto Gaetano
> (roberto_gaetano@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:roberto_gaetano@xxxxxxxxxxx>); Tijani BEN JEMAA
> (tijani.benjemaa@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:tijani.benjemaa@xxxxxxxxx>);
> Olivier Crépin-Leblond
> *Objet :* Re: [lac-discuss-en] CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
> for the Board Director Selected by At-Large now open through 26
> December 2013
>
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>
> Dear Tijiani and Roberto,
>
>
>
> Any comment about my email. I know that we are runing out of time
> now, but I really see contradictions in the text which may confuse
> candidates and applicants.
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>
> Kind Regards
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>
> José Arce
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> 2013/11/27 José Francisco Arce <josefranciscoarce@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:josefranciscoarce@xxxxxxxxx>>
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> Dear all,
>
> I read the document and have some questions:
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>
>
> 1) Regarding the first paragraph: “/…member must be able to
> reflect the users' point of view and interests in the debate and
> decision making undertaken within the ICANN framework”./
>
> The last two times LACRALO talked about this issue, and the last
> was in Buenos Aires meeting, with Fatima´s question to Sébastien
> Bachollet, the answer was the same: Once the candidate is elect,
> is a Board member without identifying a group, and does not have
> to explain to the community that vote for him/her, but the entire
> community at large.
>
> Even more the text included mentioned the requirement of
> background in Internet users' interests. Should this be a specific
> requirement? Or Should be only global requirements? And it seems
> there is a contradiction with the part: /What does an ICANN Board
> Director do? “ Serve as individuals who have the duty to act in
> what they reasonably believe are the best interests of ICANN and
> not as representatives of the entity that selected them, their
> employers or any other organizations or constituencies;”/
>
> If this is my confusion, requested the appropriate apologies.
>
>
>
> 2) I know it is controversial subject, but the third paragraph
> defined what is “At-large”, and I want to know if there is
> consensus about this.
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>
> I´ll appreciate a clarification
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>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> José Arce
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> 2013/11/26 ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>
> Dear All,
>
> On behalf of Roberto Gaetano, Chair of the Board Candidate
> Evaluation Committee (BCEC), please find attached the Call for
> Expressions of Interest for the Board Director selected by
> At-Large (in English, French and Spanish).
>
> The document contains the link for the online application.
>
> Applications will be accepted between 26 November and 26
> December 2013 at 23:59 UTC.
>
> The Board Director occupying Seat 15 will join the ICANN Board
> at the conclusion of 2014 ICANN Annual General Meeting, in
> October 2014.
>
> Regards,
>
> Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber,
> Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in
> support of ALAC
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