AW: [council] Nominating Committee Appointees (NCA) selection to two Houses

Tue Sep 27 09:06:50 UTC 2011

Stéphane,

thanks for doing this.

My thinking is far from making things more complicate rather than to find a solution being as close as possible to a consensus for all involved.

We seem to have no input from the NomCom regarding the assignment to a specific house, and since 2 NCAs apply for an NCPH assignment there is ongoing discussion within and between the SGs represented in the house.

I expect that this will lead to an agreement in time.

Kind regards
Wolf-Ulrich 

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	Von: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] Im Auftrag von Stéphane Van Gelder
	Gesendet: Montag, 26. September 2011 22:20
	An: GNSO Council List
	Betreff: Re: [council] Nominating Committee Appointees (NCA) selection to two Houses

	Putting my Chair hat back on, I have sent an email to the current NomCom Chair, Adam Peake, asking him if he has any advice for the Council on this. 

	I will of course let you know when he responds.

	Thanks,

	Stéphane

	Le 26 sept. 2011 à 22:12, Stéphane Van Gelder a écrit :

		I think Alan's summary is spot on. But in my personal opinion, it is not the case that there are only 2 options going forward as you suggest Wolf-Ulrich. 

		The Council is already knee deep in process on so many things, we may not wish to add another layer.

		I agree with you that we may need to do so, but why don't we wait to see if there is a problem dealing with the NCPH NCA assignment this year before deciding on that?

		So far, as Alan describes, the NCA assignments have been made through discussion between the houses and the NCAs, and everyone has been able to agree and reach a result that suited.

		Do you expect this not to be the case this year?

		Stéphane

		Le 26 sept. 2011 à 17:23, <KnobenW at telekom.de> a écrit :

			Thanks Alan for clarification from a NomCom perspective which is important to know.

			I understand there will be 2 choices for the future:
			- either the NomCom shall act according to the bylaws and assign the NCAs to the houses, meaning all 3 NCAs every year
			- or in case the NomCom doesn't assign the SG's should find consensus, meaning a process has to be defined in this respect. This could be a job for the SCI if the council agrees.

			For the present case let's find consensus. This may require some coordination on SG and house level

			Kind regards
			Wolf-Ulrich 

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				Von: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] Im Auftrag von Alan Greenberg
				Gesendet: Montag, 26. September 2011 16:51
				An: GNSO Council
				Betreff: RE: [council] RE: Nominating Committee Appointees (NCA) selection to two Houses

				The Bylaws do indeed assign the responsibility to the NomCom, but the NomCom has never acted on that. In 2009, when the appointment was made prior to the new Bylaws, a procedure was adopted by Council ( http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-24sep09.htm <http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-24sep09.htm> , Item 5, motion section 10). This called for the SGs to reach consensus (taking into consideration the wishes of the NCAs) by a certain date, or the single fresh GNSO NCA would be assigned to the non-voting position and the other two would be assigned by random selection. My recollection is that consensus was not reached and the random method was used.

				Last year, without a NomCom explicit decision, all parties came to an agreement and the matter was not further discussed.

				My personal position is that the Bylaw wording was ill-advised because by following this rule ensures that once put in a specific position, the NCA is their for the duration of their term. In the case of the non-voting position, I find this unreasonable.

				So Carlos is correct about the Bylaw provision, but in the absence of the NomCom acting on it, there is no established procedure and no precedent on which to rely - the 2009 interim rules do not apply with two incoming inexperienced NCAs and agreement had not been reached as in 2010. 

				One could infer from the 2009 interim rules that if there was an inexperienced incoming NCA, that person should be given the non-voting role and I believe that this is the what Glen referred to as the norm. However, neither precedent provides any firm guidance regarding this year's case where there are two inexperienced incoming NCAs.

				Alan

				At 26/09/2011 09:47 AM, carlos dionisio aguirre wrote:

					Dear kristina: There are a "norm" , the ICANN Bylaws are mandatory and clearly decide about the situation 

					 Section 3. GNSO COUNCIL 

					1. Subject to the provisions of Transition Article XX, Section 5 of these Bylaws <http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#XX-5>  and as described in Section 5 of Article X <http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#X-5> , the GNSO Council shall consist of:

					a. three representatives selected from the Registries Stakeholder Group;

					b. three representatives selected from the Registrars Stakeholder Group;

					c. six representatives selected from the Commercial Stakeholder Group;

					d. six representatives selected from the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group; and

					e. three representatives selected by the ICANN Nominating Committee, one of which shall be non-voting, but otherwise entitled to participate on equal footing with other members of the GNSO Council including, e.g. the making and seconding of motions and of serving as Chair if elected. One Nominating Committee Appointee voting representative shall be assigned to each House (as described in Section 3(8) of this Article <http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#X-3.8> ) by the Nominating Committee.

					Kind regards. 

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					> From: krosette at cov.com
					> To: Glen at icann.org; council at gnso.icann.org
					> CC: robert.hoggarth at icann.org; stephane.vangelder at indom.com; gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
					> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:35:07 -0400
					> Subject: [council] RE: Nominating Committee Appointees (NCA) selection to two Houses
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					> I don't believe it's correct to say that there has been any "norm" as I don't think we've been doing this long enough to say there is. It's my recollection that any pattern you describe is due primarily to an incoming NCA deferring to the preference of an existing NCA. As both Lanre and Carlos would like to be assigned to NCPH, this is a matter for the NCPH to address, in my opinion. 
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					> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [ mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org <mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org> ] On Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry
					> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 5:27 AM
					> To: council at gnso.icann.org
					> Cc: Robert Hoggarth; Stéphane Van Gelder; gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
					> Subject: [council] Nominating Committee Appointees (NCA) selection to two Houses
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					> Dear All,
					> 
					> As you know, the Nominating Committee (Nom Com) has selected two Nom Com Appointees (NCAs), Lanre Ajayi and Thomas Rickert, to serve on the GNSO Council for the upcoming year.
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					> Thomas Rickert has requested to be assigned to the Contracted Parties House (CPH) and the CPH has formally agreed that Thomas is a voting member in the CPH.
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					> As it has traditionally been the norm that the previous year's non-voting NCA becomes a voting NCA, we expect that Carlos Aguirre will be assigned to the NCPH this year, and Lanre Ajayi will be assigned the non-voting seat.
					> 
					> Is this correct? Due to the close proximity of the Dakar meeting and the need to finalize organizational aspects of the meeting, the GNSO Council Secretariat would appreciate being informed of the NCPH NCA assignment no later than 30 September 2011 at 22:00 UTC.
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					> Thank you very much.
					> Kind regards,
					> 
					> Glen
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					> Glen de Saint Géry
					> GNSO Secretariat
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