[NPOC-EC] NomCom Review

[Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele]

This is good news!
Let's hope it gets implemented within a year.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 4:20 PM Joan Kerr <joankerr at fbsc.org> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> Please see the NomCom Review decision below.  Hurray for the decision to
> rebalance.
> Joan
>
> Dear Heather, Wolf-Ulrich, Jennifer, Dean, Barbara, Claudia, Stephanie, Bruna,
> Joan, Graeme, and Donna,
>
>
>
> On behalf of the NomComRIWG, we would like to thank you all for meeting
> with us during the SG/C leaders' call and especially thank the IPC, BC,
> ISPCP and RySG for taking the time to provide additional input on their
> position towards our suggested Bylaws amendment to facilitate next steps
> involved in implementing the “rebalancing” recommendation of the NomCom
> Review.
>
>
>
> The NomComRIWG notes that the responses appear to agree with the
> Independent Evaluator’s assessment that the NomCom’s allocation of seats
> has not evolved with changes to the overall ICANN community. We also appreciate
> the sensitivities and inherent difficulties expressed in potentially
> rebalancing not only the GNSO-allocated seats, but the entire NomCom, so
> that the NomCom truly represents the entire ICANN community.
>
>
>
> These rebalancing discussions could take many different forms. The
> approach of conducting a “holistic review” or “comprehensive assessment of
> representation within the ICANN community" was considered by the NomComRIWG
> during its feasibility and implementation phases for this recommendation.
> However, the drawback of a comprehensive assessment is that such an effort
> could take several years and could well be obsolete before its completion.
> This is especially true of the GNSO, whose structure has already changed
> since its inception and is likely to continue to evolve during any such
> assessment.
>
>
>
> It is precisely because of these challenges that the NomComRIWG is
> proposing an incremental approach towards addressing this recommendation.
> The proposed Bylaw revision itself will not actually result in *any
> immediate change* to the current composition of NomCom GNSO appointees.
> But it will facilitate future community discussions about how to best
> proceed with a rebalancing of the NomCom.
>
>
>
> In the spirit of ICANN’s new continuous improvement philosophy, the
> suggested Bylaw change provides not just the GNSO, but also the overall
> ICANN community, optimal flexibility for any number of incremental
> approaches used in subsequent rebalancing discussions, both within and
> external to the GNSO.
>
>
>
> We thank you for reaching out and sharing your thoughtful input, we look
> forward to continuing interactions with the GNSO SG/C throughout the course
> of our review.
>
>
>
> Many thanks and best wishes,
>
>
>
> Tom Barrett
>
> Chair of the NomComRIWG
>
>
>
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