[RZERC] summary of chair term discussion and proposed next steps

[Howard Eland]

I agree with Duane on this.

-Howard

> On Feb 14, 2017, at 5:22 PM, Wessels, Duane <dwessels at verisign.com> wrote:
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>> On Feb 14, 2017, at 2:35 PM, Steve Sheng <steve.sheng at icann.org> wrote:
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>> Dear RZERC, 
>> 
>> Thank you all for this discussion on chair term length and term limits. Here is a summary of the two issues.
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>> On chair term length, the issue is that organizations appoint its representative to the RZERC with different term lengths. This means that a) it could be difficult to put in a term for the chair that would preclude some members from selection, and b) it would be potentially awkward where the RZERC chair doesn't get reappointed to RZERC during the middle of the chair's term.
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>> Regarding next steps, RZERC members suggested a few ways to address this, they are:
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>> ·         Option 1: The term of the Chair ends at the earlier of (i) the close of the first RZERC meeting held after the two-year anniversary of the Chair's appointment; or (ii) the Chair's leaving the RZERC.
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>> ·         Option 2: The term of the chair be the lowest common denominator for the terms of RZERC members, in this case, one year.
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>> ·         Option 3: RZERC requests appointing organizations to adopt a uniform term for their reps to the RZERC. (But then, these terms will probably have to be stacked, so staff recommended RZERC not take this option at this moment)
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>> Both options 1 and 2 would work, please suggest which one you would like.
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> I think option 1 makes the most sense.
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>> On chair term limits, we could follow a simple approach by the RSSAC, “A person may only serve for two consecutive terms. The eligibility status for a previous Chair is reset one year after having stepped down.” What do people think?
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> Yes, that sounds reasonable to me as well.
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>>  Finally, it seems that we are getting into the detail discussions of operational procedures, staff would recommend RZERC to draft minimum procedures to select the initial chair, and postpone the rest of the discussion to the drafting and updating of RZERC operational procedure. 
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> Yes.
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> DW
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