Re: [council] Independent Review Nominating Committee

["Ken Stubbs" <kstubbs@corenic.org>]

thank you for the reminder caroline..
----- Original Message -----
From: Chicoine, Caroline <chicoinc@PeperMartin.com>
To: <council@dnso.org>
Cc: <mclaughlin@pobox.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 10:43 AM
Subject: RE: [council] Independent Review Nominating Committee


> Just a reminder that we need to add this to the agenda for next meeting.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew McLaughlin [mailto:mclaughlin@pobox.com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 12:10 AM
> To: council@dnso.org
> Cc: Esther Dyson; Mike Roberts
> Subject: [council] Independent Review Nominating Committee
>
>
> To the Names Council:
>
> This email is to add another item to the NC's to-do list (don't hurt me!)
>
> In Cairo the ICANN Board approved an Independent Review Policy
> <http://www.icann.org/indreview/policy.htm> that calls upon the Supporting
> Organization councils to select 2 individuals each for the Independent
> Review Nominating Committee.  This email will serve as your formal
> notification that there are 2 vacancies on the Independent Review
Nominating
> Committee to be filled by the Names Council.
>
> The purpose of the Independent Review Nominating Committee is to nominate
> the 9 individuals that will comprise ICANN's Independent Review Panel
(IRP).
> The IRP will have the ability to declare whether an action of the ICANN
> Board is consistent with its Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation.  By
> turning to the SO councils to choose the Nominating Committee, the policy
> seeks to insulate the IRP from the appearance or reality of Board
influence.
> The Nominating Committee will be a standing body, but will be convened
only
> when there is an IRP vacancy to be filled.
>
> Section 5 of the policy (copied below) gives the following guidance:
>
>      A.  The NC should select individuals "who are likely to be able to
> find, evaluate, and recruit IRP nominees who meet the criteria set forth
in
> this Policy."  There are three criteria stated in the policy:
>
> "5.12.1 A nominee to the IRP should be a person of high professional
> standing and accomplishment."
> "5.12.2 A nominee to the IRP should be (i) a current or former judge,
and/or
> (ii) an individual with legal training who would qualify for judicial
> appointment and who has experience conducting arbitration or a similar
> dispute resolution proceeding."
> "5.12.3 A nominee to the IRP must hold no other office or position within
> the ICANN structure."
>
> In other words, the NC should choose 2 individuals who are likely to be
able
> to find accomplished judges (or their equivalent) to volunteer to serve on
> the IRP.
>
>      B.  The NC must choose Nominating Committee members who hold no
> official position within the ICANN structure.  "For purposes of this
Policy,
> the group of individuals ineligible to serve on the IRP Nominating
Committee
> includes: ICANN Directors; ICANN staff and advisors; members of Advisory
> Committees (including the RSSAC and GAC); members of the Supporting
> Organization councils; the chair of the DNSO General Assembly; members of
> DNSO constituencies councils and administrative committees; and elected
> officers of the DNSO constituencies."  [Section 5.3.1]
>
>      C.  The NC should choose one Nominating Committee member for a 3-year
> term;  and one for a 2-year term.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> --Andrew
>
>
>
>
> =====================================
> FROM THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW POLICY
> <http://www.icann.org/indreview/policy.htm>
>
>   . . .
>
> 5. IRP Nominating Committee
>
> 5.1 The IRP Nominating Committee consists of two individuals appointed by
> each of the ICANN Supporting Organization councils, as defined in the
ICANN
> Bylaws.
>
> 5.2 The Supporting Organization councils should select as members of the
IRP
> Nominating Committee individuals who are likely to be able to find,
> evaluate, and recruit IRP nominees who meet the criteria set forth in this
> Policy.
>
> 5.3. Individuals holding an official position or office within the ICANN
> structure are not eligible to serve on the IRP Nominating Committee.
>
> 5.3.1 For purposes of this Policy, the group of individuals ineligible to
> serve on the IRP Nominating Committee includes: ICANN Directors; ICANN
staff
> and advisors; members of Advisory Committees (including the RSSAC and
GAC);
> members of the Supporting Organization councils; the chair of the DNSO
> General Assembly; members of DNSO constituencies councils and
administrative
> committees; and elected officers of the DNSO constituencies.
>
> 5.4 The members of the IRP Nominating Committee will be appointed for
> three-year terms, except that half of the members initially appointed will
> be appointed for two-year terms.
>
> 5.4.1 In the initial round of appointments, each Supporting Organization
> council will appoint one IRP Nominating Committee member to a three-year
> term, and one member to a two-year term.
>
>   . . .
>
> =====================================