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Re: [council] NC draft recomendations evolution v6


Philip,
 
The ISPCP constituency has reviewed this draft, and, with regards
to the item "Board Composition", we wish to make the following
comments:
 
Draft text - "The Board should be set at a size that makes it workable
without the need for a smaller executive committee. This means it
should have fewer members than at present"
 
We disagree with this statement. There have been recent initiatives to
form a ccTLD SO as well as the At Large SO, and reducing the amount
of Board members would complicate the resolution of these pending
initiatives. A reduction of the number of Board members might also
complicate the issue of geographic diversity.
 
Draft text - "Any nominating committee should only have the power to nominate
one third or fewer of the Board seats or any other ICANN entity"
 
The ISPCP has submitted a draft of our position on the issue of reform to the NC,
and we disagree emphatically with the above statement, which clearly implies
the acceptance that a nominating committee may come into existence. ICANN
was born with an initial board elected by a nominating committee (albeit one person),
and we prefer the current approach which involves overall elections.
 
Tony Harris
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 6:56 AM
Subject: [council] NC draft recomendations evolution v6

NC members et al - call for action
Following yesterday's (April 18) NC call I attach version six of the NC recommendations. This includes the changes adopted at the meeting.
 
I have highlighted in yellow two outstanding items from version 5 for further discussion. Your proposals please by e-mail latest April 23 for:
- wording for ICANN's mission to include the public/users interest
- wording for which stakeholders involvement in policy making.
 
In view of the time wasted on the last call by having to revisit version 5 in more detail than intended, I wish to start now by e-mail the dialogue we missed on the call on the issues of Board composition, at-large and transparency.To help discussion I have proposed some possible recommendations. These are also highlighted in yellow. Your comments please.( If we fail to reach agreement I propose to list options and state who supports which option.)
 
Please also send to the list copies of your constituency positions or work in progress.
 
 
Philip Sheppard
NC Chair


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