[council] Nominating Committee

[Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>]

Hello All,

As far as I understand there is general support amongst registrars for a
nominating committee for the ICANN Board.  There have been a range of
different views on the structure of the nominating committee.  Below is
extracted from the draft position paper  - dated 14 May 2002 posted by
Michael Palage to the registrars mailing list.  The paper resulted from
several teleconferences and discussions amongst registrars.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin



The Nominating Committee should be composed of fifteen (15) voting members
who are representative of the following sectors:

·	Five (5) Providers
·	Five (5) Users
·	Five (5) At-large, government or equivalent representatives

The Provider sector should ideally be parties that have contractual
relationships with ICANN to provide DNS and Numbering services such as
Registrars, Generic TLD Registries, registries, RIRs, Root Server Operators,
etc, whereas the User sector would ideally encompass a broad spectrum of
commercial, non-commercial and individual viewpoints. 

Until an appropriate mechanism can be identified to select the five (5) at
large, government, or equivalent representatives, ICANN should consider
extending an invitation to existing At Large Board Directors at the
conclusion of their term. Individuals nominated by the governments and
distinct economies in the unrepresentative geographic region should fill any
vacancies created by At Large Board Directors declining participation in the
Nominating Committee.

The Nominating Committee should be co-chaired by one (1) elected voting
chair selected from among the fifteen members and one (1) appointed Trustee
of the Board, preferably the CEO, serving in a non-voting advisory role. All
voting members should be prohibited from serving on the ICANN Board of
Trustees for a period of three years following the end of his or her term.

The undersigned at this time have not yet formed an opinion as to the exact
manner in how the representative members of each sector should be elected,
or for how long they should serve. 

In selecting the ten (10) At Large ICANN Board of Trustee Representatives,
the Nominating Committee should use the following checklist of perspectives
to ensure that a geographically and philosophically diverse group of
Trustees is selected. This enumerated list of viewpoints is not meant to be
exhaustive, but instead to provide a summary of those viewpoints that have
been voiced in the current ICANN process to date and which will be important
going forward. In some cases it may be possible for a Trustee to represent
multiple viewpoints.

·	Registrars
·	Generic TLD Registries;
·	Geographic TLD Registries;
·	Root Server Operators;
·	Regional Internet Registries;
·	Large Business;
·	Small Business;
·	Non-Commercial;
·	Individual Registrants;
·	Intellectual Property Owners;
·	Law Enforcement;
·	Consumer Advocates;
·	Governmental; and
·	Civil Libertarians.