[council] Apply Now for ICANN's Leadership Positions

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-17dec10-en.htm
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17 December 2010

ICANN's Nominating Committee (Nom Com) invites Statements of Interest and 
candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership 
positions to fulfill ICANN's technical and policy coordination role. Interested 
individuals are invited to submit a Statement of Interest to the 2010 Nom Com 
for the following positions:

    * Two members of the Board of Directors of ICANN
    * Three At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from 
the Africa, Asia/Australia/Pacific and Latin America/Caribbean regions)
    * Two members of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization 
(GNSO)
    * One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting 
Organization (ccNSO)

The Nominating Committee (Nom Com) is an independent committee tasked with 
selecting a majority of the members of the Board of Directors and other key 
positions within ICANN's structure. ICANN is an internationally organized, 
public benefit, non-profit corporation dedicated to: preserving the operational 
security and stability of the Internet; promoting competition; achieving broad 
representation of global Internet communities; and supporting the development 
of policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based 
processes.

Individuals selected by Nom Com will have a unique opportunity to work with 
accomplished colleagues from around the globe, address the Internet's 
intriguing technical coordination problems and policy development challenges 
with diverse functional, cultural, and geographic dimensions, and gain valuable 
insights and experience from working across boundaries of knowledge, 
responsibility and perspective.

Those selected will gain the satisfaction of making a valuable public service 
contribution towards the continued function and evolution of an essential 
global resource. Considering the broad public interest, those selected will 
work to achieve the goals towards which ICANN is dedicated in order to 
facilitate the Internet's critically important societal functions.

Current Board members who have been selected by the Nominating Committee 
include: Cherine Chalaby, Bertrand de la Chapelle, Steve Crocker, Erika Mann, 
Gonzalo Navarro, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, George Sadowsky, and Katim Touray.

Statements of Interest for the positions described above can be submitted 
through an on-line application form at (http://forms.icann.org/nomcom/soi.php) 
or by contacting nomcom2011@xxxxxxxxx.

More information regarding the Nominating Committee can be found at 
http://nomcom.icann.org. Applications will be considered in confidence and 
should be received by 4 April 2010 for full consideration. Selections will be 
announced in early September 2011. Successful candidates will take up their 
positions following ICANN's Annual Meeting in October 2011.

Candidate recommendations are encouraged and can be submitted through an 
on-line form at (http://forms.icann.org/nomcom/suggestcandidate.php), and 
questions or comments may also be submitted to nomcom2011@xxxxxxxxx.
Background:

The Nominating Committee is designed to function independently from the ICANN 
Board, Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees. Nominating Committee 
members act only on behalf of the interests of the global Internet community 
and within the scope of the ICANN mission and responsibilities assigned to it 
by the ICANN Bylaws.

Nominating Committee members contribute understanding of the broad interests of 
the Internet community as a whole, and knowledge and experience of specific 
Internet constituencies who have appointed them.

The challenge for the Nominating Committee is to integrate these perspectives 
and derive consensus in its selections. Although appointed by Supporting 
Organizations and other ICANN entities, individual Nominating Committee members 
are not accountable to their appointing constituencies.

Members are accountable for adherence to the ICANN Bylaws and for compliance 
with the rules and procedures established by the Nominating Committee.

Successful candidates are not remunerated, although direct expenses incurred in 
the course of duty will be reimbursed. Fluency in English is a requirement for 
all positions. These positions may involve significant international travel, 
including personal presence at periodic ICANN meetings, as well as regular 
telephone and Internet communications.

Recent ICANN Meetings have been held in Brazil, Portugal, Puerto Rico, the 
United States, India, France, Egypt, Mexico, Australia, South Korea, Kenya and 
Colombia. Meetings during 2011 are scheduled for San Francisco, CA in the 
United States of America; Asia/Australia/Pacific and Africa. The diverse 
locations facilitate participation across the world's Internet community; an 
aspect of growing importance as ICANN's recently signed Affirmation of 
Commitments emphasizes ICANN's accountability to the community.


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org