[council] Fwd: Update on ICANN Developments

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Councillors, FYI.

Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur Général / General manager
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Début du message réexpédié :

> De : Fadi Chehade <fadi.chehade@xxxxxxxxx>
> Objet : Update on ICANN Developments
> Date : 27 septembre 2012 23:49:35 HAEC
> À : Stephane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc : David Olive <david.olive@xxxxxxxxx>, Sally Costerton 
> <sally.costerton@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Dear Stéphane:
>  
> In preparation for Toronto, I want to keep you apprised of management and 
> organizational developments at ICANN, and to make an important introduction 
> of a new member of our team.  These changes have resulted from my “listening 
> and learning” phase, and I have shared them to date with ICANN staff and the 
> Board.  I will be sharing more at the opening session at the ICANN meeting, 
> but want to provide just a few highlights for you as well:  
>  
> THE TEAM
> 
> First, as you may already know, I officially assumed the position of 
> President andChief Executive Officer on September 14, two weeks ahead of my 
> planned start date.  I have also appointed new members to the ICANN 
> Leadership team, to complement our existing deep experience with fresh 
> perspectives from international executives.  The two new members of the team 
> are Tarek Kamel and Sally Costerton.  Tarek, Egypt’s former Communications 
> Minister, who already leads the development of ICANN’s Africa strategy, will 
> assume the role of Senior Advisor for Government Affairs, leading all aspects 
> of ICANN’s Government Engagement.  I have asked Sally, who was most recently 
> CEO of Hill & Knowlton Public Relations for Europe, the Middle East and 
> Africa, to lead in a new position responsible for Stakeholder Engagement, and 
> she willalso oversee the Communications function.   I am using this email to 
> introduce Sally to you as well, in hopes that you will be in contact soon.
> 
> Both Sally and Tarek will be based in ICANN's European region and will report 
> directly to me. Their goal is to strengthen ICANN's international engagement 
> at all levels.
> 
> As for additional members of the leadership team:
> 
> ·       Akram Atallah's role will be expanded to include oversight of 
> Registry and Registrar Services, the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) 
> program, Security and other important activities. 
> ·       Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President, will take on a new role as Chief 
> of Strategy. 
> ·       John Jeffrey, General Counsel and Secretary of the ICANN Board, will 
> continue in that role. 
> ·       David Olive, Vice President of Policy, will also continue in his 
> current role.
> 
> Finally, in what I feel is a significant organizational development, Maguy 
> Serad, Senior Director of Contractual Compliance, has been promoted to Vice 
> President, with her department reporting directly to me.
> 
> THE ORGANIZATION
> 
> In order to make ICANN truly international, and to make sure that these 
> changes put stakeholders at the very heart of our organization, we will 
> reconfigureICANN as a global matrix organization, bringing regionally 
> dedicated and functional staff together to collaborate as teams serving the 
> interests of our community, and enhancing engagement.  We will also be 
> shifting our centers of gravity, relocating leadership of key 
> managementfunctions outside the United States.
> 
> THE PRIORITIES
> 
> Taking our cue from the Strategic Plan developed by the Community and the 
> Board, we have begun work on an execution plan to provide greater visibility, 
> management efficiency and direction to the work we do.   I will provide more 
> details in Toronto on how our execution will be directed toward a set of 
> objectives:
> 
> Delivering Operations Excellence,
> Evolving and Strengthening the Multi-Stakeholder Model,
> Establishing and Refining ICANN’s Clarity of Purpose, and
> Ushering in ICANN’s true Internationalization
> 
> Sally Costerton can provide more details on these plans, but, like me, she 
> has been in a “listening and learning phase” of her own.  I hope the two of 
> you will have a chance to speak soon. 
> 
> Our work to date has been possible thanks to the open dialogue and 
> information sharing you to which you have been kind enough to contribute.   I 
> hope that we can continue to build upon this collaborative foundation, and I 
> look forward to hearing your views in Toronto.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Fadi Chehadé
>