Re: [council] ICANN 2009 Nominating Committee Selectees

[Olga Cavalli <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Glen!
Regards
Olga

2009/8/31 Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>

>
> Dear Councillors,
>
> Please note the ICANN 2009 Nominating Committee Selectees.
>
> Congratulations Olga!
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28aug09-en.htm
>
> 28 August 2009
> The 2009 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) has completed its selections
> for nine leadership positions within ICANN.
>
> NomCom Chair, Tricia Drakes, said "We are delighted to announce this year's
> selectees to ICANN's leadership. They include highly accomplished
> individuals from Russia, India, Malaysia, Jamaica, Argentina, Chile and the
> United States. The Committee's hard work has given us a result that we
> believe balances continuity and diversity, and includes the selection of the
> youngest ever member to serve on the ICANN Board. We have added some new
> faces to the mix, but I hope the community will agree that there is a real
> depth of experience as well."
>
> The NomCom is charged with recruiting and selecting a portion of ICANN's
> community leadership. NomCom works to make sure that, overall, ICANN's
> leadership is diverse in geography, culture, skills, experience, and
> perspective. The basic criteria are that nominees are people of integrity,
> objectivity and judgment, can help group decision-making, can work
> effectively through English, have an understanding of ICANN's mission and
> work, are committed to its success, contribute to cultural, professional and
> geographic expertise, and can work long and hard as volunteers working in
> the global public trust.
>
> The NomCom evaluated over eighty candidates, many of whom were unusually
> strong, against key criteria set out in the ICANN Bylaws. The Committee also
> wanted to include some of those with skills, expertise and experience in
> some of the important new areas where ICANN may face challenges throughout
> the organization over the next few years, including IDNs (internationalized
> domain names). The Committee took very seriously the evolving and increasing
> importance of independent Board directors, and in so doing found itself
> unable to appoint to the Board some very experienced applicants whom it
> might otherwise have wished to do so.
>
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>
> ICANN Board of Directors
>
> Rajasekar Ramaraj, India (2nd term)
>
> Gonzalo Navarro, Chile
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> George Sadowsky, United States
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> ALAC
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> James Seng, Malaysian citizen residing in China
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> Carlton Samuels, Jamaica
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> Dave Kissoondoyal, Mauritius
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> GNSO Council
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> Olga Cavalli, Argentina (2nd term)
>
> Andrey Kolesnikov, Russian Federation
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> ccNSO Council
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> J. Beckwith Burr (Becky), United States (2nd term)
>
> The biographies of the Nominees are reproduced below. The nominees will
> take up their positions at the end of ICANN's Annual Meeting in Seoul, Korea
> on 30 October 2009.
>
> This year's Nominating Committee received 86 Statements of Interest from
> candidates worldwide during its open nomination period from 2 December 2008
> to 15 April 2009. 71 of the 2009 candidates were men and 15 are women. The
> regional breakdown of this year's candidates was:
>
> * 10 from Africa,
> * 24 from Asia/Australia/Pacific
> * 23 from Europe
> * 12 from Latin America/Caribbean.
> * 17 from North America
>
> For more information about NomCom, please visit http://nomcom.icann.org/
>
>
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://gnso.icann.org
>
>
>
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