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[council] Motion on the Proposed Process for GNSO Endorsement of Nominees to the AoC Accountability and Transparency RT

  • To: GNSO Council List <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: [council] Motion on the Proposed Process for GNSO Endorsement of Nominees to the AoC Accountability and Transparency RT
  • From: William Drake <william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:19:42 +0100
  • List-id: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Sender: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello,

Please see two documents attached.  I hereby make the following motion:


WHEREAS, in furtherance of ICANN’s responsibilities under the Affirmation of 
Commitments, applicants are being sought to volunteer to serve on  the review 
team for Accountability and Transparency <link to 
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb10-en.htm >;

WHEREAS, the Accountability and Transparency review team will include members 
endorsed by the GNSO in its efforts;

WHEREAS, the GNSO Council desires to adopt a one-time process to provide 
endorsements for applicants to serve on the first Accountability and 
Transparency review;
 

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT:


RESOLVED, that the Endorsement Process described in the attached document  
<link to final draft> is hereby approved ;

RESOLVED FURTHER, that each Stakeholder Group and the GNSO Council Nominating 
Committee appointees should immediately commence their selection processes in 
accordance with the Endorsement Process;

RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is directed to post and distribute the 
Endorsement Process as widely as possible to all GNSO related groups in an 
effort to inform qualified applicants of  the important work of the 
Accountability and Transparency review team;

RESOLVED FURTHER, the Council shall form an Evaluation Team made up of one 
Councilor from each SG plus one Nominating Committee Appointee in its meeting 
on 18 February to assess the responses and report to the Council list not later 
than 25 February;
 
RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is directed to schedule a Special Council 
Teleconference call on 26 February at a time that maximizes Councilor 
participation for the purpose of finalizing GNSO endorsements;

RESOLVED FURTHER, the Affirmation of Commitments Review Drafting Team is 
requested to continue its work to develop a longer-term process for Council 
consideration in April.

 

Attachment: Action Plan for GNSO Endorsement of AoC RT Nominees.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

Attachment: Proposed Process for GNSO Endorsement of AoC RT Nominees .pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document




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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
 Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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