[ga] 2009 Nomination Period Opens For ICANN Leadership Positions

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

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2009 Nomination Period Opens For ICANN Leadership Positions

2 December 2008

ICANN's Nominating Committee invites Statements of Interest and candidate 
recommendations from the Internet community as it seeks qualified candidates to 
assist in ICANN's technical and policy coordination role. Interested 
individuals are invited to submit a Statement of Interest to the 2009 Committee 
for the following positions:

Three members of the ICANN Board of Directors
Three At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from 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)
ICANN's Nominating Committee (Nom Com) is an independent committee tasked with 
selecting a majority of the members of ICANN's Board of Directors and other 
positions within ICANN's Supporting Organisations. ICANN is an internationally 
organised, 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 the Nominating Committee 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, nominees 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: Harald Tveit Alvastrand, Steve Crocker, Roberto Gaetano, Steven 
Goldstein, Dennis Jennings, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, Jean-Jacques Subrenat and Katim 
Touray (see, http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html).

Statements of Interest for the positions described above can be submitted 
through nomcom2009@xxxxxxxxx.

More information regarding the Nominating Committee can be found at 
http://nomcom.icann.org. Applications will be considered confidentially and 
should be received by 15 April 2009 for full consideration. Selections will be 
announced in early September 2009. Successful candidates will take up their 
positions following ICANN's Annual Meeting in October 2009.

Candidate recommendations, questions or comments may also be emailed to ICANN 
at nomcom2009@xxxxxxxxx.

Background:
The Nominating Committee is designed to function independently from the ICANN 
Board, Supporting Organisations, 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 
Organisations and other ICANN entities, individual Nominating Committee members 
are not accountable to their appointing constituencies.

Members are, of course, 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. 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 Canada, New Zealand, Morocco, Brazil, 
Portugal, Puerto Rico, the United States, India, France and Egypt. Meetings 
during 2009 are scheduled for Mexico City, Mexico, Sydney, Australia, Seoul, 
Korea. The diverse locations facilitate participation across the world's 
Internet community.
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