2008 ICANN Nominating Committee Issues Invitation for [...]

Nominating Committee 2008 Flyer

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ICANN's Nominating Committee invites Statements of Interest from the Internetcommunity as it seeks qualified candidates to assist in ICANN's technical andpolicy coordination role. Interested individuals are invited to submit a Statementof Interest to this year's Committee for the following positions:

• Two members of the ICANN Board of Directors
• One member of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization(GNSO)
• One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization(ccNSO)
• Two members of the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)

ICANN's Nominating Committee (Nom Com) is an independent committee taskedwith selecting a majority of the members of ICANN's Board of Directors andother positions within ICANN's Supporting Organisations. ICANN is an internationallyorganised, public benefit, non-profit corporation dedicated to: preservingthe operational security and stability of the Internet; promoting competition;achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and supportingthe development of policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-basedprocesses.

Individuals selected by the Nominating Committee will have a unique opportunityto work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe, address the Internet'sintriguing technical coordination problems and policy development challengeswith diverse functional, cultural, and geographic dimensions, and gain valuableinsights and experience from working across boundaries of knowledge, responsibilityand perspective.

Those selected will gain the satisfaction of making a valuable public servicecontribution towards the continued function and evolution of an essential globalresource. Considering the broad public interest, nominees will work to achievethe goals towards which ICANN is dedicated in order to facilitate the Internet'scritically important societal functions.

Current Board members who have been selected by the Nominating Committee include:Harald Tveit Alvastrand, Susan Crawford, Roberto Gaetano, Steven Goldstein,Dennis Jennings, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, Njeri Rionge, and Jean-Jacques Subrenat(see, https://www.icann.org/general/board.html).

Statements of Interest for the positions described above can be submittedthrough nomcom2008@icann.org.

More information regarding the Nominating Committee can be found at http://nomcom.icann.org.Applications will be considered confidentially and should be received by 15April 2008 for full consideration. Selections will be announced before midSeptember 2008. Successful candidates will take up their positions followingICANN's Annual Meeting in November 2008.

Questions or comments may be emailed to ICANN at nomcom2008@icann.org.

Background:

The Nominating Committee is designed to function independently from the ICANNBoard, Supporting Organisations, and Advisory Committees. Nominating Committeemembers act only on behalf of the interests of the global Internet communityand within the scope of the ICANN mission and responsibilities assigned toit by the ICANN Bylaws.

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

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

Members are, of course, accountable for adherence to the ICANN Bylaws andfor compliance with the rules and procedures established by the NominatingCommittee.

Successful candidates are not remunerated, although direct expenses incurredin the course of duty will be reimbursed. These positions may involve significantinternational travel, including personal presence at periodic ICANN meetings,as well as regular telephone and Internet communications.

Recent ICANN Meetings have been held in New Zealand, Canada, Luxembourg, Argentina,South Africa, Morocco, Brazil, Portugal, Puerto Rico and the United States.Meetings during 2008 are scheduled for New Delhi, India, Paris, France, anda city in Africa to be announced. The diverse locations facilitate participationacross the world's Internet community.