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Re: Volunteers for the 2015 ICANN Nominating Committee

2014-07-16 06:38:58
I was just told that the link to the bylaws does not work.  Here is one that 
works:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en

Thanks,
 Russ Housley
 IAB Chair


On Jul 3, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Russ Housley wrote:

Dear Colleagues:

The IAB (on behalf of the IETF) has been asked to supply a member to the 2015 
ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) by August 2014. The IAB would therefore 
like to ask the community for volunteers to serve on the ICANN NomCom. Our 
current appointee, Russ Mundy is unable to serve another term.  The IAB 
thanks Russ for his service and wishes him well.

If you are interested in serving on the ICANN NomCom, please send a short 
e-mail to iab-chair at iab.org and execd at iab.org with your motivation and 
information concerning your familiarity with the IETF and ICANN. The deadline 
for volunteering is 19 July 2014.

After asking for community input on the candidates, the IAB will select from 
the available candidates, taking into account the familiarity with ICANN and 
the IETF, their roles, and their processes. The selected candidate will serve 
on the ICANN NomCom on personal title; however, we will be looking for a 
candidate who has an understanding of the interests of the technical 
community.

The ICANN NomCom process itself is governed by the ICANN bylaws; an abstract 
of the relevant articles can be found at http://nomcom.icann.org/bylaws.htm.  
In addition, each NomCom determines a number of its own operational 
procedures, including the role of the NomCom in recruiting and selecting 
candidates for ICANN leadership positions.  Based on Russ Mundy's experience, 
the time commitment is significant.  The selected person should be prepared 
to participate in the recruitment of potential candidates for ICANN 
leadership positions (a few hours per month November through April); a few 
hours on conference calls each month (and even more near selection); ten or 
more hours per month reviewing and assessing candidate qualifications in 
April, May, and June; and multiple days of face-to-face meetings of the full 
NomCom at each of the three ICANN meetings.

The ICANN NomCom typically meets in person at or around three consecutive 
ICANN meetings in various locations throughout the world, resulting next 
summer in a final slate of candidates for the ICANN Board, the GNSO, ccNSO, 
and ALAC.

NOTE: ICANN does cover travel and hotel costs for a pre-determined number of 
days at each of the 3 consecutive ICANN meetings.

Candidates should be able to join monthly teleconferences (typically at UTC 
14:00), with the expectation that these teleconferences will held weekly 
during the candidate assessment process in May and June.

For more information about the ICANN NomCom see: http://nomcom.icann.org/

On behalf of the IAB,
 Russ Housley
 IAB Chair