I agree that Michael Geist would be a terrific choice for NomCom.  He 
would bring significant knowledge and experience on Internet law into 
the discussion.  Thanks for the update on what is happening at ALAC 
these days!

Robin



Milton L Mueller wrote:

>Robert:
>Thanks for the report. This is good news.  Nationalistic considerations
>aside (which I think are  b.s., by the way) I believe that Michael Geist
>would be a great Nomcom person.
>
>
>Milton Mueller, Professor
>Syracuse University 
>School of Information Studies
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Non-Commercial User Constituency
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Guerra
>Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:08 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] ALAC board liaison elections - 07/08
>
>A short note to let you all know that the ICANN at-large advisory  
>committee recently voted to elect its liaison to the board. the two  
>candidates were Vittorio Bertola & Wendy Seltzer.
>
>For reasons that I can't quite explain,  results were delayed  for  
>about a week. However, when the were - the results were clear - Wendy  
>won by a clear majority. Her appointment will take effect, I believe  
>at the next ICANN meeting in LA.
>
>On a related note - that of appointments to Nomcom. The At-large  
>advisory committee appoints 5 members to the committee. One per  
>region. The process could have been more transparent - in fact,  
>that's one of the processes i'm hoping can be better coordinated with  
>NCUC in the future.
>
>That being said... Wendy was also a candidate for one of the North  
>American ALAC nomcom slots. She's withdrawing her name from that  
>process. The remaining list of names that are being considered are  
>listed below .
>
>https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi? 
>na_nominating_committee_candidates_2007
>
>
>     * Hugh Dierker [USA]
>           o current chair of the GNSO's General Assembly
>                 + Proposed by Danny Younger
>                 + Confirmed
>     * Michael Geist [Canada]
>           o Professor, University of Ottawa Law School
>                 + Proposed by Robert Guerra
>                 + Contacted at CIRA annual meeting (Sept 6, 2007)
>                 + Will shortly reply if interested.
>                 + Bio: Brief Bio, Complete CV
>     * Evan Leibovich [Canada]
>           o ALS Representative, CLUE (Canada)
>                 + Proposed by Beau & Robert
>                 + Confirmed
>
>With Wendy's name out of the running, i'm personally in favor of a  
>Canadian. My first preference is Michael Geist (if he's willing),  
>followed by Evan Leibovich .
>
>
>
>regards,
>
>Robert
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