I would be interested in this role, and would seek to bring my experience as
a long-time ICANN observer and current company director to the task of
selecting appropriate candidates to the ICANN board. 

Regards,
Kim
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Kimberley James Heitman
www.kheitman.com
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:NCUC-
>[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller
>Sent: Wednesday, 20 August 2008 6:53 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Important! Nominating Committee appointment
>
>Dear members:
>We need to appoint someone to serve on the ICANN Nominating Committee.
>NCUC gets to appoint one representative. The Nomcom plays a very
>important role in selecting Board members and in appointing people to
>the Councils of the supporting organizations. The person we send to the
>Nomcom will have to assess numerous candidates for these positions and
>work to achieve consensus with other Nomcom committee members on the
>best candidates. Karen Banks was our appointee for the last two years, I
>hope she has time to add some words about what it was like and what any
>person who volunteers should be prepared for. Travel costs to meetings
>are covered, as I understand it.
>
>I am asking for nominations or self-nominations. The Executive Committee
>actually makes the selection, but we need to have candidates.
>
>Milton Mueller
>Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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