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 ----------------------- Kimberley James Heitman www.kheitman.com ----------------------- >-----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 >------------------------------ >Internet Governance Project: >http://internetgovernance.org