Some awesome selections from NomCom this year. See ICANN announcement below. Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: September 8, 2010 12:51:40 AM PDT > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] ICANN 2010 Nominating Committee Announces > Selections > > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-07sep10-en.htm > > ICANN 2010 Nominating Committee Announces Selections > 7 September 2010 > The 2010 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) has completed its > selections for seven leadership positions within ICANN. > > The NomCom’s Chair, Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, said "We are proud to > announce this year’s selectees to ICANN’s leadership. They include > highly accomplished and experienced individuals from Albania, > Argentina, Egypt, France, Germany, and the United States. The > Committee noted with deep satisfaction that so many highly > qualified individuals had put their names forward for these > positions. At the same time, this made the Committee´s work > particularly complex, with difficult choices between numerous > excellent candidates to fill just a handful of positions. The final > selections, a consensus after long deliberations in the Committee, > combines renewal with expertise and experience in a way that we > trust will reinforce ICANN and meet the community's expectations. > Furthermore, for the first time in ICANN’s history, since 1998, the > Committee has selected a representative of the Arab speaking > community to the Board, which underlines the importance of ! > further internationalization of ICANN." > > NomCom is charged with recruiting and selecting a portion of > ICANN’s leadership. NomCom is mandated to ensure, that overall, > ICANN’s leadership is diverse in geography, culture, skills, > experience, and perspective. The basic criteria is that selectees > are people of integrity, objectivity and sound judgment, can > support decision-making within groups, can work effectively in > English, have an understanding of ICANN’s mission and operation, > are committed to its success, experienced in world affairs, > contribute to cultural, professional and geographic expertise, and > can work long and hard as volunteers in the global public trust. > > NomCom evaluated over eighty candidates, many of whom with > exceptional qualifications in relation to the key criteria as set > out in the ICANN Bylaws. With such a rich pool of candidates and > very few seats to fill, NomCom found itself unable to appoint all > the applicants the Committee members would have desired to see on > the Board and on the other bodies. > > Selectees listed for each ICANN body, in alphabetical order by > family name. (Biographies of these individuals will be posted soon) > > ICANN Board of Directors > > Cherine Chalaby, Egypt > > Bertrand de La Chapelle, France * > > Erika Mann, Germany > > ALAC > > Sébastien Bachollet, France > > Marc Rotenberg, United States > > GNSO Council > > Carlos Aguirre, Argentina > > ccNSO Council > > Sokol Haxhiu, Albania > > These individuals will take up their positions at the end of > ICANN’s Annual General Meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, on 10 > December 2010. > > This year’s Nominating Committee received 82 Statements of Interest > from candidates all over the world (four female and 78 male), > during its open nomination period from 2 December 2009 to 15 April > 2010. The regional breakdown of this year’s candidates is: > > 11 from Africa, > 20 from Asia/Australia/Pacific > 23 from Europe > 7 from Latin America/Caribbean > 21 from North America > For more information about NomCom, please visit http:// > nomcom.icann.org/ > > * In the attached letter [PDF, 40 KB], Bertrand de La Chapelle has > confirmed to the NomCom that, in order to comply with Article VI, > section 4.1 of the ICANN Bylaws, he will leave his position as > Thematic Ambassador and Special Envoy for the Information Society > in the French Foreign and European Ministry prior to taking his > seat as an ICANN Director. > > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > [log in to unmask] > http://gnso.icann.org > > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]