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<p class="title">Dear All,</p><p class="title">I hope those who came to ICANN via the Nomcom can help the others by telling their stories.</p><p class="title">J'espere que ceux qui sont arrives aux differents conseils de l'ICANN par le biais du Comite de Nomination nous feront partager leur experience.</p>
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<p class="docdate">13 November 2009</p>
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<p> ICANN's Nominating Committee (Nom Com) invites Statements of Interest
and candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership
positions to fulfill ICANN's technical and policy coordination role.
Interested individuals are invited to submit a Statement of Interest to
the 2010 Nom Com for the following positions: </p>
<ul><li> Three members of the Board of Directors of ICANN </li><li> Two At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each
from the European and North American regions) </li><li> One member of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization
(GNSO) </li><li> One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization
(ccNSO) </li></ul>
<p> The Nominating Committee (Nom Com) is an independent committee tasked
with selecting a majority of the members of the Board of Directors and
other key positions within ICANN's structure. ICANN is an internationally
organized, public benefit, non-profit corporation dedicated to: preserving
the operational security and stability of the Internet; promoting competition;
achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and supporting
the development of policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up,
consensus-based processes. </p>
<p> Individuals selected by Nom Com will have a unique opportunity to work
with accomplished colleagues from around the globe, address the Internet's
intriguing technical coordination problems and policy development challenges
with diverse functional, cultural, and geographic dimensions, and gain
valuable insights and experience from working across boundaries of knowledge,
responsibility and perspective. </p>
<p> Those selected will gain the satisfaction of making a valuable public
service contribution towards the continued function and evolution of an
essential global resource. Considering the broad public interest, those
selected will work to achieve the goals towards which ICANN is dedicated
in order to facilitate the Internet's critically important societal functions. </p>
<p> Current Board members who have been selected by the Nominating Committee
include: Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Steve Crocker, Dennis Jennings, Gonzalo
Navarro, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, George Sadowsky, Jean-Jacques Subrenat and
Katim Touray. </p>
<p> Statements of Interest for the positions described above can be submitted
through an on-line application form at <a href="http://forms.icann.org/cgi/soi.cgi">http://forms.icann.org/cgi/soi.cgi</a> or by contacting <a href="mailto:nomcom2010@icann.org">nomcom2010@icann.org</a>.</p>
<p> More information regarding the Nominating Committee can be found at <a href="http://nomcom.icann.org/">http://nomcom.icann.org/</a>.
Applications will be considered in confidence and should be received
by 2 April 2010 for full consideration. Selections will be announced
in early September 2010. Successful candidates will take up their positions
following ICANN's Annual Meeting in December 2010. </p>
<p> Candidate recommendations, questions or comments may also be emailed
to <a href="mailto:nomcom2010@icann.org">nomcom2010@icann.org</a>.</p>
<p><strong> Background: </strong></p>
<p> The Nominating Committee is designed to function independently from
the ICANN Board, Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees. Nominating
Committee members act only on behalf of the interests of the global Internet
community and within the scope of the ICANN mission and responsibilities
assigned to it by the ICANN Bylaws. </p>
<p> Nominating Committee members contribute understanding of the broad
interests of the Internet community as a whole, and knowledge and experience
of specific Internet constituencies who have appointed them. </p>
<p> The challenge for the Nominating Committee is to integrate these perspectives
and derive consensus in its selections. Although appointed by Supporting
Organizations and other ICANN entities, individual Nominating Committee
members are not accountable to their appointing constituencies. </p>
<p> Members are accountable for adherence to the ICANN Bylaws and for compliance
with the rules and procedures established by the Nominating Committee. </p>
<p> Successful candidates are not remunerated, although direct expenses
incurred in the course of duty will be reimbursed. Fluency in English
is a requirement for all positions. These positions may involve significant
international travel, including personal presence at periodic ICANN meetings,
as well as regular telephone and Internet communications. </p>
Recent ICANN Meetings have been held in Brazil, Portugal, Puerto Rico,
the United States, India, France, Egypt, Mexico, Australia and South Korea.
Meetings during 2010 are scheduled for Nairobi in Kenya, Brussels in Belgium
and Latin America. The diverse locations facilitate participation across
the world's Internet community; an aspect of growing importance as ICANN's
recently signed Affirmation of Commitments emphasizes ICANN's accountability
to the community.