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<div>Paulos - You are right the NomCom could do with reform. A couple of years ago as I mentioned earlier the board commissioned a working group that came out with a report and recommendations (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/bwg-nomcom-21aug14-en.pdf). I recall that time there was some opposition to the recommendations which included, inter alia, aligning the NomCom more to the So/AC structures. Africa was also to be guaranteed 3 seats. George Sardosky told me last week that the report is still on the table and will be considered soon; so you could have a look at it though public comments ended long ago.</div>
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<div>BTW the NomCom is only responsible for sitting 8 of the 16 voting directors. The rest are selected by SOs/ACs so that is another path for anyone interested in sitting on the board.</div>
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<div>On Fri, Sep 2, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Dr Paulos B Nyirenda wrote:</div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">I have been trying to work out and understand whether the ICANN NomCom could have done better than this in this selection and I find that there could be an inherent problem with diversity considerations within the ICANN NomCom</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">They say that a picture says more than a thousand words, so, take a look at the 2016 ICANN NomCom and assess this ICANN asset for your serves:</span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/nomcom2016-members-1200x800-12nov15-en.jpg . </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">This is the group photo available at: https://www.icann.org/nomcom2016</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">Is it diverse enough ?</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">It is then pertinet to ask if this kind of diversity in ICANN NomCom could have led to the unfortunate selection of Board members in the recent NomCom announcement. I tend to think so, question is, can they see beyond their noses ?</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">My understanding is that for these things to get this bad at this level, something in the oversight function in ICANN is missing or has gone wrong and it should really not be happening in 2016 when we are all very conscious of the IANA Transition.</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">So, studies like this one mentioned by SM are important and it would be good to see the results.</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">Now, if there is any ICANN Board member listening to this, Mike included, please ask the Board to take or show a similar picture at the next ICANN Meeting with NomCom in front and ICANN Board at the back, then anyone can assess for themselves, especially on the case we are dealing with in this thread.</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">Regards,</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">Dr Paulos B Nyirenda</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">On 31 Aug 2016 at 21:49, SM wrote:</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> Hi Walu, Mike, Paulos,</span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> At 09:17 31-08-2016, Walubengo J wrote:</span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> >I know it is a touchy subject but fortunately or unfortunately I stand by it.</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> A few months ago, the Association Française pour </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> le Nommage Internet en Coopération published a </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> report about ICANN diversity. According to the </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> report, "Africa, Latin America and Asia are </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> under-represented" as "ICANN community leaders".</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> At 07:48 31-08-2016, Dr Paulos B Nyirenda wrote:</span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> >is not the lever that I want to go down to in </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> >this case for ICANN Board Members, I am talking </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> >about regional diversity as defined in the ICANN </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> >system as well as in our own Africa Region Internet institutions</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> >I am not instigating for a quota other than what </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> >is already in the bylaws BUT I am asking for </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> >some reasonablenes in aclaimed ICANN diversity </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> >which I do not see in the current NomCom </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> >selection, that is the observation that I am making.</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> I tried to find information about one of the </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> region's internet institution. Unfortunately, </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> the Africa Top Level Domain does not make its </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> constitution available on its website. The ICANN </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> bylaws has a "diversity calculation". The ALAC </span></span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> Representative for the region is better qualified to explain how that works.</span></span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #7f0000; "><span style=" font-size:10pt">> Regards,</span></span></div>
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