Dear ASO AC
This is the announcement I'll ask the RIR communication staff to circulate in the regional communities on 5th July.
Please let me know if you have any comments.
Regards
German
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ICANN's Nominating Committee (NomCom) is responsible for the selection of eight ICANN Board Members, two directors of the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) and for other selections as are set forth in the Bylaws. (See Bylaws Article 8, Section 8.1).
The NomCom is also charged with appointing some members of the ALAC, ccNSO Council and the GNSO Council. The NomCom complements the other means for filling a portion of key ICANN leadership positions achieved within the SOs and ACs.
As per the ICANN Bylaws (Article 8, Section 8.2) Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is pleased to invite nominations for candidates from the "Internet Number Community" to run for an open seat on the ICANN NomCom 2020 as delegate of the ASO. The term for the elected delegate will be one year starting in ICANN 66 in Montreal, Canada November 2019.
ICANN Bylaws section described above can be found here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article8
Time Commitment:
- The elected person should be able to join monthly teleconferences (typically 15:00 or 16:00 UTC). Note that the committee’s workload will increase significantly during Apr/May/June 2020 when the candidate assessment process will be at its busiest. Conference calls are held more frequently (typically weekly and the duration of the calls may last up to 3 hours) during this time.
- The elected person should be able to join (in person) 3 ICANN (66, 67 and 68) meetings and an intercessional meeting (TBD). Travel support for all meetings is provided by ICANN.
- The elected person must be able to attend the NomCom selection meeting in late June 2020 during ICANN68.
The ICANN NomCom has a set of guidelines and procedures documents for reference that provide additional information about the work of the NomCom.
The ASO AC will be responsible for the selection of the delegate based on the below timeline.
Announcement of call for nominations for 2020 ICANN NomCom: 5 July 2019 Nomination period ends: 28 July 2019 Evaluation of nominations by the ASO AC: 28 July - 7 August 2019 Voting period by the ASO AC: 7 August - 14 August 2019 Announcement of elected delegate: 15 August 2019
Regards
German Valdez ASO Secretariat
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