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GAC Working Group to Examine the GAC's Participation in NomCom
The focus of the GAC NomCom Working Group will be to determine if, and how, the GAC could participate in the NomCom process.
Objectives
The objective of the Working Group to Examine GAC Participation in the NomCom is to assist the GAC to reach a consensus position about potential GAC Participation in the NomCom process. It will achieve this by:
- Providing the GAC with information about the NomCom and how it works.
- Preparing a set of different scenarios for the GAC to consider, including
- non-participation
- participation through a non-voting role
- participation through a single voting position
- participation through voting positions that may be structured differently in future in terms of numbers and processes
- contributing by providing selection criteria.
- Facilitating discussion within the GAC about the likely implications and outcomes of each scenario (including a review of the mechanics involved in each scenario, for example how would an individual GAC member vote on behalf of the GAC), to enable GAC Representatives to develop an informed view on the topic.
Background
The Nominating Committee (NomCom) is an independent committee tasked with selecting eight members of the ICANN Board of Directors as well as key leadership positions within the ALAC, the ccNSO Council and the GNSO Council. (See Bylaws Article VII, Section 1.)
There continues to be one non-voting position for GAC on the NomCom. The GAC has not filled this position since 2008.
The NomCom is designed to function independently from the Board, the Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees. NomCom 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.
Members contribute to the NomCom both their understanding of the broad interests of the Internet as a whole and their knowledge and experience of the concerns and interests of the Internet stakeholders that have appointed them. The challenge for the NomCom is to integrate these perspectives and derive consensus in its selections.
Although appointed by Supporting Organizations and other ICANN bodies, individual NomCom members are, under NomCom rules, not formally accountable to their appointing constituencies. Members are, of course, accountable for adherence to the Bylaws and for compliance with the rules and procedures established by the NomCom.
Working Group Members
All GAC representatives and observers are welcome to join the GAC’s Working Group to Examine GAC Participation in the NomCom. Working group participants are expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge or expertise about aspects of the objectives of the working group; and
- Commit to actively participate in the activities of the working group on an ongoing basis.