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Bylaws Amendments and Documents to Implement the NomCom2 Review
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Submission Summary:
In May 2023, ICANN published the Proposed Bylaws Amendments and Documents to Implement the second Nominating Committee Review (NomCom2 Review).
We welcome ICANN’s decision to release the document in its entirety, in line with Workstream 2 Recommendations on ICANN Transparency.
We welcome the recommendations in the proposed Ammendments in their entirety and urge that there should be no further amendment.
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The ICANN Business Constituency (BC) supports some, but not all, of the recommendations from this review.
And the BC offers its views on re-allocating ICANN Board seats, and on small business representation on NomCom.
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The Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback regarding the NomCom2 Review. The RrSG is generally supportive of most of the recommendations, with some registrars raising concern regarding "unaffiliated" directors as detailed in the comment.
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Overall, the NCSG supports the recommended bylaw changes however, it does have a concern that the Standing Committee should be an advisory body providing historical knowledge of past issues but strictly that, allowing the NomCom to remain in control over its own processes. NCSG also suggests that Standing Committee members only serve one full term of three (3) years at a time in similar fashion as the new requirements for NomCom Delegates. We ...
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RSSAC060: RSSAC Input on Bylaws Amendments and Documents to Implement the NomCom2 Review
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Changing the terms of service from one year to two-year terms can have several advantages and benefits:
Stability and Continuity: Extending the term of service provides stability and continuity in leadership and decision-making. With longer terms, individuals have more time to understand the organization, its policies, and the complex issues at hand. This allows for more effective planning and implementation of long-term strategies witho...
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1. The wide definition of “Unaffiliated” Directors in the related proposed statement defining “Unaffiliated” Directors includes:
.... 10. Have not been an employee or contractor of a member of an ICANN SO, AC, Stakeholder Group, Constituency, or RALO.
The Fundamental Bylaws amendment proposal that only Directors initially nominated as “unaffiliated” Directors may be nominated for consecutive subsequent terms of service as “unaffili...
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The Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposed Bylaws amendments and documents that are part of the implementation of recommendations from the NomCom2 Review and provided comments consistent with those previously provided by the RySG on the NomCom Report (21 Nov. 2014) and the Final draft Report on the NomCom 2 Review (7 May 2018).
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* On the introduction of “Unaffiliated” Directors (Section 7.2 & 7.4): We suggest that to give direction to NomCom on the nomination of independent directors a section will be introduced in the Nominating Committee Operating Procedures to provide guidance to the Nomcom on appointment of directors. This would in our view not require a specific condition in the Bylaws to appoint at least a limited number of the category of “unaffiliated” Dir...
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At a high level, overall, the At-Large Community and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) are supportive of the
1. Change proposed by the NomCom2 Review to define Unaffiliated Board Members (i.e., Directors).
2. Granting of voting rights to the current non-voting delegates so that all delegates are treated equally.
3. Creation of a NomCom Standing Committee to provide continuity across annual NomCom cycles an...
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The SSAC supports the proposals and finds that the draft Bylaws amendments are generally consistent with the recommendations of the Independent Examiner’s Final Report, the Feasibility Assessment and Initial Implementation Plan, the NomCom Review Detailed Implementation Plan, and the NomCom2 Review Final Report. The SSAC provides comments on the Unaffiliated Director Statement and on the NomCom Standing Committee Charter.
Unaf...
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The above comments are simple and logical recommendations to improve the NOMCOM
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Youth can also help bridge the gap between ICANN and other stakeholders, such as civil society, academia, and technical communities, who may not be familiar with or engaged in ICANN’s policy development process.
Therefore, I urge the NomCom Standing Committee and the Board to consider the following suggestions to enhance grassroots participation for youth in the NomCom process:
Increase the number of seats allocated to youth repres...