Walu > On 5 Jun 2019, at 17:23, John Walu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Frank Habicht <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>>The NomCom report shared with the invitation includes _some_ info. > > ..cant parse. Where is this report? What does it mean shared 'with the > invitation'? > > Either way 11 applicants for 5 continent-wide seats may mean we are not > making Afrinic board seats attractive. It would be nice to compare > experiences in terms of applicant numbers in other RIRs or ICANN in general. > If the numbers are the same, then we conclude it is the nature of the > business ;-)
I can speak of the ICANN experience: 16 voting directors 4 non-voting liaisons of these voting members 2 appointed by the ASO, 2 by the ccNSO and 2 by the GNSO. 1 by the At-Large and the CEO 8 by the NomCom The SO and AL Community appointees have varying degrees of competition. The last ASO appointment / election had 3 candidates (if I recall correctly), the ccNSO had 2. However there have been some unopposed appointments too. Similarly with the liaisons, there is a mix of elections and unopposed appointments. Some of the SO’s include the ability to block a candidate and then a compromise candidate must be sought. The NomCom appoints candidates - it does not create a slate for election. It also appoints candidates to the council’s of some of the SO’s to allow for greater diversity and a reduction in group think. In 2018 there were 109 applications for 8 positions (3 board, 2 ALAC, 2 ccNSO and 1 GNSO). From my previous experience in the ICANN NomCom, the majority apply for the board only, a small minority apply for specific SO and ALAC appointments and a bigger minority apply for the board but indicate they will consider another position.
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