[ga] GAC on board selection

[James Love <james.love@cptech.org>]

Joe, what do you make of the comments by France and Germany in the GAC 
comment on the ERC, in paragraph 15, quoted below:


"A minority, including France and Germany, specifically expresses its 
discomfort with the concept of the Nominating Committee. The delegation of 
Germany raised its concerns that, even though the personal properties 
referred to as selection criteria may basically be unobjectionable, 
evaluating individuals by such criteria invariably would be highly 
subjective and, thus, a doubt-raising procedure. The delegation of Germany 
believes that this would be all the more so if the Nominating Committee as 
the selecting body was not sufficiently legitimated. The structure and 
authority presently proposed for the Nominating Committee would more or less 
mean replacing the bottom-up by the top-down principle thereby counteracting 
the objective of securing wider recognition for ICANN."


http://www.noie.gov.au/projects/international/DNS/gac/meetings/mtg13/gac13statement.htm

Board Selection Process

15. The majority of GAC members do not have a strong opinion on the concept 
of a Nominating Committee, believing this to be an issue of ICANN's internal 
corporate governance, nor on the proposition that there be a GAC delegate on 
the Nominating Committee. A minority, including France and Germany, 
specifically expresses its discomfort with the concept of the Nominating 
Committee. The delegation of Germany raised its concerns that, even though 
the personal properties referred to as selection criteria may basically be 
unobjectionable, evaluating individuals by such criteria invariably would be 
highly subjective and, thus, a doubt-raising procedure. The delegation of 
Germany believes that this would be all the more so if the Nominating 
Committee as the selecting body was not sufficiently legitimated. The 
structure and authority presently proposed for the Nominating Committee 
would more or less mean replacing the bottom-up by the top-down principle 
thereby counteracting the objective of securing wider recognition for ICANN. 
The representative of Spain expressed disagreement with the concept of any 
potential GAC delegate being in the Nominating Committee. Malaysia is of the 
view that if there is a GAC delegate, that delegate should not have voting 
powers. The International Treaty Organization members do not offer a view.
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James Love, Consumer Project on Technology
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