Hi Narelle, at the moment the ALAC has a Liaison (non voting) who is elected by the ALAC each year to the ICANN Board and that role is currently filled by Wendy Seltzer from NARALO, (each At-Large Structure (ALS such as ISOC-AU there are currently 124 ICANN accredited ALSes fairly evenly distributed across the 5 geo regions ) is grouped into 5 regions AP, AF, EU, LAC, NA (just like the NIC's) called Regional At Large Organisations (RALO) each under an MOU with ICANN and the ALAC (a Bylaw mandated Advisory Committee to the Board of ICANN) which I currently Chair, is comprised of 2 appointments from each RALO n=10 + 1 person appointed per region, by the ICANN Nominating Committee n= 5 giving a total ALAC of N=15...<div>
<br></div><div>However if the proposals and recommendations from the ICANN Board Governance Committee's ALAC Review Working Group are accepted when sent to the Board later this year then At-Large (the ALSes / RALO's) will be asked to appoint (mechanism tbd) two (or one if the proposal is diluted) full ICANN Board Members ...</div>
<div><br></div><div>So from an AusNOG point if view, we are really more correct ( specific) if we state that ISOC-AU like other ALSes is aiming at having a similar role in the appointment of candidates for ICANN Board seats as currently exist for influence from within your group into the ASO AC outlined below...</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/3/13 Narelle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com">narellec@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">and it's worth pointing out in the ausnog context that ISOC-AU is<br>
recognised as an at large body of ICANN and we have a seat on the<br>
board of ICANN already. [Cheryl will now castigate me off list for not<br>
getting this specific enough]<br>
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Happy to discuss more with the ausnoggers.<br>
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Cheers<br>
<br>
<br>
Narelle<br>
VP ISOC-AU<br>
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<br>
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Srinivas (Sunny) Chendi<br>
<<a href="mailto:sunny@apnic.net">sunny@apnic.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear Colleagues,<br>
><br>
> Following a public nomination period that closed on 22 February 2009,<br>
> the ASO Address Council (ASO AC) selected the final set of candidates to<br>
> fill the ASO seat on the ICANN Board. This seat is currently held by<br>
> Dave Wodelet, whose term expires in May 2009.<br>
><br>
> The candidates are:<br>
> - Jody Daniel Newman<br>
> - Ray Plzak<br>
> - Jordi Palet Martinez<br>
> - Rajesh Chharia<br>
> - Suzanne Woolf<br>
> - Barry Shein<br>
><br>
> The candidates listed above agree to serve in an ASO seat on the ICANN<br>
> Board of Directors if selected by the ASO Address Council. In April<br>
> 2009, the ASO AC will make its final selection to appoint one of these<br>
> individuals to fill the ASO Board seat.<br>
><br>
> To aid them in making their final selection, the ASO AC members request<br>
> public comments and statements of support for the candidates. The public<br>
> comment period will remain open until 23:59 (UTC) on 9 April 2009.<br>
><br>
> You can provide your comments and statements of support for the<br>
> candidates on the aso-announce mailing list. These will be publicly<br>
> archived at:<br>
> <a href="http://www.aso.icann.org/lists" target="_blank">http://www.aso.icann.org/lists</a><br>
><br>
> Alternatively, if you would prefer not to subscribe to that mailing<br>
> list, you may submit your comments directly to the ASO AC Nominations<br>
> Committee by sending an email to <<a href="mailto:nom-com@aso.icann.org">nom-com@aso.icann.org</a>>.<br>
><br>
> A digest of all comments sent to the mailing list or received by the<br>
> Nominations Committee will be published on the ASO web site at:<br>
> <a href="http://www.aso.icann.org/elections" target="_blank">http://www.aso.icann.org/elections</a><br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Srinivas (Sunny) Chendi<br>
> External Relations Manager<br>
> APNIC<br>
><br>
> For;<br>
> Axel Pawlik<br>
> Managing Director<br>
> RIPE NCC<br>
> On behalf of the ASO/NRO Secretariat<br>
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Narelle<br>
<a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com">narellec@gmail.com</a><br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Cheryl Langdon-Orr<br>(CLO)<br>
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