[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The GNSO, ICANN's policy-making body for generic TLDs, is overseen by a Council made up of representatives from the GNSO's various stakeholder groups. For example, I sit on the Council as a representative of the Registrar Stakeholder Group.[/FONT]
The GNSO is currently being restructured. At the next ICANN meeting in Seoul, a new GNSO structure will be implemented, with a new Council being seated. As part of that new structure, one of the Stakeholder Groups, the NCSG (Non Commercial Stakeholder Group), has been awarded 6 representatives on the Council. But due to somewhat complex internal politics within the NCSG, it was decided that half of those reps would be chosen by the ICANN Board for the inaugural seating of the new GNSO Council.
So yesterday ICANN staff sent the Council a note indicating that the 3 Board appointees were Mohammed Rafik Dammak from Tunisia, Rosemary Sinclair from Australia and Debra Hughes from the United States. We were also told that their selection was the result of extensive due diligence and a careful review of the many people that had applied to the Board for the job.
All well and good, until I was made aware of an email from respected ICANN community member Bret Fausett sent to the At Large (another of ICANN's community structures) mailing list.
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The GNSO is currently being restructured. At the next ICANN meeting in Seoul, a new GNSO structure will be implemented, with a new Council being seated. As part of that new structure, one of the Stakeholder Groups, the NCSG (Non Commercial Stakeholder Group), has been awarded 6 representatives on the Council. But due to somewhat complex internal politics within the NCSG, it was decided that half of those reps would be chosen by the ICANN Board for the inaugural seating of the new GNSO Council.
So yesterday ICANN staff sent the Council a note indicating that the 3 Board appointees were Mohammed Rafik Dammak from Tunisia, Rosemary Sinclair from Australia and Debra Hughes from the United States. We were also told that their selection was the result of extensive due diligence and a careful review of the many people that had applied to the Board for the job.
All well and good, until I was made aware of an email from respected ICANN community member Bret Fausett sent to the At Large (another of ICANN's community structures) mailing list.
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