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<p> <span class="mediumtext">ICANN's Nominating Committee invites
Statements of Interest and candidate recommendations from the Internet
community as it seeks qualified candidates to assist in the
organization's technical and policy coordination role. Interested
individuals are invited to submit a Statement of Interest to the 2009
Committee for the following positions:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span class="mediumtext"> Three members of the Board of Directors</span></li>
<li><span class="mediumtext">Three At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
representatives (one each from
Africa, Asia/Australia/Pacific and Latin America & Caribbean
regions)</span></li>
<li><span class="mediumtext"> Two members of the Council of the
Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)</span></li>
<li><span class="mediumtext"> One member of the Council of the
Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)</span></li>
</ul>
<p>The Nominating Committee (Nom Com) is an independent committee
tasked with selecting a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors and other positions within ICANN's Supporting Organisations.
ICANN is an internationally organised, public benefit, non-profit
corporation dedicated to: preserving the operational security and
stability of the Internet; promoting competition; achieving broad
representation of global Internet communities; and supporting the
development of policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up,
consensus-based processes.</p>
<p> Individuals selected by the Nominating Committee will have a unique
opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe,
address the Internet's intriguing technical coordination problems and
policy development challenges with diverse functional, cultural, and
geographic dimensions, and gain valuable insights and experience from
working across boundaries of knowledge, responsibility and perspective.</p>
<p> Those selected will gain the satisfaction of making a valuable
public service contribution towards the continued function and
evolution of an essential global resource. Considering the broad public
interest, nominees will work to achieve the goals towards which ICANN
is dedicated in order to facilitate the Internet's critically important
societal functions.</p>
<p> Current Board members who have been selected by the Nominating
Committee include: Harald Tveit Alvastrand, Steve Crocker, Roberto
Gaetano, Steven Goldstein, Dennis Jennings, Rajasekhar Ramaraj,
Jean-Jacques Subrenat and Katim Touray (see, <a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html">http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html</a>).</p>
<p> Statements of Interest for the positions described above can be
submitted through <a href="mailto:nomcom2009@icann.org">nomcom2009@icann.org</a>.</p>
<p> More information regarding the Nominating Committee can be found at
<a href="http://nomcom.icann.org">http://nomcom.icann.org</a>.
Applications will be considered confidentially and should be received
by 15 April 2009 for full consideration. Selections will be announced
in early September 2009. Successful candidates will take up their
positions following ICANN's Annual Meeting in October 2009.</p>
<p> Candidate recommendations, questions or comments may also be
emailed to <a href="mailto:nomcom2009@icann.org">nomcom2009@icann.org</a>.</p>
<h3> Background:</h3>
<p> The Nominating Committee is designed to function independently from
the ICANN Board, Supporting Organisations, and Advisory Committees.
Nominating Committee members act only on behalf of the interests of the
global Internet community and within the scope of the ICANN mission and
responsibilities assigned to it by the ICANN Bylaws.</p>
<p> Nominating Committee members contribute understanding of the broad
interests of the Internet community as a whole, and knowledge and
experience of specific Internet constituencies who have appointed them.</p>
<p> The challenge for the Nominating Committee is to integrate these
perspectives and derive consensus in its selections. Although appointed
by Supporting Organisations and other ICANN entities, individual
Nominating Committee members are not accountable to their appointing
constituencies.</p>
<p> Members are, of course, accountable for adherence to the ICANN
Bylaws and for compliance with the rules and procedures established by
the Nominating Committee.</p>
<p> Successful candidates are not remunerated, although direct expenses
incurred in the course of duty will be reimbursed. These positions may
involve significant international travel, including personal presence
at periodic ICANN meetings, as well as regular telephone and Internet
communications.</p>
Recent ICANN Meetings have been held in Canada, New Zealand,
Morocco, Brazil, Portugal, Puerto Rico, the United States, India,
France and Egypt. Meetings during 2009 are scheduled for Mexico City,
Mexico, Sydney, Australia, Seoul, Korea. The diverse locations
facilitate participation across the world's Internet community.<br>
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