Historical Resolution Tracking Feature » 2003-03-12 - Academic Organization Delegate to Nominating Committee
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2003-03-12 - Academic Organization Delegate to Nominating Committee
Board designates Higher Education Committee for Nominating Committee Recommendations to select one NomCom delegate, requests Higher Education Committee solicit suggestions from broad variety of organizations, and plans to reconsider designation of Higher Education Committee at 2003 annual meeting.
- Select NomCom delegate.
- Responsible entity: Higher Education Committee for NomCom Recommendations
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: June 2003
- Evaluate designation made in Resolution 03.18
- Responsible entity: Board
- Due Date: 27 October 2003
- Completion date: 2005
Whereas, Article VII, Section 2(8)(g) of the bylaws calls for one Nominating Committee delegate to be selected by "[a]n entity designated by the Board to represent academic and similar organizations";
Whereas, the initial Nominating Committee is being formed, so that delegates should be named soon;
Whereas, a group called the "Higher Education Committee for Nominating Committee Recommendations", consisting of Kilnam Chon, Geoffrey Dengate, Prof. Faryel Mouria-Beji, Mark Luker, Kristel Sarlin, and Guy de Teramond, has formed for the purpose of representing academic and similar organizations in the naming of a Nominating Committee delegate;
Whereas, the Board is conscious of the need for an inclusive process for selection of a delegate reflective of the views of academic and similar organizations globally;
Resolved [03.18] that the "Higher Education Committee for Nominating Committee Recommendations" described above is hereby designated under Article VII, Section 2(8)(g) of the bylaws as the entity representing academic and similar organizations to select one Nominating Committee delegate;
Resolved further [03.19] that the Board requests the Higher Education Committee for Nominating Committee Recommendations, in making its selection of a Nominating Committee delegate this year, solicit suggestions from a broad variety of academic international organizations, but on a deadline compatible with the need to make the selection in the very near future; and
Resolved further [03.20] that by the time of the annual meeting in 2003 the Board intends to evaluate whether the designation made in resolution 03.18 should be amended.
(The Board approved the above resolutions by a 13-0-1 vote, with Mr. Abril i Abril abstaining.)
- In 2005, the Board began directly appointing a representative to represent academic and similar organizations (Minutes), and in 2010 began a process of reviewing that practice (see http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25jun10-en.htm#13).
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.