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The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposed recommendations submitted by the Board Working Group on Nominating Committee (BWG-NomCom) regarding size and composition of the Nominating Committee (NomCom), as well as recruitment and selection functions.

The report contains an innovative recommendations, such as the delegative voting process in Recommendation #8, which, according to its rationale, improves parity and promotes deliberation and consensus building within the organizations represented in the NomCom.   It also improves parity among the various interests that make up the ICANN community.  ALAC believes that this recommendation is potentially destabilizing and complex for a process that has worked well in the past.  For example, in the last four years, each NomCom has taken a formal vote only once, to confirm the final slate, and every year the decision has been unanimous. We recommend deferring Recommendation #8 at this time and it to be re-evaluated in a future NomCom review.

The changes in the member composition in Recommendations #1 and #3, voting rights in Recommendation #7 and GNSO normalization in Recommendation #2 provide a welcome modification that enhances diversity and parity. 

ALAC supports a staggered 2-year and term limit for its members included in Recommendation #9.   However it should clearly state that, in addition to allowing the NomCom to remove any member by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of its members, the appointing organizations may also remove any of its NomCom representatives according to their rules and procedures. The report needs to be specific on transition rules from the old structure to the new one. For example, are groups allowed to re-appoint someone who has already served 1 or 2 year?

ALAC embraces Recommendation #10 regarding expanding the scope outside of the ICANN community for the selection of the NomCom Chair as this will expand the pool of qualified candidates. 

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