At-Large Draft Criteria and Process for Selection of Multistakeholder Ethos Award Pilot Program Workspace

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Comment Open Date: 6 January 2014

Comment Close Date: 27 January 2014 - 23:59 UTC

Reply Open Date: 28 January 2014

Reply Close Date: 17 February 2014 - 23:59 UTC

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Brief Overview

Originating Organization: 

ICANN Communications Department

Categories/Tags: 

• Participation

Purpose (Brief): 

ICANN proposes establishment of a pilot award program to recognize ICANN community participants for both multistakeholder collaboration efforts as well as years of service.

Current Status: 

None

Next Steps: 

The goal is to present the first Multistakeholder Ethos Awards during ICANN 49 in Singapore.

Staff Contact: 

Lynn Lipinski

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Detailed Information

Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose: 

Called the ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Awards, the pilot program will seek to recognize those who have demonstrated service to the ICANN community as a whole. The ideal winner will have served in leadership roles multiple ICANN working groups or committees and collaborated with more than one supporting organization and/or advisory committee in a significant capacity. The recipient will also have been a participant in ICANN for at least five years.

We are also looking for some further, intangible qualities in our winners of the Multistakeholder Ethos Award. We will be looking for candidates who recognize and demonstrate the actual spirit of collaboration as shown through empathy and a sincere desire to engage with people from other backgrounds, cultures, and interests. They have demonstrated time and again their willingness to reach out to new people, to listen and really engage with others who do not share their viewpoints or interests. They will be known beyond their own constituency or stakeholder group as someone willing to have a true dialogue and work toward consensus.

Section II: Background: 

The concept of the Multistakeholder Ethos Award was introduced during the ICANN 48 Public Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Section III: Document and Resource Links: 

ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Pilot [PDF, 77 KB]

Section IV: Additional Information: 

None

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FINAL VERSION TO BE SUBMITTED IF RATIFIED

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FINAL DRAFT VERSION TO BE VOTED UPON BY THE ALAC

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FIRST DRAFT SUBMITTED

The At-Large Advisory Committee applauds the initiative of the Multistakeholder Ethos Award. Indeed whilst oftentimes the upper strata of the ICANN ecosystem receive frequent praise, seldom are the people working hard in working groups credited for their efforts.

The ALAC agrees with the suggested list of criteria but would recommend adding a factor of time spent (devotional factor) by the candidates in achieving their goal of facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogue. Discussion and dialogue are one thing - doing the hard lifting to keep the system going is another.

In a bottom-up environment such as ICANN, it is vital to recognize people at all levels of the multi-stakeholder system in any of ICANN's many communities, if only to keep the bottom-up multi-stakeholder system going. The ALAC therefore fully supports the creation of this award and looks forward to applaud its first laureate(s).