I also support William "Bill" Drake, whom I always suspected to be a 
descendant of Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Drake, aka El Draque, but never 
managed to prove it :(

frt rgds

--c.a.

On 10/20/14 17:30, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> I support Bill "Free Willie" Drake
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> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sonigitu Ekpe
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 5:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] GNSO Council Resolution on Adoption of a Charter for a Cross-Community Working Group of Internet Governance
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> I mean Bill Drake not William. Please,
>   pardon me for the mistake.
>
> Sonigitu Ekpe
>
> Mobile +234 805 0232 469    Office + 234 802 751 0179
>   "LIFE is all about love and thanksgiving"
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> +1
> on Bill Drake as member of NCSG-Ig
> On 19-Oct-14 14:01, Sonigitu Ekpe wrote:
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> Hello Great Fellows and Friends,
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>
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> I strongly support William Drake's nomination.
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>
>
> Best regards.
>
>
>
> Sonigitu Ekpe
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>
>
> Mobile +234 805 0232 469    Office + 234 802 751 0179
>
>   "LIFE is all about love and thanksgiving"
>
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>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> During the public GNSO council meeting in Los Angeles, the council adopted
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> the charter of the Cross-Community Working Group of Internet Governance
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> (CCWG-IG), as well as the manner in which the GNSO would be represented by
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> members of this CCWG. The resolution can be found here:
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> http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201410
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>
> It was also agreed that each GNSO group should identify its representative
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> by October 22nd, which is only in a few days. I thought I'd get the
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> nomination process started by nominating Bill Drake to represent the NCSG
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> as a member of this group. Bill's already been active on this group, and
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> certainly meets the desirable criteria of membership.
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>
>
> For easier reference, here is the exact language of the resolution:
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> *20141015-2*
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> *Adoption of a Charter for a Cross Community Working Group to discuss
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> Internet governance (CWG-IG) issues affecting ICANN and make
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> recommendations to the chartering organization on these issues*
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> Whereas,
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>
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>     1. This group was initiated in December 2013 in response to a call
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>     from ICANN CEO and has been working informally since then;
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>     2. The group has developed the charter found at
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>     http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ig-charter-20may14-en.pdf
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>     3. This charter has already been approved by ALAC, ccNSO and SSAC.
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> Resolved:
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>     1. The GNSO Council approves the Charter
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>     http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ig-charter-20may14-en.pdf
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>     2. The RrSG, the RySG, NCSG, BC, IPC, and ISPC will each identify one
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>     member to serve on the CWG-IG by 22-October-2014 taking into account the
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>     charter requirement that best efforts should be made to ensure that members:
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>        - Have sufficient expertise to participate in the applicable
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>        subject matter;
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>        - Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CWG-IG on
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>        an ongoing and long-term basis; and
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>        - Where appropriate, solicit and communicate the views and concerns
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>        of individuals in the organization that appoints them.
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>     3. The GNSO will collaborate with the other SOs and ACs to issue a
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>     call for observers to join the CWG-IG, each in accordance with its own
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>     rules.
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>     4. As the charter calls for each of the chartering organizations to
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>     appoint a co-chair for the group, the GNSO Council appoints Rafik Dammak to
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>     serve as a member of the CWG-IG, to serve as the GNSO co-chair of the
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>     CWG-IG and to serve as GNSO Council liaison to the group.
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> Thanks.
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> Amr
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