Excellent points, Stephanie.

fraternal regards

--c.a.

On 02/08/2016 15:07, Stephanie Perrin wrote:
> I would respectfully like to disagree with this statement.  We need new
> blood, and we need to run elections, not a process of acclamation.  One
> of the unfortunate side effects of our mutual outpouring of support for
> those nominated may be to discourage other candidates from running.  I
> would like to encourage people to run for council. Even if unsuccessful
> this time, there is always a next time, and it gets you better known
> among our electorate.  Please do not hesitate to come forward and
> participate.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Stephanie Perrin 
> 
> 
> On 2016-08-02 8:00, Cintra Sooknanan wrote:
>> Ed is the only candidate worth considering for this position, you have
>> my support!
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Cintra Sooknanan
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>>     Dear All,
>>
>>     I am honored to nominate Edward Morris as European representative
>>     for the NCSG on the GNSO Council.
>>
>>     Ed currently holds this position and, as we have seen, he takes
>>     his job very seriously. Ed works tirelessly as an NCSG
>>     representative in the Council's job of overseeing the policy
>>     development process. He fights to ensure that Issues Report and
>>     Charters – key documents that kick off a new Policy Development
>>     Processes – are fair and balanced. He works with our NCSG
>>     Counselors and others to guide well-developed policies (developed
>>     by the Working Groups) to the Board for adoption (without the
>>     changes and circumvention some parties often seek to add).
>>
>>     Ed is a leader in the cross-cutting work of Council where he has
>>     led our GNSO response to ICANN's Budget with an in-depth review
>>     and critique, and key recommendations for changes. He regularly
>>     serves on Council subgroups working on responses to the issues the
>>     GNSO faces within ICANN.
>>
>>     We know Ed best in the last two years as a leader in the CCWG
>>     process fighting for Transparency, Accountability and Free
>>     Expression. The thousands of hours he spent on these issue
>>     (alongside Robin, Matt and so many others) were critical to the
>>     provisions and bylaws adopted.
>>
>>     As we continue the Transition, and three major Policy Development
>>     Processes (Registration Directory Services, Rights Protection
>>     Mechanisms Review and New gTLD Subsequent Procedures) now in
>>     progress, this is a great time to continue our outstanding
>>     leadership. Ed is a tireless advocate for our NCSG interests on
>>     Council and throughout ICANN. He is an attorney specializing in
>>     politics & government, free expression, intellectual property and
>>     cybersecurity and whose advocacy and legal skills are needed in
>>     this important time of change and trasition. His passion, advocacy
>>     skills, drafting skills, and Multistakeholder vision are well-known.
>>
>>     /My great thanks to Ed for his passion, commitment and thousands
>>     of hours of work for NCSG on Council, and I hereby submit Ed
>>     Morris' name to you for a second term as our European
>>     representative on the GNSO Council. /
>>
>>     Best regards,
>>
>>     Kathy Kleiman
>>
>>
> 

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