Hi,


>  we already have 2 Europeans and 1  African, but no LAC, NA or AP
> continuing, with one NA continuing.

what i meant was one NA nominated ( Stephanie ), not necessarily
continuing, though of course having nominated her, I hope so..

apologies for the error.


avri


On 02-Aug-16 17:05, avri doria wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just one note.
>
> We don't per se have a European representative on the council.  What we
> have is a requirement to try "to the maximum extent possible" not to
> have more than two council members from any one geographical region. 
> Which is not quite the same.
>
>> The NCSG is assigned six (6) GNSO Council seats through the ICANN
>> Bylaws. All NCSG GNSO Council representatives will be directly voted
>> on by the full membership of the NCSG using weighted voting as defined
>> in Section 4. To the maximum extent possible, no more than two (2)
>> NCSG GNSO Council Representatives can be declared resident of the same
>> geographic region as defined by ICANN. Reasonable efforts should be
>> taken to recruit nominees so that all geographical regions may be
>> represented by the NCSG GNSO Council Representatives. Reasonable
>> efforts should also be taken to ensure gender balance and in no
>> circumstance should there be fewer than 2 members of any gender.
> Our incumbents are Marilia ( recently moved to Europe) , Stefania (
> Europe) and Amr (having moved back to Egypt) , which at the moment might
> mean we already have 2 Europeans and 1  African, but no LAC, NA or AP
> continuing, with one NA continuing.  We may not have an available
> European seat.  We do seem, though, to have a male seat.
>
> avri
>
> On 01-Aug-16 08:13, Kathy Kleiman 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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