+1 Arsène
On 24/07/2018 16:22, Arsène Tungali wrote:
> I was worried and did not know that you would accept this, Stephanie.
>
> I am very glad you did and I would like to thank you for that.
>
> I look forward to the elections and I wish you (and anyone else who
> will be applying) the best of luck and i look forward to working with
> the new Chair once elected.
>
> Best regards,
> Arsene
>
> 2018-07-24 16:04 UTC+02:00, Stephanie Perrin
> <[log in to unmask]>:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> First, a great big thank you to Robin for nominating me for this
>> position, and to all the kind folks who have supported that nomination!
>> I have been holding back on accepting until I saw the list of the EPDP
>> team, because I feel that my first duty was to make sure we did not
>> falter on the effort to get privacy fixed in the WHOIS. Now that the
>> team has been announced, I can say with great confidence that we have a
>> terrific group there, and that while there will be lots of work, we can
>> count on each other to share the load. Thanks to everybody who came
>> forward to apply for that group, and to the many who have offered to
>> support in our strategic backroom and wiki presence. This is a great
>> opportunity to learn, for those who are relatively new to NCSG, and want
>> to understand policy development and what we are usually up against in
>> our struggles here at ICANN.
>>
>> I am honoured by the nomination for NCSG Chair, and will happily accept
>> it. This is a big job; I have been watching Farzi, Tapani, Rafik and
>> Robin doing this job since I arrived at ICANN 5 years ago, and I am
>> impressed at the dedication that they have shown, and the improvements
>> to our processes, procedures, and membership outreach. When I say I am
>> standing on the shoulders of giants I am not kidding, I would not be
>> submitting my candidacy for this position if there had not been a whole
>> lot of work done to make the job easier and more organized, over the
>> past five or six years. Joan and Renata have done a terrific job in
>> the past year in building our relationships within the constituencies
>> and in membership outreach, and I know there is a strong desire on the
>> part of both constituencies and leadership to work together effectively
>> for the common good. There is still a lot of work to do, and I will
>> outline some of my ideas for what I think ought to be our priorities
>> when I send my candidate statement, but I wanted to get this acceptance
>> of the nomination out there today, and thank you all for the opportunity
>> to run in this election.
>>
>> Stephanie Perrin
>>
>>
>> On 2018-07-18 16:54, Robin Gross wrote:
>>> Friends,
>>>
>>> I’d like to nominate *Stephanie Perrin* for the next NCSG Chair.
>>> Stephanie has represented NCSG on the GNSO Council for the last four
>>> years and has fought tirelessly to defend Internet users’ privacy
>>> rights in the policy development process. She’s been a major
>>> game-changer for privacy discussions at ICANN since she joined NCSG,
>>> and before that she had a long and distinguished career defending
>>> online privacy rights in the Canadian government and elsewhere. I
>>> first met Stephanie in 2001 when she was awarded the "Pioneer Award"
>>> from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for her work advancing
>>> Internet privacy rights, so she’s been dedicated to this cause for a
>>> long time.
>>>
>>> Stephanie will be term-limited out of her current seat on the GNSO
>>> Council in this election, so we’d be very fortunate for her to
>>> transition into the role of NCSG Chair this fall and continue to
>>> represent us in that new capacity.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Robin
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