Hi James,

Yes, you are eligible, indeed in a slightly favoured position.

It's residence that counts, not country of origin. If you live and pay
taxes in the USA or Canada, you are North American for this purpose.

Otherwise, looking at current council composition and NCSG charter,
the situation is briefly like this:

* An African can only be selected if there are no other viable
candidates (as there already are two Africans). This is a hard
rule, "To the maximum extent possible", but as noted it would
not exclude you if you are North American resident now.

* Of two otherwise equally competent candidates, a North American
would be preferred over others and a woman over a man. These are
softer rules, "Reasonable efforts", so other qualifications could
be more important.

Tapani

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 01:33:37PM -0600, KASWESHA ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> 
> I am currently settled in North America but I am not very sure whether I am
> eligible. Somebody advise.
> 
> Regards;
> 
> James Njoroge Gitau
> 
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 12:34 PM Stephanie Perrin <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > As members will have seen, Farzaneh Badii has resigned her council seat,
> > so it is the responsibility of the NCSG Executive Committee to select a
> > replacement until the next election takes place in summer 2020.  In order
> > to enable this, we are seeking expressions of interest in the position.
> > Please send your statement of interest to me, copy Maryam Bakoshi, before
> > the 28th of December.  For your interest, the relevant section of the
> > Charter concerning these circumstances is paragraph 2, section 3.2 (copied
> > below).  For information about the current composition of the council see
> > https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg.  We
> > appear to have representation from everywhere except North America.
> >
> > Stephanie Perrin
> >
> >
> > Section 3.2 para 2
> >
> > In the event that a GNSO Council Representatives is unable to finish his
> > or her term, the NCSG EC will appoint a temporary GNSO Council
> > Representative to serve until the next regularly scheduled election as
> > provided in Section 3.8 of the GOP.  At that time, a new GNSO Council
> > Representative will be elected to serve out the balance of the vacated
> > term, if any.
> >
> >

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Tapani Tarvainen