Hi James,

My apologies if I made a mistake, but looking at the page Stephanie
pointed to, I see the regions as follows:

Africa: Rafik Dammak and Farell Folly
Asia-Pacific: Elsa Saade
Europe: Tatiana Tropina
Latin America: Martin Pablo Valent

Cf. https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg

If that's not correct then my analysis obviously needs to be adjusted
accordingly. I am aware that Rafik lives in Japan, but our rules and
precedents give some leeway for people who have ties in multiple
regions to choose which they choose to declare (I oversimplified in
saying residence is the determining factor), and I presumed the above
page to indicate Rafik has chosen to declare Africa according to his
native Tunisia.

Tapani


On Dec 17 12:03, James Gannon ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

> This doesn't match with the current declared regions of our councilors, I think it would be most appropriate for the EC to weigh in on eligibility concerns.
> 
> ---
> James Gannon
> 
> On 17.12.19, 06:29, "NCSG-Discuss on behalf of Tapani Tarvainen" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>     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.
>     > >
>     > >
>     
>     -- 
>     Tapani Tarvainen
>     

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Tapani Tarvainen