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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